the_o sovereignty_n by_o make_v tribune_n by_o which_o machiavelli_n say_v their_o government_n be_v the_o more_o firm_a and_o secure_a and_o afterward_o by_o introduce_v other_o magistrate_n into_o the_o sovereignty_n nor_o be_v the_o admission_n and_o covenant_n the_o senate_n make_v in_o those_o case_n ever_o declare_v void_a but_o observe_v with_o all_o punctuality_n which_o be_v argument_n enough_o that_o the_o sovereign_a power_n may_v admit_v limitation_n without_o any_o danger_n to_o itself_o or_o the_o people_n which_o be_v all_o that_o be_v contend_v for_o as_o there_o never_o be_v any_o such_o person_n pag._n 88_o of_o who_o act_n a_o great_a multitude_n by_o mutual_a covenant_n one_o with_o another_o have_v make_v themselves_o every_o one_o the_o author_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v use_v the_o strength_n and_o mean_n of_o they_o all_o as_o he_o shall_v think_v expedient_a for_o their_o peace_n and_o common_a defence_n which_o be_v the_o definition_n he_o give_v of_o his_o 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of_o the_o great_a leviathan_n and_o which_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n all_o his_o prerogative_n must_v likewise_o fall_v too_o and_o so_o much_o to_o the_o damage_n of_o the_o sovereign_a power_n to_o which_o most_o of_o the_o prerogative_n be_v due_a that_o man_n will_v be_v apt_a to_o suppose_v that_o they_o proceed_v from_o a_o ground_n which_o be_v not_o true_a and_o so_o be_v the_o more_o incline_v to_o dispute_v they_o whereas_o those_o prerogative_n be_v indeed_o vest_v in_o the_o sovereign_n by_o his_o be_v sovereign_n but_o he_o do_v not_o become_v sovereign_a by_o virtue_n of_o such_o a_o contract_n and_o covenant_n but_o be_v of_o the_o essence_n of_o his_o sovereignty_n found_v upon_o a_o better_a title_n than_o such_o a_o accidental_a convention_n and_o their_o design_v a_o sovereign_n by_o their_o covenant_n with_o one_o another_o and_o none_o with_o or_o to_o he_o who_o be_v so_o absolute_o to_o command_v they_o and_o here_o he_o suppose_v again_o that_o whatsoever_o 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of_o many_o branch_n of_o their_o power_n will_v be_v more_o at_o large_a discover_v in_o another_o place_n yet_o we_o may_v observe_v in_o this_o the_o very_a complaisant_a humour_n of_o mr._n hobbes_n and_o how_o great_a a_o courtier_n he_o desire_v to_o appear_v to_o the_o sovereign_a power_n that_o then_o govern_v by_o how_o odious_a and_o horrible_a a_o usurpation_n soever_o in_o that_o he_o find_v a_o way_n to_o excuse_v and_o justify_v what_o they_o have_v already_o do_v in_o the_o lessen_v and_o diminution_n of_o their_o own_o sovereign_a power_n which_o it_o concern_v they_o to_o have_v believe_v be_v very_o lawful_o and_o secure_o do_v for_o they_o have_v as_o the_o most_o popular_a and_o oblige_a act_n they_o can_v perform_v take_v away_o wardship_n and_o tenor_n he_o confess_v after_o his_o enumeration_n of_o twelve_o prerogative_n which_o he_o say_v pag._n 92._o be_v the_o right_n which_o make_v the_o essence_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n for_o these_o he_o say_v be_v incommunicable_a and_o inseparable_a i_o say_v he_o confess_v the_o power_n to_o coin_v money_n to_o dispose_v of_o the_o estate_n and_o person_n of_o infant_n heir_n and_o all_o other_o statute_n prerogatives_n may_v be_v transfer_v by_o the_o sovereign_n whereas_o he_o may_v have_v be_v inform_v if_o he_o have_v be_v so_o modest_a as_o to_o think_v he_o have_v need_n of_o any_o information_n that_o those_o be_v no_o statute_n prerogatives_n but_o as_o inherent_a and_o inseparable_a from_o the_o crown_n as_o many_o of_o those_o which_o he_o declare_v to_o be_v of_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n but_o both_o those_o be_v already_o enter_v upon_o and_o he_o be_v to_o support_v all_o their_o action_n which_o be_v pass_v as_o well_o as_o to_o provide_v for_o their_o future_a proceed_n if_o mr._n hobbes_n have_v know_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o monarchy_n of_o england_n support_v by_o as_o firm_a principle_n of_o government_n as_o any_o monarchy_n in_o 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any_o age_n or_o climate_n have_v never_o read_v aristotle_n or_o cicero_n and_o i_o believe_v have_v mr._n hobbes_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n when_o he_o teach_v thucydides_n to_o speak_v english_a which_o book_n contain_v more_o of_o the_o science_n of_o mutiny_n and_o sedition_n and_o teach_v more_o of_o that_o oratory_n that_o contribute_v thereunto_o than_o all_o that_o aristotle_n and_o cicero_n have_v publish_v in_o all_o their_o write_n he_o will_v not_o have_v communicate_v such_o material_n to_o his_o countryman_n but_o if_o this_o new_a philosophy_n and_o doctrine_n of_o policy_n and_o religion_n shall_v be_v introduce_v teach_v and_o believe_v where_o aristotle_n and_o cicero_n have_v do_v no_o harm_n it_o will_v undermine_v monarchy_n more_o in_o two_o month_n than_o those_o two_o great_a man_n have_v do_v since_o their_o death_n and_o man_n will_v reasonable_o wish_v that_o the_o author_n of_o it_o have_v never_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o english_a climate_n nor_o be_v teach_v to_o write_v and_o read_v it_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a matter_n for_o a_o architect_n in_o state_n and_o policy_n who_o do_v despise_v all_o precedent_n and_o will_v not_o observe_v any_o rule_n of_o practice_n to_o make_v such_o a_o model_n of_o government_n as_o will_v be_v in_o any_o degree_n pleasant_a to_o the_o governor_n or_o govern_v or_o secure_v for_o either_o which_o mr._n hobbes_n find_v and_o though_o he_o take_v a_o liberty_n to_o raise_v his_o model_n upon_o a_o supposition_n of_o a_o very_a formal_a contract_n that_o never_o be_v or_o ever_o can_v be_v in_o nature_n and_o have_v the_o draw_v and_o prepare_v his_o own_o form_n of_o contract_n be_v force_v to_o allow_v such_o a_o latitude_n in_o obedience_n to_o his_o subject_n as_o shake_v the_o very_a pillar_n of_o his_o government_n and_o therefore_o though_o he_o be_v content_v that_o by_o the_o word_n of_o his_o contract_n pag._n 112._o kill_v i_o and_o my_o fellow_n if_o you_o please_v the_o absolute_a power_n of_o all_o man_n life_n shall_v be_v submit_v to_o the_o disposal_n of_o the_o governor_n will_v and_o pleasure_n without_o be_v oblige_v to_o observe_v any_o rule_n of_o justice_n and_o equity_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o admit_v into_o his_o contract_n the_o other_o word_n pag._n 112._o i_o will_v kill_v myself_o or_o my_o fellow_n and_o therefore_o that_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v by_o the_o command_n of_o his_o sovereign_n to_o execute_v any_o dangerous_a or_o dishonourable_a office_n but_o in_o such_o case_n man_n be_v not_o to_o resort_v so_o much_o to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o submission_n as_o to_o the_o intention_n which_o distinction_n sure_o may_v be_v as_o applicable_a to_o all_o that_o monstrous_a authority_n which_o he_o give_v the_o governor_n to_o take_v away_o the_o life_n and_o estate_n of_o his_o subject_n without_o any_o cause_n or_o reason_n upon_o a_o imaginary_a contract_n which_o if_o never_o so_o real_a can_v never_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v with_o the_o 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office_n nor_o have_v he_o provide_v much_o better_a for_o his_o security_n than_o he_o have_v for_o his_o honour_n when_o he_o allow_v it_o lawful_a for_o any_o number_n of_o man_n pag._n 112._o who_o have_v rebel_v against_o the_o sovereign_n or_o commit_v some_o capital_a crime_n for_o which_o every_o one_o of_o they_o expect_v death_n then_o to_o join_v together_o and_o defend_v each_o other_o because_o they_o do_v but_o defend_v their_o life_n which_o the_o guilty_a man_n he_o say_v may_v do_v as_o well_o as_o the_o innocent_a and_o sure_o no_o man_n can_v legal_o take_v his_o life_n from_o he_o who_o may_v lawful_o defend_v it_o and_o then_o the_o murderer_n or_o any_o other_o person_n guilty_a of_o a_o capital_a crime_n be_v more_o innocent_a and_o in_o a_o better_a condition_n than_o the_o executioner_n of_o justice_n who_o may_v be_v just_o murder_v in_o the_o just_a execution_n of_o his_o office_n and_o it_o be_v a_o very_a childish_a security_n that_o he_o provide_v for_o his_o sovereign_n against_o this_o rebellion_n and_o defence_n of_o themselves_o against_o the_o power_n of_o the_o law_n pag._n 113._o that_o he_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v lawful_a only_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o their_o life_n and_o that_o upon_o the_o offer_n of_o pardon_n for_o themselves_o that_o self-defence_n be_v unlawful_a as_o if_o a_o body_n that_o be_v lawful_o draw_v together_o with_o strength_n enough_o to_o defend_v their_o life_n against_o the_o power_n of_o the_o law_n be_v like_a to_o disband_v and_o lay_v down_o their_o arm_n without_o other_o benefit_n and_o advantage_n then_o only_o of_o the_o save_n of_o their_o life_n but_o though_o he_o be_v so_o cruel_a as_o to_o divest_v his_o subject_n of_o all_o that_o liberty_n which_o the_o best_a and_o most_o peaceable_a man_n desire_v to_o possess_v yet_o he_o liberal_o and_o bountiful_o confer_v upon_o they_o such_o a_o liberty_n as_o no_o honest_a man_n can_v pretend_v to_o and_o which_o be_v utter_o inconsistent_a 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only_a power_n that_o may_v enable_v he_o to_o be_v too_o hard_a for_o the_o other_o if_o mr._n hobbes_n do_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o name_n and_o the_o pleasantness_n of_o his_o style_n will_v lull_v man_n asleep_a from_o inquire_v into_o the_o logic_n of_o his_o discourse_n he_o can_v not_o but_o very_o well_o discern_v himself_o that_o this_o very_a liberty_n which_o he_o allow_v the_o subject_a to_o have_v and_o which_o he_o do_v without_o scruple_n enjoy_v to_o sue_v the_o sovereign_n and_o to_o demand_v the_o hear_n of_o his_o cause_n and_o that_o sentence_n be_v give_v according_a to_o the_o law_n result_v only_o from_o that_o condescension_n and_o contract_n which_o the_o sovereign_n have_v make_v with_o his_o subject_n and_o which_o can_v as_o well_o secure_a many_o other_o liberty_n to_o they_o as_o their_o power_n to_o sue_v the_o king_n for_o there_o can_v be_v no_o law_n precedent_n to_o that_o resignation_n of_o themselves_o and_o all_o they_o have_v at_o the_o institution_n of_o their_o supreme_a governor_n and_o if_o there_o have_v be_v it_o have_v be_v void_a and_o invalid_a it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o any_o man_n who_o have_v right_a to_o nothing_o and_o from_o who_o any_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v may_v be_v take_v away_o can_v sue_v his_o sovereign_n for_o a_o debt_n which_o he_o may_v take_v if_o it_o be_v due_a from_o any_o other_o man_n but_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v due_a from_o he_o to_o who_o all_o belong_v and_o who_o have_v power_n to_o forbid_v any_o judge_n to_o proceed_v upon_o that_o complaint_n or_o any_o other_o person_n to_o presume_v to_o make_v that_o complaint_n be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o subsequent_a contract_n which_o he_o call_v a_o precedent_a law_n by_o which_o the_o sovereign_a promise_n and_o oblige_v himself_o to_o appoint_v judge_n to_o exercise_v
never_o break_v the_o peâ—ce_n but_o only_o sometime_o awake_a the_o war_n which_o to_o use_v his_o own_o commendable_a expression_n be_v pag._n 8._o like_o â—anding_v of_o thing_n from_o one_o to_o another_o with_o many_o word_n make_v nothing_o understand_v the_o survey_n of_o chapter_n 22._o i_o shall_v pass_v over_o his_o two_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o systemes_n subject_a political_n and_o private_a which_o be_v a_o title_n as_o difficult_a to_o be_v understand_v by_o a_o literal_a translation_n as_o most_o of_o those_o to_o any_o chapter_n in_o suarez_n as_o few_o congregation_n when_o they_o meet_v in_o a_o church_n to_o pay_v their_o devotion_n to_o god_n almighty_a do_v know_v that_o they_o be_v a_o irregular_a system_a in_o which_o beside_o vulgar_a notion_n well_o word_v every_o man_n will_v discover_v much_o of_o that_o which_o he_o call_v sign_n of_o error_n and_o misreckon_v to_o which_o he_o say_v page_n 116._o all_o mankind_n be_v too_o prone_a and_o with_o which_o that_o chapter_n abound_v and_o will_v require_v no_o confutation_n but_o that_o i_o find_v and_o wonder_v to_o find_v mention_n of_o law_n and_o letter_n patent_n body_n politic_a and_o corporation_n as_o necessary_a institution_n for_o the_o carry_v on_o and_o advancement_n of_o trade_n which_o be_v so_o many_o limitation_n and_o restraint_n of_o the_o sovereign_a power_n and_o so_o many_o entanglement_n under_o covenant_n and_o promise_n which_o as_o they_o be_v all_o declare_a to_o be_v void_a it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o mention_v i_o do_v not_o think_v mr._n hobbes_n have_v desire_v to_o establish_v trade_n or_o any_o industry_n for_o the_o private_a accumulation_n of_o riches_n in_o his_o commonwealth_n for_o be_v it_o possible_a to_o imagine_v that_o any_o merchant_n will_v send_v out_o ship_n to_o sea_n or_o make_v such_o a_o discovery_n of_o his_o estate_n if_o it_o may_v be_v either_o seize_v upon_o before_o it_o go_v out_o or_o together_o with_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o 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upon_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n of_o the_o nation_n he_o must_v give_v over_o all_o thought_n of_o trade_n if_o he_o do_v not_o better_o provide_v to_o secure_v his_o merchant_n both_o of_o their_o liberty_n and_o propriety_n it_o be_v a_o good_a observation_n and_o a_o argument_n for_o the_o preference_n of_o monarchy_n before_o any_o other_o form_n of_o government_n in_o that_o where_o the_o government_n be_v popular_a and_o the_o depress_v the_o interest_n and_o reputation_n of_o particular_a subject_n be_v a_o essential_a policy_n of_o that_o government_n yet_o in_o the_o manage_n the_o affair_n of_o their_o colony_n and_o province_n at_o a_o distance_n from_o they_o they_o choose_v to_o commit_v the_o same_o to_o a_o single_a person_n as_o they_o do_v the_o government_n and_o conduct_n of_o their_o army_n which_o be_v to_o defend_v their_o government_n which_o be_v a_o tacit_a implication_n if_o not_o confession_n that_o in_o their_o own_o judgement_n they_o think_v the_o 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moral_a precept_n give_v to_o the_o world_n and_o to_o all_o the_o notion_n of_o justice_n that_o he_o who_o have_v his_o private_a interest_n depend_v and_o to_o be_v debate_v and_o judge_v before_o any_o judicatory_a may_v make_v as_o many_o friend_n as_o he_o can_v among_o those_o judge_n even_o by_o give_v they_o money_n as_o if_o though_o it_o be_v a_o crime_n in_o a_o judge_n to_o be_v corrupt_a the_o person_n who_o corrupt_v he_o may_v be_v innocent_a because_o he_o think_v his_o own_o cause_n just_a and_o desire_n to_o buy_v justice_n for_o money_n which_o can_v be_v get_v without_o it_o and_o so_o the_o gross_a and_o most_o powerful_a bribery_n shall_v be_v introduce_v to_o work_v upon_o the_o weakness_n and_o poverty_n and_o corruption_n of_o a_o judge_n because_o the_o party_n think_v his_o cause_n to_o be_v just_a and_o choose_v rather_o to_o depend_v upon_o the_o affection_n of_o his_o judge_n who_o he_o have_v corrupt_v then_o upon_o the_o integrity_n of_o his_o cause_n and_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o law_n but_o he_o do_v not_o profess_v to_o be_v a_o strict_a casuist_n nor_o can_v be_v a_o good_a observer_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o moral_a honesty_n who_o believe_v that_o he_o may_v induce_v another_o to_o commit_v a_o great_a sin_n and_o remain_v innocent_a himself_o nor_o be_v he_o in_o truth_n a_o competent_a judge_n of_o the_o most_o enormous_a crime_n when_o he_o reckon_v pag._n 56._o theft_n adultery_n sodomy_n and_o any_o other_o vice_n that_o may_v be_v take_v for_o a_o effect_n of_o power_n or_o a_o cause_n of_o pleasure_n to_o be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o among_o man_n be_v take_v to_o be_v against_o law_n rather_o than_o against_o honor._n the_o survey_n of_o chapter_n 23._o i_o shall_v with_o as_o little_a trouble_n have_v pass_v by_o his_o twenty_o three_o chapter_n of_o his_o public_a minister_n and_o the_o fanciful_a simile_n contain_v therein_o not_o think_v it_o of_o much_o importance_n what_o public_a or_o private_a minister_n he_o make_v for_o such_o a_o sovereignty_n as_o he_o have_v institute_v but_o that_o i_o observe_v he_o in_o this_o place_n as_o most_o luxurious_a fancy_n use_v to_o do_v demolish_n and_o pull_v down_o what_o he_o have_v with_o great_a care_n and_o vigilance_n erect_v and_o establish_v as_o undeniable_a truth_n before_o and_o whereas_o he_o have_v in_o his_o eighteen_o chapter_n pag._n 91._o pronounce_v the_o right_n of_o judicatory_a of_o hear_v and_o decide_v all_o controversy_n which_o concern_v law_n either_o civil_a or_o natural_a or_o concern_v fact_n to_o be_v inseparable_o annex_v to_o the_o sovereignty_n and_o incapable_a of_o be_v alien_v and_o transfer_v by_o he_o and_o afterward_o declare_v that_o the_o judgement_n give_v by_o judge_n qualify_v and_o commission_v by_o he_o to_o that_o purpose_n be_v his_o own_o proper_a judgement_n and_o to_o be_v regard_v as_o such_o which_o be_v a_o truth_n general_o confess_v in_o this_o chapter_n against_o all_o practice_n and_o all_o reason_n he_o degrade_v he_o from_o at_o least_o half_a that_o power_n and_o fancy_n a_o judge_n to_o be_v such_o a_o party_n that_o if_o the_o litigant_fw-la be_v not_o please_v with_o the_o opinion_n of_o his_o judge_n in_o matter_n of_o law_n or_o matter_n of_o fact_n he_o may_v therefore_o pag._n 125._o because_o they_o be_v both_o subject_n to_o the_o sovereign_n appeal_v from_o his_o judge_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v try_v before_o another_o for_o though_o the_o sovereign_n may_v hear_v and_o determine_v the_o cause_n himself_o if_o he_o please_v yet_o if_o he_o will_v appoint_v another_o to_o be_v judge_n it_o must_v be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o they_o shall_v both_o agree_v upon_o for_o as_o the_o complainant_n have_v already_o make_v choice_n of_o his_o own_o judge_n so_o the_o defendant_n must_v be_v allow_v to_o except_v against_o such_o of_o his_o judge_n who_o interest_n make_v he_o suspect_v they_o
own_o and_o will_v value_v it_o according_o and_o he_o be_v much_o a_o better_a counsellor_n who_o by_o his_o experience_n and_o observation_n of_o the_o nature_n and_o humour_n of_o the_o people_n who_o be_v to_o be_v govern_v and_o by_o his_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n and_o rule_n by_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v govern_v give_v advice_n what_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v than_o he_o who_o from_o his_o speculative_a knowledge_n of_o mankind_n and_o of_o the_o right_n of_o government_n and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o equity_n and_o honour_n attain_v with_o much_o study_n will_v erect_v a_o engine_n of_o government_n by_o the_o rule_n of_o geometry_n more_o infallible_a than_o experience_n can_v ever_o find_v out_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a now_o or_o at_o any_o time_n to_o accompany_v he_o in_o his_o sally_n which_o he_o make_v into_o the_o scripture_n and_o which_o he_o always_o handle_v as_o if_o his_o sovereign_a power_n have_v not_o yet_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v the_o word_n 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such_o constitution_n of_o he_o can_v be_v repeal_v and_o make_v void_a but_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o with_o his_o consent_n but_o we_o say_v that_o he_o may_v prescribe_v or_o consent_v to_o such_o a_o method_n in_o the_o form_n and_o make_v these_o law_n that_o be_v once_o make_v by_o he_o he_o can_v but_o in_o the_o same_o form_n repeal_n or_o alter_v they_o and_o he_o be_v oblige_v by_o the_o law_n of_o justice_n to_o observe_v and_o perform_v this_o contract_n and_o he_o can_v break_v it_o or_o absolve_v himself_o from_o the_o observation_n of_o it_o without_o violation_n of_o justice_n and_o any_o far_a obligation_n upon_o he_o then_o of_o justice_n i_o discourse_v not_o of_o for_o the_o better_a clear_n of_o this_o to_o that_o kind_n of_o reason_n by_o which_o mr._n hobbes_n be_v sway_v let_v we_o suppose_v this_o sovereignty_n to_o reside_v and_o be_v fix_v in_o a_o assembly_n of_o man_n in_o which_o kind_n of_o government_n it_o be_v possible_a to_o find_v more_o mark_n and_o footstep_n of_o such_o a_o depute_v and_o assign_v of_o interest_n as_o mr._n hobbes_n be_v full_a of_o than_o we_o can_v possible_o imagine_v in_o the_o original_a institution_n of_o monarchy_n if_o the_o sovereign_a power_n be_v depute_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o fifteen_o and_o any_o vacant_a place_n to_o be_v supply_v by_o the_o same_o authority_n that_o make_v choice_n of_o the_o first_o fifteen_o may_v there_o not_o at_o that_o time_n of_o the_o election_n certain_a rule_n be_v prescribe_v i_o do_v not_o say_v condition_n for_o the_o better_a exercise_n of_o that_o sovereign_a power_n and_o by_o the_o accept_n the_o power_n thus_o explain_v do_v not_o the_o sovereign_n though_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o oath_n administer_v for_o the_o observation_n thereof_o which_o be_v a_o circumstance_n admit_v by_o most_o monarch_n tacit_o covenant_n that_o he_o will_v observe_v those_o rule_n and_o if_o he_o do_v wilful_o decline_v those_o rule_n do_v he_o not_o break_v the_o trust_n repose_v in_o he_o i_o do_v not_o say_v forfeit_a the_o trust_n as_o if_o the_o sovereignty_n be_v at_o a_o end_n but_o break_v that_o trust_n violate_v that_o justice_n he_o shall_v observe_v if_o the_o sovereign_a power_n of_o fifteen_o shall_v raise_v a_o imposition_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n if_o they_o shall_v appoint_v this_o whole_a imposition_n to_o be_v pay_v only_o by_o those_o who_o name_n be_v thomas_n when_o thomas_n be_v before_o in_o no_o more_o prejudice_n with_o the_o commonwealth_n than_o any_o other_o appellation_n in_o baptism_n may_v not_o this_o inequality_n be_v call_v a_o violation_n of_o justice_n and_o a_o breach_n of_o trust_n since_o it_o can_v be_v suppose_v that_o such_o a_o irregular_a authority_n be_v ever_o commit_v to_o any_o man_n or_o man_n by_o any_o deputation_n of_o the_o prerogative_n of_o necessity_n to_o swerve_v from_o rule_n prescribe_v or_o to_o violate_v law_n tho_o swear_v to_o shall_v be_v speak_v to_o in_o its_o due_a time_n it_o need_v not_o be_v suppose_v but_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o the_o law_n of_o every_o country_n contain_v more_o in_o they_o concern_v the_o right_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o the_o common_a administration_n of_o justice_n to_o the_o people_n then_o can_v be_v know_v to_o and_o understand_v by_o the_o person_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o he_o can_v as_o well_o fight_v all_o his_o battle_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o sword_n as_o determine_v all_o cause_n of_o right_a by_o his_o own_o tongue_n and_o understanding_n the_o consequence_n of_o any_o confusion_n which_o mr._n hobbes_n can_v suppose_v will_v not_o be_v more_o pernicious_a then_o that_o which_o will_v follow_v the_o blow_n away_o all_o these_o maxim_n of_o the_o law_n if_o the_o king_n breath_n be_v strong_a enough_o to_o do_v it_o it_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o the_o law_n as_o be_v say_v before_o that_o the_o elder_a son_n shall_v inherit_v and_o that_o if_o three_o or_o four_o female_n be_v heir_n the_o inheritance_n shall_v be_v equal_o divide_v between_o they_o do_v mr._n hobbes_n believe_v that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o king_n have_v power_n to_o change_v this_o course_n and_o to_o appoint_v that_o all_o the_o son_n shall_v divide_v the_o estate_n and_o the_o elder_a daughter_n inherit_v alone_o and_o must_v not_o all_o the_o confusion_n imaginable_a attend_v such_o a_o mutation_n all_o government_n subsist_v and_o be_v establish_v by_o firmness_n and_o constancy_n by_o every_o man_n know_v what_o be_v his_o right_n to_o enjoy_v and_o what_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o do_v and_o it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a method_n to_o make_v this_o government_n more_o perfect_a and_o more_o durable_a by_o introduce_v such_o a_o incertainty_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v know_v what_o he_o be_v to_o do_v nor_o what_o he_o be_v to_o suffer_v but_o that_o he_o who_o be_v sovereign_a to_o morrow_n may_v cancel_v and_o dissolve_v all_o that_o be_v do_v or_o consent_v to_o by_o the_o sovereign_n who_o be_v yesterday_o or_o by_o himself_o as_o often_o as_o he_o change_v his_o mind_n it_o be_v the_o king_n office_n to_o cause_v his_o law_n to_o be_v execute_v and_o to_o compel_v his_o subject_n to_o yield_v obedience_n to_o they_o and_o in_o order_n thereunto_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o learned_a judge_n to_o interpret_v those_o law_n and_o to_o declare_v the_o intention_n of_o they_o who_o pag._n 140_o by_o a_o artificial_a perfection_n of_o reason_n get_v by_o long_a study_n and_o experience_n in_o the_o law_n must_v be_v understand_v to_o be_v more_o competent_a for_o that_o determination_n than_o mr._n hobbes_n can_v be_v for_o the_o alteration_n of_o law_n and_o government_n by_o the_o artificial_a reason_n he_o have_v attain_v to_o by_o long_a study_n of_o arithmetic_n and_o geometry_n no_o eminent_a lawyer_n have_v ever_o say_v that_o the_o two_o arm_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v force_n and_o justice_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v in_o the_o king_n the_o other_o deposit_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o parliament_n but_o all_o lawyer_n know_v that_o they_o be_v equal_o deposit_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n and_o that_o all_o justice_n be_v administer_v by_o he_o and_o in_o his_o name_n and_o all_o man_n acknowledge_v that_o all_o the_o law_n be_v his_o law_n his_o consent_n and_o authority_n only_o give_v the_o power_n and_o name_n of_o a_o law_n what_o concurrence_n or_o formality_n soever_o have_v contribute_v towards_o it_o the_o question_n only_o be_v whether_o he_o can_v repeal_v or_o vacate_v such_o a_o law_n without_o the_o same_o concurrence_n and_o formality_n and_o methinks_v the_o instance_n he_o make_v of_o a_o prince_n pag._n 139._o subdue_a another_o people_n and_o consent_v that_o they_o shall_v live_v and_o be_v govern_v according_a to_o those_o law_n under_o which_o they_o be_v bear_v and_o by_o which_o they_o be_v former_o govern_v shall_v manifest_v to_o he_o the_o contrary_a for_o though_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o those_o old_a law_n become_v new_a by_o this_o consent_n of_o he_o the_o law_n of_o the_o legislator_n that_o be_v of_o that_o sovereign_n who_o indulge_v the_o use_n of_o they_o yet_o he_o can_v say_v that_o he_o can_v by_o his_o word_n vacate_v and_o repeal_v those_o law_n and_o his_o own_o concession_n without_o dissolve_v all_o the_o ligament_n of_o government_n and_o without_o the_o violation_n of_o faith_n which_o himself_o confess_v to_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n notwithstanding_o that_o the_o law_n be_v reason_n and_o pag._n 139._o not_o the_o letter_n but_o that_o which_o be_v according_a to_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o legislator_n that_o be_v of_o the_o sovereign_n be_v the_o law_n yet_o when_o there_o be_v any_o difficulty_n in_o the_o understanding_n the_o law_n the_o interpretation_n thereof_o may_v reasonable_o belong_v to_o learned_a judge_n who_o by_o their_o education_n and_o the_o testimony_n of_o their_o know_a ability_n before_o they_o be_v make_v judge_n and_o by_o their_o oath_n to_o judge_n according_a to_o right_n be_v the_o most_o competent_a to_o explain_v those_o difficulty_n which_o no_o sovereign_a as_o sovereign_n can_v be_v presume_v to_o understand_v or_o comprehend_v and_o the_o judgement_n and_o decision_n those_o judge_n make_v be_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o sovereign_n who_o have_v qualify_v they_o to_o be_v judge_n and_o who_o be_v to_o pronounce_v their_o sentence_n according_a to_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o law_n not_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o therefore_o mr._n hobbes_n will_v make_v a_o very_a ignorant_a judge_n when_o he_o will_v not_o have_v he_o verse_v in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n but_o only_o a_o man_n of_o good_a natural_a reason_n and_o of_o a_o right_a understanding_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o yet_o he_o say_v pag._n 154._o that_o
principle_n against_o law_n lest_o he_o be_v oblige_v to_o stand_v or_o fall_v according_a to_o the_o rectitude_n or_o error_n thereof_o though_o every_o instance_n he_o give_v of_o his_o sovereign_n absolute_a power_n make_v it_o the_o more_o unreasonable_a formidable_a and_o odious_a yet_o he_o give_v all_o the_o support_n to_o it_o he_o can_v devise_v and_o indeed_o when_o he_o have_v make_v his_o sovereign_n word_n a_o full_a and_o enact_v law_n he_o have_v reason_n to_o oblige_v his_o subject_n to_o do_v whatsoever_o he_o command_v be_v it_o right_n or_o wrong_n and_o to_o provide_v for_o his_o security_n when_o he_o have_v do_v and_o therefore_o he_o declare_v pag._n 157._o that_o whosoever_o do_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o a_o former_a law_n by_o the_o command_n of_o his_o sovereign_n he_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o any_o crime_n and_o so_o can_v be_v punish_v because_o when_o the_o sovereign_n command_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v against_o a_o former_a law_n the_o command_n as_o to_o that_o particular_a fact_n be_v a_o abrogation_n of_o the_o law_n which_o will_v introduce_v a_o licence_n to_o commit_v murder_n or_o any_o other_o crime_n most_o odious_a and_o against_o which_o law_n be_v chief_o provide_v but_o he_o have_v in_o another_o place_n give_v his_o subject_a leave_n to_o refuse_v the_o sovereign_n command_n when_o he_o require_v he_o to_o do_v a_o act_n or_o office_n contrary_a to_o his_o honour_n so_o that_o though_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v the_o law_n to_o restrain_v he_o from_o do_v what_o the_o sovereign_a unlawful_o command_v yea_o his_o honour_n of_o which_o he_o shall_v be_v judge_n himself_o may_v make_v he_o refuse_v that_o command_n though_o lawful_a as_o if_o the_o sovereign_n command_v he_o to_o prison_n as_o no_o doubt_n he_o lawful_o may_v for_o a_o crime_n that_o deserve_v death_n he_o may_v in_o mr._n hobbes_n opinion_n refuse_v to_o obey_v that_o command_n whereas_o government_n and_o justice_n have_v not_o a_o great_a security_n then_o that_o he_o that_o execute_v a_o verbal_a command_n of_o the_o king_n against_o a_o know_a law_n shall_v be_v punish_v and_o the_o case_n which_o he_o put_v in_o the_o follow_a paragraph_n that_o the_o king_n will_v be_v a_o law_n if_o he_o shall_v not_o obey_v that_o there_o will_v appear_v two_o contradictory_n law_n which_o will_v total_o excuse_v be_v so_o contrary_a to_o the_o common_a rule_n of_o justice_n that_o a_o man_n be_v oblige_v to_o believe_v when_o the_o king_n require_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v contrary_a to_o any_o law_n that_o he_o do_v not_o know_v of_o that_o law_n and_o so_o to_o forbear_v execute_v his_o command_n and_o if_o this_o be_v otherwise_o king_n of_o all_o man_n will_v be_v most_o miserable_a and_o will_v reverse_v their_o most_o serious_a counsel_n and_o deliberation_n by_o incogitancy_n upon_o the_o suggestion_n and_o importunity_n of_o every_o presumptuous_a intruder_n king_n themselves_o can_v never_o be_v punish_v or_o reprehend_v public_o that_o be_v a_o reproach_n not_o consistent_a with_o the_o reverence_n due_a to_o majesty_n for_o their_o casual_a or_o wilful_a error_n and_o mistake_n let_v the_o ill_a consequence_n of_o they_o be_v what_o they_o will_v but_o if_o they_o who_o malicious_o lead_v or_o advise_v or_o obey_v they_o in_o unjust_a resolution_n and_o command_n be_v to_o have_v the_o same_o indemnity_n there_o must_v be_v a_o dissolution_n of_o all_o kingdom_n and_o government_n but_o as_o king_n must_v be_v leave_v to_o god_n who_o vicegerent_n they_o be_v to_o judge_n of_o their_o breach_n of_o trust_n so_o they_o who_o offend_v against_o the_o law_n must_v be_v leave_v to_o the_o punishment_n the_o law_n have_v provide_v for_o they_o it_o be_v in_o the_o king_n power_n to_o pardon_v the_o execution_n of_o the_o sentence_n the_o law_n inflict_v except_o in_o those_o case_n where_o the_o offence_n be_v great_a to_o other_o then_o to_o the_o king_n as_o in_o the_o murder_n of_o a_o husband_n or_o a_o father_n the_o offence_n be_v great_a to_o the_o wife_n and_o to_o the_o son_n for_o their_o relation_n then_o to_o the_o king_n for_o a_o subject_a and_o therefore_o upon_o a_o appeal_n by_o they_o the_o transgressor_n may_v suffer_v after_o the_o king_n have_v pardon_v he_o it_o be_v a_o great_a prerogative_n which_o mr._n hobbes_n do_v in_o this_o chapter_n indulge_v to_o his_o fear_n his_o precious_a bodily_a fear_n of_o corporal_a hurt_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o only_o extenuate_v a_o ill_a action_n but_o total_o excuse_v and_o annihilate_v the_o worst_a he_o can_v commit_v that_o if_o a_o man_n by_o the_o terror_n of_o present_a death_n be_v compel_v to_o do_v a_o fact_n against_o the_o law_n he_o be_v whole_o excuse_v because_o no_o law_n can_v oblige_v a_o man_n to_o abandon_v his_o own_o preservation_n and_o suppose_v such_o a_o law_n be_v obligatory_a yet_o a_o man_n will_v reason_n pag._n 157._o if_o i_o do_v it_o not_o i_o die_v present_o if_o i_o do_v it_o i_o die_v afterward_o therefore_o by_o do_v it_o there_o be_v time_n of_o life_n gain_v nature_n therefore_o compel_v he_o to_o the_o fact_n by_o which_o a_o man_n seem_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o be_v compel_v even_o for_o a_o short_a reprieve_n and_o to_o live_v two_o or_o three_o day_n long_o to_o do_v the_o most_o infamous_a and_o wicked_a thing_n that_o be_v imaginable_a upon_o which_o fertile_a soil_n he_o do_v hereafter_o so_o much_o enlarge_v according_a to_o his_o natural_a method_n in_o which_o he_o usual_o plant_v a_o stock_n suppose_v a_o principle_n the_o malignity_n whereof_o be_v not_o present_o discernible_a in_o a_o precedent_a chapter_n upon_o which_o in_o a_o subsequent_a one_o he_o graft_v new_a and_o worse_a doctrine_n which_o he_o look_v shall_v grow_v and_o prosper_v by_o such_o cultivation_n as_o he_o apply_v to_o it_o in_o discourse_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v defer_v my_o consideration_n to_o the_o contrary_a till_o i_o wait_v upon_o he_o in_o that_o enlarge_a disquisition_n the_o survey_n of_o chapter_n 28._o the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n be_v a_o discourse_n of_o punishment_n and_o reward_n it_o be_v not_o possible_a for_o he_o to_o forget_v in_o how_o weak_a a_o condition_n he_o have_v leave_v his_o sovereign_n for_o want_v of_o power_n to_o punish_v since_o want_v of_o power_n to_o punish_v and_o want_v of_o authority_n to_o cause_v his_o punishment_n to_o be_v inflict_v be_v the_o same_o thing_n especial_o when_o the_o guilty_a person_n be_v not_o only_o not_o oblige_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o sentence_n how_o just_a soever_o but_o have_v a_o right_a to_o resist_v it_o and_o to_o defend_v himself_o by_o force_n against_o the_o magistrate_n and_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o he_o think_v it_o of_o much_o importance_n to_o inquire_v by_o what_o door_n the_o right_a and_o authority_n of_o punish_v in_o any_o case_n come_v in_o he_o be_v a_o very_a ill_a architect_n that_o in_o build_v a_o house_n make_v not_o door_n to_o enter_v into_o every_o office_n of_o it_o and_o it_o be_v very_o strange_a that_o he_o shall_v make_v his_o door_n large_a and_o big_a enough_o in_o his_o institution_n to_o let_v out_o all_o the_o liberty_n and_o propriety_n of_o the_o subject_a and_o the_o very_a end_n of_o his_o institution_n be_v to_o make_v a_o magistrate_n to_o compel_v man_n to_o their_o duty_n for_o he_o confess_v they_o be_v before_o oblige_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o perform_v it_o one_o towards_o another_o but_o that_o there_o must_v be_v a_o sovereign_a sword_n to_o compel_v man_n to_o do_v that_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v yet_o that_o he_o shall_v forget_v to_o leave_v a_o door_n wide_a enough_o for_o this_o compulsion_n to_o enter_v in_o at_o by_o punishment_n and_o bring_v the_o offender_n to_o justice_n since_o the_o end_n of_o make_v the_o sovereign_n be_v disappoint_v and_o he_o can_v preserve_v the_o peace_n if_o guilty_a person_n have_v a_o right_a to_o preserve_v 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be_v one_o of_o the_o ground_n and_o principle_n which_o he_o conclude_v to_o be_v against_o the_o express_a duty_n of_o prince_n to_o let_v the_o people_n be_v ignorant_a of_o if_o mr._n hobbes_n have_v a_o conscience_n make_v and_o instruct_v like_o other_o man_n and_o have_v not_o careful_o provide_v that_o whilst_o his_o judgement_n be_v fix_v under_o philosophical_a and_o metaphysical_a notion_n his_o conscience_n shall_v never_o be_v disturb_v by_o religious_a speculation_n and_o apprehension_n it_o may_v possible_o smite_v he_o with_o the_o remembrance_n that_o these_o excellent_a principle_n be_v industrious_o insinuate_v divulge_v and_o publish_v within_o less_o than_o two_o year_n after_o cromwel_n usurpation_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o three_o nation_n upon_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o sovereign_n and_o that_o he_o then_o declare_v in_o this_o book_n pag._n 165._o that_o against_o such_o subject_n who_o deliberate_o deny_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n then_o and_o so_o establish_v which_o god_n be_v thank_v much_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o three_o nation_n then_o do_v the_o vengeance_n may_v lawful_o be_v extend_v not_o only_o to_o the_o father_n but_o also_o to_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n not_o yet_o in_o be_v and_o consequent_o innocent_a of_o the_o fact_n for_o which_o they_o be_v afflict_v because_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o offence_n consist_v in_o renounce_v of_o subjection_n which_o be_v a_o relapse_n into_o the_o condition_n of_o war_n common_o call_v rebellion_n and_o they_o that_o so_o offend_v suffer_v not_o as_o subject_n but_o as_o enemy_n and_o true_o he_o may_v very_o reasonable_o believe_v sure_o more_o than_o many_o thing_n which_o he_o do_v believe_v that_o the_o veneme_n of_o this_o book_n wrought_v upon_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n to_o retard_v the_o return_n of_o their_o allegiance_n for_o so_o many_o year_n and_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o so_o many_o cruel_a and_o bloody_a 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that_o he_o be_v oblige_v to_o make_v his_o leviathan_n canonical_a scripture_n there_o be_v no_o other_o book_n ever_o yet_o print_v that_o can_v inform_v they_o of_o those_o right_n and_o the_o ground_n and_o reason_n of_o they_o and_o how_o worthy_a they_o be_v to_o receive_v that_o countenance_n and_o authority_n will_v best_o appear_v by_o a_o far_a examination_n of_o the_o particular_n and_o yet_o a_o man_n may_v have_v reasonable_o expect_v from_o the_o first_o paragraph_n of_o this_o chapter_n another_o kind_n of_o tenderness_n indeed_o as_o great_a as_o he_o can_v wish_v of_o the_o good_a and_o welfare_n of_o the_o subject_a when_o he_o declare_v pag._n 175._o that_o the_o office_n of_o the_o monarch_n consist_v in_o the_o end_n for_o which_o he_o be_v trust_v with_o the_o sovereign_a power_n namely_o the_o procuration_n of_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o people_n to_o which_o he_o be_v oblige_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o to_o render_v a_o account_n thereof_o to_o god_n the_o author_n of_o that_o law_n but_o by_o safety_n he_o say_v be_v not_o meaâ—â—_n a_o bare_a preservation_n but_o also_o all_o other_o contentment_n of_o life_n which_o every_o man_n by_o lawful_a industry_n without_o danger_n or_o hurt_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n can_v acquire_v to_o hâ—mself_n who_o can_v expect_v a_o more_o bless_a condition_n who_o can_v desire_v a_o more_o gracious_a sovereign_n no_o man_n will_v have_v think_v this_o specious_a building_n shall_v have_v its_o foundation_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o foolish_a indian_n upon_o sand_n that_o assoon_o as_o you_o come_v to_o rest_v upon_o it_o molder_v away_o to_o nothing_o that_o this_o safety_n safety_n improve_v with_o all_o the_o other_o contentment_n of_o life_n shall_v consist_v in_o nothing_o else_o but_o in_o a_o man_n be_v instruct_v and_o prepare_v to_o know_v that_o he_o have_v nothing_o of_o his_o own_o and_o that_o when_o he_o have_v by_o his_o lawful_a industry_n acquire_v to_o himself_o all_o 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they_o can_v be_v maintain_v by_o any_o civil_a law_n or_o terror_n of_o legal_a punishment_n and_o as_o few_o man_n agree_v with_o mr._n hobbes_n in_o the_o essential_a right_n of_o sovereignty_n so_o none_o allow_v nor_o do_v he_o agree_v with_o himself_o that_o all_o resistance_n to_o the_o right_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n be_v they_o never_o so_o essential_a be_v rebellion_n he_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v a_o privilege_n of_o the_o subject_a that_o he_o may_v sue_v the_o king_n so_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o the_o sovereign_n may_v sue_v the_o subject_a who_o may_v as_o lawful_o defend_v as_o sue_v and_o every_o such_o defence_n be_v a_o resistance_n to_o the_o sovereign_a right_n of_o demand_v and_o yet_o i_o suppose_v mr._n hobbes_n will_v not_o say_v it_o be_v rebellion_n he_o that_o do_v positive_o refuse_v to_o pay_v money_n to_o the_o king_n which_o he_o do_v just_o owe_v to_o he_o and_o which_o he_o shall_v be_v compel_v to_o pay_v do_v resist_v a_o essential_a 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which_o make_v some_o grimace_n callâ—d_a laughter_n and_o be_v cause_v either_o by_o some_o sudden_a act_n of_o their_o own_o that_o please_v they_o or_o by_o the_o apprehension_n of_o some_o deformed_a thing_n in_o another_o by_o comparison_n whereof_o they_o sudden_o applaud_v themselves_o in_o which_o kind_n of_o illustration_n those_o chapter_n and_o in_o truth_n his_o whole_a book_n abound_v and_o discover_v a_o master_n faculty_n in_o make_v easy_a thing_n hard_o to_o be_v understand_v and_o man_n will_v probable_o with_o the_o more_o impatience_n and_o curiosity_n though_o with_o the_o less_o reverence_n enter_v upon_o the_o three_o part_n of_o his_o book_n which_o be_v to_o define_v christian_a politics_n after_o he_o have_v so_o well_o define_v and_o describe_v religion_n to_o be_v fear_n of_o power_n invisible_a feign_v by_o the_o mind_n or_o imagine_v from_o tale_n public_o allow_v p._n 26._o all_o which_o i_o leave_v to_o his_o friend_n of_o the_o university_n nor_o shall_v i_o spend_v more_o time_n upon_o the_o seven_o eight_o aâ—d_v nine_o chapter_n leave_v they_o to_o the_o schoolman_n to_o examine_v who_o be_v in_o his_o debt_n for_o much_o mirth_n which_o he_o have_v make_v out_o of_o they_o i_o for_o my_o part_n be_v very_o indifferent_a between_o they_o as_o believe_v that_o the_o schoolman_n have_v contribute_v very_o little_o more_o to_o the_o advancement_n of_o any_o noble_a or_o substantial_a part_n of_o learning_n than_o mr._n hobbes_n have_v do_v to_o the_o reformation_n or_o improvement_n of_o philosophy_n and_o policy_n yet_o i_o may_v reasonable_o say_v so_o much_o on_o their_o behalf_n that_o if_o mr._n hobbes_n may_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o translate_v all_o those_o term_n of_o art_n the_o proper_a signification_n whereof_o be_v unanimous_o understand_v and_o agree_v between_o all_o who_o use_v they_o and_o which_o in_o truth_n be_v a_o cipher_n to_o which_o all_o man_n of_o moderate_a learning_n have_v the_o key_n into_o the_o vulgar_a language_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o rider_n dictionary_n he_o have_v find_v a_o way_n to_o render_v and_o expose_v the_o worthy_a professor_n of_o any_o science_n and_o all_o science_n itself_o to_o the_o cheap_a laughter_n of_o all_o illiterate_a man_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o mr._n hobbes_n own_o rule_n and_o determination_n pag._n 17._o where_o he_o say_v that_o when_o a_o man_n upon_o the_o hear_n any_o speech_n have_v those_o thought_n which_o the_o word_n of_o that_o speech_n and_o their_o connexion_n be_v ordain_v and_o constitute_v to_o signify_v than_o he_o be_v say_v to_o understand_v it_o and_o sure_o the_o signification_n of_o word_n and_o term_n be_v no_o less_o ordain_v and_o constitute_v by_o custom_n and_o acceptation_n then_o by_o grammar_n and_o etymology_n if_o it_o be_v otherwise_o mr._n hobbes_n himself_o will_v be_v as_o much_o expose_v to_o ignorant_a auditor_n when_o he_o read_v a_o lecture_n upon_o the_o optic_n or_o even_o in_o his_o adore_a 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forget_v and_o in_o what_o degree_n of_o grace_n and_o favour_n that_o high_a call_n have_v be_v ever_o since_o with_o he_o appear_v by_o the_o mention_n of_o they_o throughout_o the_o whole_a current_n of_o scripture_n by_o the_o prerogative_n he_o have_v grant_v to_o they_o and_o by_o his_o impart_v to_o they_o even_o his_o own_o appellation_n they_o who_o will_v in_o the_o next_o place_n deduce_v the_o extent_n of_o the_o absolute_a and_o illimited_a power_n of_o king_n from_o that_o declaration_n by_o samuel_n which_o indeed_o seem_v to_o leave_v neither_o property_n or_o liberty_n in_o their_o subject_n and_o can_v be_v only_o intend_v by_o samuel_n to_o terrify_v they_o from_o that_o mutinous_a and_o seditious_a clamour_n since_o it_o have_v no_o foundation_n from_o any_o other_o part_n of_o scripture_n nor_o be_v ever_o practise_v or_o exercise_v by_o any_o good_a king_n who_o succeed_v over_o they_o and_o be_v bless_v and_o approve_v by_o god_n and_o therefore_o when_o those_o 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do_v and_o what_o he_o shall_v do_v he_o shall_v not_o multiply_v horse_n to_o himself_o etc._n etc._n which_o only_o concern_v that_o people_n that_o they_o may_v have_v no_o temptation_n to_o return_v to_o egypt_n you_o shall_v henceforth_o no_o more_o return_n that_o may_v etc._n etc._n nor_o shall_v he_o multiply_v wife_n etc._n etc._n though_o multiply_v of_o wife_n seem_v to_o be_v permit_v yet_o he_o be_v to_o have_v a_o care_n that_o the_o number_n of_o they_o do_v not_o turn_v his_o heart_n away_o nor_o shall_v he_o great_o multiply_v unto_o himself_o silver_n and_o gold_n etc._n etc._n not_o so_o affect_v and_o set_v his_o heart_n upon_o be_v rich_a to_o be_v temt_v to_o oppress_v his_o subject_n or_o to_o injure_v his_o neighbour_n and_o so_o far_o the_o negative_a direct_v then_o for_o the_o affirmative_a that_o he_o shall_v write_v a_o copy_n of_o the_o law_n in_o a_o book_n etc._n etc._n deut._n 17._o 18_o 19_o 20._o that_o it_o shall_v be_v with_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v read_v therein_o all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n that_o he_o may_v learn_v to_o fear_v the_o lord_n his_o god_n and_o to_o keep_v all_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n and_o these_o statute_n to_o do_v they_o that_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o lift_v up_o and_o that_o he_o turn_v not_o aside_o from_o the_o commandment_n to_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o to_o the_o left_a and_o from_o this_o text_n the_o rabbin_n conclude_v that_o he_o be_v to_o write_v a_o book_n of_o the_o law_n for_o himself_o and_o if_o he_o have_v none_o before_o he_o be_v king_n he_o be_v oblige_v assoon_o as_o he_o be_v king_n to_o have_v two_o one_o whereof_o he_o be_v to_o have_v always_o which_o he_o sive_fw-la cum_fw-la vadit_fw-la ad_fw-la praelium_fw-la sive_fw-la cum_fw-la sedet_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la â—ut_fw-la in_o mensa_fw-la &c_n &c_n those_o be_v the_o injunction_n which_o god_n prescribe_v to_o his_o king_n and_o be_v observe_v by_o all_o those_o who_o be_v bless_v and_o approve_v by_o he_o for_o 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thence_o be_v infer_v that_o so_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v will_v never_o persuade_v man_n to_o change_v a_o government_n they_o have_v be_v for_o many_o hundred_o year_n happy_a under_o though_o with_o some_o vicissitude_n of_o fortune_n for_o a_o imaginary_a government_n by_o his_o rule_n of_o arithmetic_n and_o geometry_n of_o which_o no_o nation_n have_v ever_o yet_o have_v the_o experiment_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o country_n where_o be_v a_o sand_n of_o that_o nature_n that_o have_v support_v the_o great_a edifice_n for_o hundred_o of_o year_n against_o all_o the_o storm_n of_o wind_n and_o rage_n of_o tempest_n he_o shall_v be_v much_o too_o nice_a and_o scrupulous_a a_o person_n who_o will_v by_o any_o rule_n of_o architecture_n forbear_v to_o build_v his_o house_n there_o because_o he_o will_v not_o lay_v his_o foundation_n upon_o sand_n which_o by_o experience_n be_v find_v to_o be_v of_o equal_a firmness_n with_o a_o rock_n the_o survey_n of_o chapter_n 21._o mr._n hobbes_n be_v so_o great_a a_o enemy_n to_o freedom_n that_o he_o will_v not_o allow_v man_n that_o which_o god_n have_v give_v he_o the_o freedom_n of_o his_o will_n but_o he_o shall_v not_o entangle_v i_o in_o that_o argument_n which_o he_o have_v enough_o exercise_v himself_o in_o with_o a_o more_o equal_a adversary_n who_o i_o think_v have_v be_v much_o too_o hard_a for_o he_o at_o his_o own_o weapon_n reason_n the_o learned_a bishop_n of_o derry_n who_o be_v afterward_o archbishop_n of_o armagh_n and_o by_o which_o he_o have_v put_v he_o into_o great_a choler_n than_o a_o philosopher_n ought_v to_o subject_v himself_o to_o the_o terrible_a stroke_n whereof_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a to_o undergo_v and_o therefore_o shall_v keep_v myself_o close_o to_o that_o freedom_n and_o liberty_n only_o that_o be_v due_a to_o subject_n and_o of_o which_o his_o business_n in_o this_o chapter_n be_v to_o deprive_v they_o total_o a_o man_n will_v have_v expect_v from_o mr._n hobbes_n inventory_n of_o the_o several_a right_n and_o power_n of_o his_o sovereign_n in_o his_o eighteen_o chapter_n of_o which_o one_o be_v to_o prescribe_v rule_n pag._n 91._o whereby_o every_o man_n may_v know_v what_o good_n he_o may_v enjoy_v and_o what_o action_n he_o may_v do_v without_o be_v molest_v by_o any_o of_o his_o fellow_n subject_n which_o he_o say_v man_n call_v propriety_n that_o some_o such_o rule_n shall_v be_v establish_v as_o may_v secure_v that_o porpriety_n how_o little_a soever_o but_o he_o have_v now_o better_o explain_v himself_o and_o find_v that_o liberty_n and_o property_n be_v only_a fence_n against_o the_o invasion_n or_o force_n of_o fellow_n subject_n but_o towards_o the_o sovereign_n of_o no_o use_n or_o signification_n at_o all_o no_o man_n have_v a_o propriety_n in_o any_o thing_n that_o can_v restrain_v the_o king_n from_o take_v it_o from_o he_o and_o the_o liberty_n of_o a_o subject_a pag._n 109._o â—eth_v only_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o in_o regulate_v their_o action_n the_o sovereign_n have_v pretermit_v such_o as_o be_v the_o liberty_n to_o buy_v and_o sell_v and_o otherwise_o contract_n with_o one_o another_o to_o choose_v their_o own_o abode_n their_o own_o diet_n their_o own_o trade_n of_o life_n and_o to_o institute_v their_o child_n as_o they_o think_v fit_a and_o the_o like_a i_o wonder_v he_o do_v not_o insert_v the_o liberty_n to_o wear_v his_o clothes_n of_o that_o fashion_n which_o he_o like_v best_o which_o be_v as_o important_a as_o most_o of_o his_o other_o concession_n and_o yet_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v jealous_a that_o even_o this_o liberty_n shall_v make_v man_n imagine_v that_o the_o sovereign_a power_n shall_v be_v in_o any_o degree_n limit_v or_o that_o any_o thing_n he_o can_v do_v to_o a_o subject_a and_o upon_o what_o pretence_n soever_o may_v be_v call_v injustice_n or_o
justice_n even_o where_o himself_o be_v party_n and_o that_o he_o will_v be_v sue_v before_o those_o judge_n if_o he_o do_v not_o pay_v what_o he_o ow'_v to_o his_o subject_n this_o be_v the_o contract_n which_o give_v that_o capacity_n of_o sue_v and_o which_o by_o his_o own_o consent_n and_o condescension_n lessen_v his_o sovereignty_n that_o his_o subject_n may_v require_v justice_n from_o he_o and_o yet_o all_o these_o promise_n and_o lessening_n he_o pronounce_v as_o void_a and_o to_o amount_v to_o contradiction_n that_o must_v dissolve_v the_o whole_a sovereign_a power_n and_o leave_v the_o people_n in_o confusion_n and_o war_n whereas_o the_o truth_n be_v these_o condescension_n and_o voluntary_a abatement_n of_o some_o of_o that_o original_a power_n that_o be_v in_o they_o have_v draw_v a_o cheerful_a submission_n and_o be_v attend_v by_o a_o ready_a obedience_n to_o sovereignty_n from_o the_o time_n that_o subject_n have_v be_v at_o so_o great_a a_o distance_n from_o be_v consider_v as_o child_n and_o that_o sovereign_n have_v be_v without_o those_o natural_a tenderness_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o power_n and_o which_o in_o the_o rigour_n of_o it_o can_v never_o have_v be_v support_v and_o where_o these_o obligation_n be_v best_a observe_v sovereignty_n flourish_v with_o the_o most_o lustre_n and_o security_n king_n have_v still_o all_o the_o power_n remain_v in_o they_o that_o they_o have_v not_o themselves_o part_v with_o and_o release_v to_o their_o subject_n and_o theiâ—_n subject_n have_v no_o pretence_n to_o more_o liberty_n or_o power_n then_o the_o king_n have_v grant_v and_o give_v to_o they_o and_o both_o their_o happiness_n and_o security_n consist_v in_o contain_v themselves_o within_o their_o own_o limit_n that_o be_v king_n not_o to_o affect_v the_o recovery_n of_o that_o exorbitant_a power_n which_o their_o ancestor_n wise_o part_v with_o as_o well_o for_o their_o own_o as_o the_o people_n benefit_n and_o subject_n to_o rejoice_v in_o those_o liberty_n which_o have_v be_v grant_v to_o they_o and_o not_o to_o wish_v to_o lessen_v the_o power_n of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v not_o great_a than_o be_v necessary_a for_o their_o own_o preservation_n and_o to_o such_o a_o wholesome_a division_n and_o communication_n of_o power_n as_o this_o be_v that_o place_n of_o scripture_n with_o which_o mr._n hobbes_n be_v still_o too_o bold_a a_o kingdom_n divide_v in_o itself_o can_v stand_v can_v be_v apply_v but_o that_o this_o supreme_a sovereign_n who_o he_o have_v invest_v with_o the_o whole_a property_n and_o liberty_n of_o all_o his_o subject_n and_o so_o invest_v he_o in_o it_o that_o he_o have_v not_o power_n to_o part_v with_o any_o of_o it_o by_o promise_n or_o donation_n or_o release_v may_v not_o be_v too_o much_o exalt_v with_o his_o own_o greatness_n he_o have_v humble_v he_o sufficient_o by_o give_v his_o subject_n leave_v to_o withdraw_v their_o obedience_n from_o he_o when_o he_o have_v most_o need_n of_o their_o assistance_n for_o the_o pag._n 114._o obligation_n of_o subject_n to_o the_o sovereign_n be_v understand_v he_o say_v to_o last_o as_o long_o and_o no_o long_o than_o the_o power_n last_v to_o protect_v they_o so_o that_o assoon_o as_o any_o town_n city_n or_o province_n of_o any_o prince_n dominion_n be_v invade_v by_o a_o foreign_a enemy_n or_o possess_v by_o a_o rebellious_a subject_n that_o the_o prince_n for_o the_o present_n can_v suppress_v the_o power_n of_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o the_o people_n may_v lawful_o resort_v to_o those_o who_o be_v over_o they_o and_o for_o their_o protection_n perform_v all_o the_o office_n and_o duty_n of_o good_a subject_n to_o they_o pag_n 114._o for_o the_o right_a man_n have_v by_o nature_n to_o protect_v themselves_o when_o none_o else_o can_v protect_v they_o can_v by_o no_o covenant_n be_v relinquish_v and_o the_o end_n of_o obedience_n be_v protection_n which_o wherever_o a_o man_n see_v it_o either_o in_o his_o own_o or_o in_o a_o other_o sword_n nature_n apply_v his_o obedience_n to_o it_o and_o his_o endeavour_n to_o maintain_v it_o and_o true_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o they_o do_v so_o and_o that_o subject_n take_v the_o first_o opportunity_n to_o free_v themselves_o from_o such_o a_o sovereign_a as_o he_o have_v give_v they_o and_o choose_v a_o better_a for_o themselves_o whereas_o the_o duty_n of_o subject_n be_v and_o all_o good_a subject_n believe_v they_o owe_v another_o kind_n of_o duty_n and_o obedience_n to_o their_o sovereign_n then_o to_o withdraw_v their_o subjection_n because_o he_o be_v oppress_v and_o will_v prefer_v poverty_n and_o death_n itself_o before_o they_o will_v renounce_v their_o obedience_n to_o their_o natural_a prince_n or_o do_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v advance_v the_o service_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o since_o mr._n hobbes_n give_v so_o ill_a a_o testimony_n of_o his_o government_n which_o by_o the_o severe_a condition_n he_o will_v oblige_v mankind_n to_o submit_v to_o for_o the_o support_n of_o it_o aught_o to_o be_v firm_a and_o not_o to_o be_v shake_v pag._n 114._o that_o it_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n not_o only_o subject_a to_o violent_a death_n by_o foreign_a war_n but_o also_o from_o the_o ignorance_n and_o passion_n of_o man_n that_o it_o have_v in_o it_o from_o the_o very_a institution_n many_o seed_n of_o natural_a mortality_n by_o intestine_a discord_n worse_o than_o which_o he_o can_v say_v of_o any_o government_n we_o may_v very_o reasonable_o prefer_v the_o government_n we_o have_v and_o under_o which_o we_o have_v enjoy_v much_o happiness_n before_o his_o which_o we_o do_v not_o know_v nor_o any_o body_n have_v have_v experience_n of_o and_o which_o by_o his_o own_o confession_n be_v liable_a to_o all_o the_o accident_n of_o mortality_n which_o any_o other_o have_v be_v and_o reject_v his_o that_o promise_n so_o ill_a and_o exercise_n all_o the_o action_n of_o war_n in_o peace_n and_o when_o war_n come_v be_v liable_a to_o all_o the_o misfortune_n which_o can_v possible_o attend_v or_o invade_v it_o whether_o the_o relation_n of_o subject_n be_v extinguish_v in_o all_o those_o case_n which_o mr._n hobbes_n take_v upon_o he_o to_o prescribe_v as_o imprisonment_n banishment_n and_o the_o like_a i_o leave_v to_o those_o who_o can_v instruct_v he_o better_o in_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n by_o which_o they_o must_v be_v judge_v notwithstanding_o all_o his_o appeal_n to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o i_o presume_v if_o a_o banish_a person_n p._n 114_o during_o which_o he_o say_v he_o be_v not_o subject_a shall_v join_v in_o a_o action_n under_o a_o foreign_a power_n against_o his_o country_n wherein_o he_o shall_v with_o other_o be_v take_v prisoner_n the_o other_o shall_v be_v proceed_v against_o as_o prisoner_n of_o war_n when_o he_o shall_v be_v judge_v as_o a_o traitor_n and_o rebel_n which_o he_o can_v not_o be_v if_o he_o be_v not_o a_o subject_a and_o this_o not_o only_o in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o hostile_a action_n and_o open_v attemt_fw-mi but_o of_o the_o most_o secret_a conspiracy_n that_o come_v to_o be_v discover_v and_o if_o this_o be_v true_a we_o may_v conclude_v it_o will_v be_v very_o unsafe_a to_o conduct_v ourselves_o by_o what_o mr._n hobbes_n p._n 105._o find_v by_o speculation_n and_o deduction_n of_o sovereign_n right_n from_o the_o nature_n need_v and_o design_n of_o man_n sure_o this_o woeful_a desertion_n and_o defection_n in_o the_o case_n above_o mention_v which_o have_v be_v always_o hold_v criminal_a by_o all_o law_n that_o have_v be_v current_n in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o world_n receive_v so_o much_o countenance_n and_o justification_n by_o mr._n hobbes_n his_o book_n and_o more_o by_o his_o conversation_n that_o cromwell_n find_v the_o submission_n to_o those_o principle_n produce_v a_o submission_n to_o he_o and_o the_o imaginary_a relation_n between_o protection_n and_o allegiance_n so_o positive_o proclaim_v by_o he_o prevail_v for_o many_o year_n to_o extinguish_v all_o visible_a fidelity_n to_o the_o king_n whilst_o he_o persuade_v many_o to_o take_v the_o engagement_n as_o a_o thing_n lawful_a and_o to_o become_v subject_n to_o the_o usurper_n as_o to_o their_o legitimate_a sovereign_n of_o which_o great_a service_n he_o can_v not_o abstain_v from_o brag_v in_o a_o pamphlet_n set_v forth_o in_o that_o time_n that_o he_o alone_o and_o his_o doctrine_n have_v prevail_v with_o many_o to_o submit_v to_o the_o government_n who_o will_v otherwise_o have_v disturb_v the_o public_a peace_n that_o be_v to_o renounce_v their_o fidelity_n to_o their_o true_a sovereign_n and_o to_o be_v faithful_a to_o the_o usurper_n it_o appear_v at_o last_o why_o by_o his_o institution_n he_o will_v have_v the_o power_n and_o security_n of_o his_o sovereign_n whole_o and_o only_o to_o depend_v upon_o the_o contract_n and_o covenant_n which_o the_o people_n make_v one_o with_o
against_o he_o by_o his_o own_o judgement_n pag._n 152._o upon_o the_o man_n that_o come_v from_o the_o indies_n hither_o and_o persuade_v man_n here_o to_o receive_v a_o new_a religion_n or_o teach_v they_o any_o thing_n that_o tend_v to_o disobedience_n to_o the_o law_n of_o this_o country_n though_o he_o be_v never_o so_o well_o persuade_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o he_o teach_v he_o commit_v a_o crime_n and_o may_v be_v just_o punish_v not_o only_o because_o his_o doctrine_n be_v false_a but_o because_o he_o do_v that_o which_o he_o will_v not_o approve_v in_o another_o that_o come_v from_o hence_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o alter_v religion_n there_o and_o how_o far_o this_o declaration_n of_o his_o own_o judgement_n may_v operate_v to_o his_o own_o condemnation_n and_o to_o the_o condemnation_n of_o most_o of_o his_o doctrine_n in_o his_o leviathan_n which_o be_v so_o contrary_a to_o all_o the_o law_n establish_v in_o his_o country_n he_o shall_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v consider_v before_o he_o commit_v the_o transgression_n for_o he_o do_v acknowledge_v that_o in_o a_o commonwealth_n where_o by_o the_o negligence_n or_o unskilfulness_n of_o governor_n and_o teacher_n false_a doctrine_n be_v by_o time_n general_o receive_v the_o contrary_a truth_n may_v be_v general_o offensive_a and_o prudent_a man_n be_v seldom_o guilty_a of_o do_v any_o thing_n at_o least_o when_o it_o be_v in_o their_o own_o election_n to_o do_v it_o or_o not_o to_o do_v it_o which_o they_o foresee_v will_v be_v offensive_a to_o the_o government_n or_o governor_n who_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o and_o must_v live_v under_o especial_o when_o he_o confess_v pag._n 91._o that_o though_o the_o most_o sudden_a and_o rough_a bustle_n in_o of_o a_o new_a truth_n that_o can_v be_v do_v never_o break_v the_o peace_n yet_o it_o do_v sometime_o wake_v the_o war_n and_o if_o the_o secure_a and_o sound_a sleep_n of_o peace_n be_v once_o break_v and_o that_o fierce_a and_o brutish_a tiger_n war_n be_v awaken_v when_o or_o how_o he_o will_v be_v lull_v into_o a_o new_a sleep_n the_o wise_a magistrate_n can_v foretell_v and_o therefore_o will_v with_o the_o more_o vigilance_n discountenance_v and_o suppress_v such_o bustler_n who_o impudent_o make_v their_o way_n with_o their_o elbow_n into_o modest_a company_n to_o dispose_v they_o to_o suspect_v and_o then_o to_o censure_v the_o wisdom_n of_o their_o forefather_n for_o have_v be_v sway_v by_o their_o own_o illiterate_a experience_n so_o as_o to_o prefer_v it_o before_o the_o clear_a reason_n of_o think_v and_o learned_a man_n who_o by_o cogitation_n have_v find_v a_o sure_a way_n for_o their_o security_n and_o there_o can_v be_v a_o more_o certain_a expedient_a find_v out_o for_o the_o dissolve_v the_o peace_n of_o any_o nation_n how_o firm_o soever_o establish_v then_o by_o give_v leave_n or_o permit_v man_n of_o part_n and_o unrestrained_a fancy_n to_o examine_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o government_n both_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a and_o to_o vent_v and_o publish_v what_o their_o wit_n and_o invention_n may_v suggest_v to_o they_o upon_o or_o against_o the_o same_o which_o will_v expose_v the_o gravity_n and_o wisdom_n of_o all_o government_n the_o infallibility_n of_o scripture_n and_o the_o omnipotence_n of_o god_n himself_o by_o their_o light_n and_o scurrilous_a question_n and_o instance_n to_o the_o mirth_n and_o contemt_a of_o all_o man_n who_o be_v without_o a_o awful_a veneration_n for_o either_o of_o which_o there_o need_v not_o be_v a_o more_o convince_a evidence_n than_o the_o presumption_n of_o mr._n hobbes_n throughout_o his_o leviathan_n of_o which_o it_o will_v not_o be_v possible_a not_o to_o give_v some_o in_o the_o progress_n we_o shall_v make_v he_o be_v over_o subtle_a in_o his_o distinction_n that_o every_o crime_n be_v a_o sin_n but_o not_o every_o sin_n a_o crime_n that_o from_o the_o relation_n of_o sin_n to_o the_o law_n and_o of_o crime_n to_o the_o civil_a law_n may_v be_v infer_v that_o where_o the_o law_n cease_v sin_n cease_v that_o the_o civil_a law_n cease_v crime_n cease_v and_o yet_o that_o violation_n of_o covenant_n ingratitude_n arrogance_n can_v never_o cease_v to_o be_v sin_n yet_o be_v no_o crime_n because_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o accusation_n every_o man_n be_v his_o own_o judge_n and_o accuse_v only_o by_o his_o own_o conscience_n and_o clear_v by_o the_o uprightness_n of_o his_o own_o intention_n and_o when_o his_o intention_n be_v right_a his_o fact_n be_v no_o sin_n if_o otherwise_o his_o fact_n be_v sin_n but_o no_o crime_n that_o when_o the_o sovereign_a power_n cease_v that_o be_v when_o the_o king_n be_v so_o oppress_v that_o he_o can_v exercise_v his_o power_n crime_n also_o cease_v there_o be_v no_o protection_n where_o there_o be_v no_o power_n which_o he_o be_v careful_a to_o repete_fw-la whether_o it_o be_v to_o the_o purpose_n or_o as_o sure_a it_o be_v not_o very_o pertinent_a in_o the_o difference_n between_o sin_n and_o crime_n and_o to_o all_o that_o huddle_n of_o word_n in_o that_o whole_a paragraph_n i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o but_o that_o it_o look_v like_o the_o discourse_n of_o some_o man_n which_o himself_o say_v pag._n 39_o may_v be_v number_v among_o the_o sort_n of_o madness_n namely_o when_o man_n speak_v such_o word_n as_o put_v together_o have_v in_o they_o no_o signification_n at_o all_o by_o their_o non-coherence_n and_o contradiction_n false_a principle_n of_o right_a and_o wrong_n can_v but_o produce_v many_o crime_n and_o the_o great_a the_o presumption_n of_o those_o be_v who_o publish_v they_o the_o confusion_n that_o result_v thereby_o must_v be_v the_o great_a and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o bundle_n of_o false_a principle_n which_o be_v contain_v in_o this_o book_n the_o strength_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o good_a constitution_n of_o the_o government_n have_v hitherto_o for_o aught_o appear_v resist_v the_o operation_n and_o malignity_n of_o the_o institution_n of_o his_o sovereignty_n with_o how_o much_o confidence_n soever_o offer_v by_o he_o and_o a_o true_a and_o lawful_a sovereign_n can_v never_o be_v induce_v to_o affect_v that_o power_n which_o mr._n hobbes_n so_o frank_o assign_v to_o the_o sovereign_n who_o he_o intend_v to_o institute_v and_o without_o doubt_n that_o unreasonable_a proposition_n that_o justice_n be_v but_o a_o vain_a word_n can_v never_o be_v establish_v for_o reason_n so_o unanswerable_o as_o by_o the_o establishment_n of_o his_o principle_n which_o will_v make_v all_o law_n cobweb_n to_o be_v blow_v away_o by_o the_o least_o breath_n of_o the_o governor_n nor_o by_o his_o ratiocination_n do_v marius_n or_o sylla_n or_o cesar_n ever_o commit_v any_o crime_n since_o they_o be_v all_o sovereign_n by_o acquisition_n and_o so_o in_o his_o own_o judgement_n possess_v of_o all_o those_o power_n which_o arise_v from_o his_o institution_n whereby_o they_o may_v do_v all_o those_o act_n which_o they_o do_v and_o no_o man_n can_v complain_v of_o injury_n or_o injustice_n every_o man_n be_v the_o author_n of_o whatever_o damage_n he_o sustain_v or_o complain_v of_o nor_o will_v he_o be_v able_a to_o lay_v any_o crime_n to_o any_o of_o their_o charge_n though_o he_o seem_v to_o condemn_v they_o and_o at_o that_o same_o time_n to_o support_v his_o institution_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n but_o it_o be_v the_o less_o wonder_n since_o from_o his_o own_o constitution_n according_a to_o his_o first_o model_n and_o know_v from_o whence_o his_o own_o obedience_n proceed_v he_o conclude_v that_o of_o all_o passion_n that_o which_o least_o incline_v man_n to_o break_v the_o law_n be_v fear_n he_o provide_v such_o terrible_a law_n as_o no_o body_n can_v love_v and_o must_v fear_v too_o much_o to_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v subject_a to_o they_o which_o want_n of_o willingness_n must_v make_v they_o glad_a of_o any_o alteration_n which_o can_v bring_v no_o security_n to_o the_o sovereign_n and_o i_o can_v enough_o recommend_v to_o mr._n hobbes_n that_o he_o will_v revolve_v his_o own_o judgement_n and_o determination_n in_o this_o chapter_n pag._n 158._o that_o he_o who_o error_n proceed_v from_o a_o peremptory_a pursuit_n of_o his_o own_o principle_n and_o reason_n be_v much_o more_o faulty_a than_o he_o who_o error_n proceed_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o teacher_n or_o a_o interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n public_o autorize_v and_o that_o he_o that_o ground_v his_o action_n on_o his_o private_a judgement_n aught_o according_a to_o the_o rectitude_n or_o error_n thereof_o to_o stand_v or_o fall_v and_o if_o his_o fear_n be_v so_o predominant_a in_o he_o as_o he_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v in_o most_o man_n it_o will_v dispose_v he_o first_o to_o inquire_v what_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o judge_n be_v who_o be_v the_o autorized_a interpreter_n of_o law_n before_o he_o publish_v his_o seditious_a
according_a to_o his_o own_o discretion_n in_o the_o last_o place_n he_o have_v very_o much_o oblige_v his_o sovereign_n in_o tell_v he_o so_o plain_o why_o he_o have_v compare_v he_o to_o leviathan_n because_o he_o have_v raise_v he_o to_o the_o same_o greatness_n and_o give_v he_o the_o same_o power_n which_o leviathan_n be_v describe_v to_o have_v in_o the_o 41_o chapter_n of_o job_n there_o be_v nothing_o on_o earth_n to_o be_v compare_v with_o he_o he_o be_v make_v so_o as_o not_o to_o be_v afraid_a be_v seethe_v every_o high_a thing_n to_o be_v below_o he_o and_o be_v king_n of_o all_o the_o child_n of_o pride_n job_n 41._o 33_o 34._o and_o if_o he_o have_v provide_v as_o well_o to_o secure_v his_o high_a station_n as_o he_o have_v for_o the_o abatement_n of_o the_o pride_n of_o the_o subject_a who_o he_o have_v sufficient_o humble_v he_o may_v more_o glory_n in_o his_o work_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v he_o have_v leave_v he_o in_o so_o weak_a a_o posture_n to_o defend_v himself_o that_o he_o have_v reason_n to_o be_v afraid_a of_o every_o man_n and_o the_o remedy_n he_o prescribe_v afterward_o to_o keep_v his_o prodigious_a power_n from_o dissolution_n be_v as_o false_a and_o irrational_a as_o any_o other_o advice_n in_o his_o institution_n as_o will_v appear_v hereafter_o the_o survey_n of_o chapter_n 29._o mr._n hobbes_n take_v so_o much_o delight_n in_o reiterate_v the_o many_o ill_a thing_n he_o have_v say_v for_o fear_v they_o do_v not_o make_v impression_n deep_a enough_o in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n that_o i_o may_v be_v pardon_v if_o i_o repete_fw-la again_o sometime_o what_o have_v be_v former_o say_v as_o this_o chapter_n consist_v most_o of_o the_o same_o pernicious_a doctrine_n which_o he_o declare_v before_o though_o in_o a_o other_o dress_n oblige_v i_o to_o make_v new_a or_o other_o reflection_n upon_o what_o be_v i_o think_v sufficient_o answer_v before_o and_o it_o may_v be_v repete_fw-la what_o i_o have_v say_v before_o he_o be_v so_o 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in_o spite_n of_o all_o the_o demonstration_n he_o have_v make_v in_o his_o kingdom_n of_o darkness_n the_o four_o part_n of_o his_o institâ—tes_n of_o the_o absurdity_n contradiction_n and_o impossibility_n in_o the_o roman_a doctrine_n of_o the_o sacrament_n he_o very_o frank_o bestow_v upon_o the_o king_n the_o sole_a power_n of_o determine_v the_o point_n of_o transubstantiation_n which_o if_o he_o conclude_v in_o the_o affirmative_a no_o subject_n must_v presume_v to_o contradict_v it_o by_o which_o he_o have_v make_v the_o pope_n and_o the_o roman_a church_n amends_o for_o the_o many_o merry_a reproach_n he_o have_v cast_v upon_o they_o in_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v good_a divinity_n in_o all_o those_o dominion_n where_o the_o sovereign_n be_v popish_a and_o of_o which_o no_o private_a reason_n or_o conscience_n but_o the_o public_a reason_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o king_n be_v judg._n and_o though_o he_o preserve_v to_o himself_o and_o other_o private_a man_n the_o prerogative_n of_o believe_v or_o not_o believe_v in_o his_o heart_n because_o thought_n be_v free_a yet_o that_o must_v not_o be_v discover_v because_o he_o make_v it_o the_o obligation_n of_o subject_n not_o only_o to_o do_v but_o to_o say_v all_o that_o their_o sovereign_n command_v they_o to_o say_v or_o do_v by_o which_o he_o introduce_v such_o a_o licence_n of_o dissimulation_n and_o hypocrisy_n as_o be_v odious_a in_o the_o civil_a action_n of_o our_o life_n but_o most_o detestable_a in_o the_o eye_n and_o judgement_n of_o god_n and_o man_n in_o all_o act_n which_o concern_v religion_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o his_o divine_a majesty_n and_o it_o be_v very_o reasonable_o to_o be_v doubt_v that_o this_o loose_a determination_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n by_o a_o man_n who_o be_v think_v to_o have_v dig_v very_o deep_a in_o all_o the_o mine_n of_o natural_a reason_n have_v contribute_v very_o much_o to_o that_o uncontrollable_a spirit_n which_o by_o the_o extravagance_n of_o fancy_n invention_n and_o imagination_n have_v make_v such_o confusion_n both_o in_o the_o speculation_n and_o practice_n of_o religion_n in_o this_o distract_a kingdom_n and_o by_o his_o make_n that_o which_o god_n have_v manifest_o command_v liable_a to_o be_v control_v or_o to_o receive_v authority_n from_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o king_n that_o both_o god_n and_o the_o king_n be_v less_o reverence_v and_o their_o precept_n less_o regard_v than_o they_o have_v use_v to_o be_v in_o this_o nation_n that_o he_o may_v the_o better_o draw_v himself_o out_o of_o those_o intricacy_n into_o which_o he_o be_v involve_v by_o this_o unnecessary_a discourse_n of_o miracle_n he_o resort_v to_o his_o sovereign_a power_n in_o his_o definition_n and_o though_o he_o have_v before_o confess_v pag._n 197._o that_o the_o work_n of_o the_o egyptian_a sorcerer_n though_o noâ—_n so_o great_a as_o those_o of_o moses_n be_v yet_o great_a miracle_n now_o he_o define_v a_o miracle_n pag._n 235._o to_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n beside_o his_o operation_n by_o the_o way_n of_o nature_n ordain_v in_o the_o creation_n do_v for_o the_o make_v manifest_a to_o his_o elect_n the_o mission_n of_o a_o extraordinary_a minister_n for_o their_o salvation_n which_o definition_n of_o his_o own_o and_o his_o own_o alone_a be_v all_o his_o proof_n he_o make_v pag._n 235._o that_o the_o devil_n or_o a_o angel_n or_o other_o create_a spiriâ—_n can_v do_v a_o miracle_n which_o as_o the_o sovereign_n of_o logic_n too_o he_o make_v good_a by_o as_o strange_a a_o argument_n it_o must_v be_v by_o virtue_n of_o some_o natural_a science_n or_o by_o incantation_n if_o it_o be_v by_o their_o own_o power_n independent_a there_o be_v some_o power_n that_o proceed_v not_o from_o god_n which_o all_o man_n deny_v and_o if_o they_o do_v it_o by_o power_n give_v they_o than_o be_v the_o work_n not_o from_o the_o immediate_a hand_n of_o god_n but_o natural_a and_o consequent_o no_o miracle_n which_o be_v agreeable_a to_o his_o definition_n but_o if_o it_o be_v by_o the_o permission_n of_o god_n why_o be_v it_o natural_a and_o therefore_o no_o miracle_n have_v not_o god_n frequent_o permit_v the_o devil_n to_o do_v miracle_n and_o if_o his_o providence_n do_v not_o restrain_v he_o he_o will_v work_v miracle_n enough_o to_o do_v more_o mischief_n and_o if_o the_o devil_n turn_v himself_o into_o the_o serpent_n or_o teach_v the_o serpent_n so_o to_o speak_v like_o a_o orator_n for_o the_o seduction_n and_o cozenage_n of_o poor_a eve_n neither_o be_v natural_a and_o can_v be_v look_v upon_o as_o less_o than_o a_o miracle_n which_o have_v furnish_v a_o modern_a fanciful_a divine_a with_o a_o excuse_n for_o eve_n be_v delude_v that_o not_o imagine_v a_o serpent_n can_v speak_v and_o have_v never_o hear_v of_o the_o devil_n she_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v a_o angel_n who_o she_o know_v god_n
the_o commandment_n of_o god_n that_o which_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v command_v he_o in_o a_o dream_n or_o vision_n and_o to_o deliver_v it_o to_o his_o family_n and_o cause_v they_o to_o observe_v the_o same_o yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o great_a addition_n though_o abraham_n and_o all_o the_o sovereign_n who_o succeed_v he_o be_v qualify_v to_o govern_v and_o prescribe_v to_o their_o subject_n what_o religion_n they_o shall_v be_v of_o and_o to_o tell_v they_o what_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o to_o punish_v all_o those_o who_o shall_v countenance_v any_o doctrine_n which_o he_o shall_v forbid_v from_o which_o he_o conclude_v that_o pag._n 250_o as_o none_o but_o abraham_n in_o his_o family_n so_o none_o but_o the_o sovereign_n in_o a_o christian_a commonwealth_n can_v take_v notice_n what_o be_v or_o what_o be_v not_o the_o word_n of_o god_n yet_o i_o say_v neither_o that_o nor_o the_o renew_n the_o same_o covenant_n with_o isaac_n and_o afterward_o with_o jacob_n he_o say_v now_o do_v make_v that_o people_n the_o peculiar_a people_n of_o god_n but_o date_n that_o privilege_n which_o before_o he_o date_v from_o the_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n to_o begin_v only_o from_o the_o renew_n it_o by_o moses_n at_o the_o mount_n sinai_n by_o which_o he_o correct_v his_o former_a fancy_n by_o a_o new_a one_o as_o extravagant_a upon_o the_o people_n contract_n in_o those_o word_n which_o he_o have_v mention_v before_o without_o that_o observation_n and_o gloss_n that_o he_o make_v upon_o it_o nor_o do_v god_n at_o that_o time_n promise_v more_o to_o they_o by_o moses_n than_o he_o have_v before_o as_o express_o promise_v to_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n this_o shall_v suffice_v to_o what_o he_o have_v so_o often_o urge_v or_o shall_v hereafter_o infer_v from_o the_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n and_o by_o moses_n and_o of_o the_o peculiar_a dominion_n over_o that_o people_n by_o virtue_n of_o that_o contract_n nor_o will_v i_o hereafter_o enlarge_v any_o more_o upon_o their_o pretend_a rejection_n of_o god_n when_o they_o desire_v a_o king_n which_o he_o now_o confirm_n by_o a_o new_a piece_n of_o history_n or_o a_o new_a commentary_n upon_o the_o text_n by_o his_o sovereign_a power_n of_o interpret_n for_o he_o say_v pag._n 254._o that_o when_o they_o say_v to_o samuel_n make_v we_o a_o king_n to_o judge_v we_o like_o all_o the_o nation_n they_o signify_v that_o they_o will_v no_o more_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o command_n that_o shall_v be_v lay_v upon_o they_o by_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o consequent_o in_o depose_v the_o high_a priest_n of_o royal_a authority_n they_o depose_v that_o peculiar_a government_n of_o god_n pag._n 255._o and_o yet_o he_o confess_v in_o the_o very_a next_o page_n that_o when_o they_o have_v demand_v a_o king_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o nation_n they_o have_v no_o design_n to_o depart_v from_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n their_o king_n but_o despair_v of_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o son_n of_o samuel_n they_o will_v have_v a_o king_n to_o judge_n they_o in_o civil_a action_n but_o not_o that_o they_o will_v allow_v their_o king_n to_o change_v the_o religion_n which_o be_v recommend_v to_o they_o by_o moses_n by_o which_o he_o have_v again_o cancel_v and_o demolish_v all_o that_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n which_o he_o will_v derive_v to_o all_o sovereign_n from_o that_o submission_n and_o contract_n which_o he_o say_v they_o make_v at_o mount_n sinai_n for_o he_o confess_v that_o they_o have_v no_o intention_n that_o the_o king_n shall_v have_v authority_n to_o alter_v their_o religion_n and_o then_o it_o pass_v not_o by_o that_o contract_n and_o thus_o when_o his_o unruly_a invention_n suggest_v to_o he_o a_o addition_n to_o the_o text_n or_o a_o unwarrantable_a interpretation_n of_o it_o it_o always_o involve_v he_o in_o new_a perplexity_n and_o leave_v he_o as_o far_o from_o attain_v his_o end_n as_o when_o he_o begin_v it_o be_v upon_o his_o usual_a presumption_n that_o from_o the_o 17._o chapter_n of_o number_n he_o conclude_v that_o after_o moses_n his_o death_n the_o supreme_a power_n of_o make_v war_n and_o peace_n and_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o judicature_n belong_v also_o to_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o thus_o joshuah_n be_v only_a general_n of_o the_o army_n whereas_o no_o more_o be_v say_v in_o that_o place_n to_o eleazar_n then_o have_v be_v before_o say_v to_o aaron_n his_o father_n to_o perform_v the_o priestly_a office_n nor_o do_v it_o ever_o appear_v that_o eleazar_n offer_v to_o assume_v the_o sovereignty_n in_o either_o of_o the_o case_n but_o be_v as_o much_o under_o joshuah_n as_o aaron_n have_v ever_o be_v under_o moses_n god_n appear_v unto_o joshuah_n upon_o the_o decease_n of_o moses_n and_o depute_v he_o to_o exercise_v the_o same_o charge_n that_o moses_n have_v do_v as_o i_o be_v with_o moses_n so_o will_v i_o be_v with_o thou_o this_o book_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o depart_v out_o of_o thy_o mouth_n that_o thou_o may_v observe_v to_o do_v all_o that_o be_v write_v therein_o then_o joshuah_n command_v the_o officer_n of_o the_o people_n josh._n 1_o 2._o 5_o 8_o 10._o the_o people_n make_v another_o covenant_n with_o joshuah_n all_o that_o thou_o command_v we_o we_o will_v do_v and_o whither_o soever_o thou_o send_v we_o we_o will_v go_v as_o we_o hearken_v unto_o moses_n in_o all_o thing_n so_o will_v we_o hearken_v unto_o thou_o whosoever_o do_v rebel_n against_o thy_o commandment_n and_o will_v not_o hearken_v to_o thy_o word_n in_o all_o that_o thou_o command_v he_o shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n ver_fw-la 16_o 17_o 18._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o joshuah_n this_o day_n will_v i_o magnify_v thou_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o israel_n as_o i_o be_v with_o moses_n so_o will_v i_o be_v with_o thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v command_v the_o priest_n etc._n etc._n josh._n 3._o 7_o 8._o all_o the_o order_n and_o command_v to_o the_o priest_n be_v give_v by_o 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necessary_a i_o take_v no_o delight_n and_o therefore_o shall_v not_o enlarge_v upon_o those_o particular_n the_o survey_n of_o chapter_n 41._o mr._n hobbes_n have_v commit_v so_o many_o error_n in_o the_o institution_n and_o view_n which_o he_o have_v make_v of_o all_o office_n hitherto_o that_o there_o be_v reason_n to_o believe_v he_o will_v have_v the_o same_o presumption_n if_o he_o come_v to_o handle_v the_o office_n of_o our_o saviour_n himself_o and_o i_o think_v he_o have_v make_v it_o good_a when_o he_o allow_v no_o other_o authority_n or_o power_n to_o our_o saviour_n even_o when_o he_o come_v in_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n with_o his_o angel_n to_o reward_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n match_n 16._o 27._o then_o pag._n 260._o as_o vicegerent_n of_o god_n his_o father_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o moses_n be_v in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o as_o the_o high_a priest_n be_v before_o the_o reign_n of_o saul_n and_o as_o the_o king_n be_v after_o it_o which_o be_v degrade_n he_o below_o the_o model_n of_o socinus_n and_o in_o no_o degree_n equal_a to_o the_o description_n of_o his_o power_n in_o scripture_n yet_o large_a enough_o if_o the_o end_n of_o his_o come_n be_v no_o other_o than_o he_o assign_v and_o the_o office_n he_o be_v to_o manage_v no_o great_a than_o he_o seem_v to_o describe_v p._n 264._o the_o give_a immortality_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n which_o be_v to_o be_v exercise_v by_o our_o saviour_n upon_o earth_n in_o his_o human_a nature_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v much_o inferior_a to_o that_o inheritance_n incorruptible_a and_o undefiled_a that_o fade_v not_o away_o which_o st._n peter_n assure_v we_o be_v reserve_v in_o heaven_n for_o we_o 1_o pet._n 1._o 4._o and_o how_o his_o
partly_o wrought_v our_o conversion_n and_o partly_o work_v nâ—w_o by_o his_o minister_n and_o will_v continue_v to_o work_v till_o his_o come_n again_o and_o it_o be_v very_o ill_a logic_n to_o say_v that_o because_o they_o can_v misinterpret_v and_o pervert_v scripture_n nor_o preach_v rebellion_n against_o their_o natural_a sovereign_n since_o christ_n have_v command_v subjection_n and_o obedience_n to_o they_o they_o have_v therefore_o no_o authority_n to_o preach_v at_o all_o or_o interpret_v the_o scripture_n but_o must_v publish_v whatsoever_o the_o king_n bid_v they_o in_o the_o name_n and_o as_o the_o command_v of_o god_n yet_o even_o that_o and_o all_o he_o have_v or_o can_v say_v may_v be_v true_a if_o the_o case_n of_o conscience_n which_o he_o have_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o determine_v have_v any_o dependence_n upon_o or_o affinity_n with_o the_o christian_a faith_n or_o common_a honesty_n what_o if_o the_o office_n of_o christ_n minister_n in_o this_o world_n be_v to_o 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for_o something_o beside_o the_o depart_n from_o their_o dignity_n in_o a_o word_n prelate_n assume_v no_o title_n of_o honour_n nor_o pretend_v to_o any_o jurisdiction_n that_o they_o have_v not_o receive_v from_o he_o and_o therefore_o deserve_v to_o be_v countenance_v and_o support_v by_o he_o among_o his_o best_a and_o most_o useful_a subject_n he_o be_v not_o concern_v if_o the_o king_n forbid_v he_o to_o believe_v in_o christ_n it_o be_v a_o command_n of_o no_o effect_n because_o belief_n and_o understanding_n never_o follow_v man_n command_n but_o if_o the_o king_n command_v he_o to_o say_v that_o he_o believe_v not_o in_o christ_n he_o be_v very_o ready_a to_o obey_v he_o pag._n 271._o profession_n with_o the_o tongue_n be_v but_o a_o external_a thing_n wherein_o a_o christian_a hold_v firm_o in_o his_o heart_n the_o faith_n of_o christ_n have_v the_o same_o liberty_n which_o the_o prophet_n elisha_n allow_v to_o naaman_n the_o syrian_a he_o will_v be_v very_o much_o disappoint_v in_o the_o support_n of_o his_o monstrous_a impiety_n if_o that_o text_n ought_v to_o be_v render_v out_o of_o the_o original_a as_o dr_n lightfoot_a a_o man_n eminent_o learn_v in_o the_o hebrew_n positive_o say_v at_o aught_o to_o be_v for_o this_o thing_n the_o lord_n pardon_v thy_o servant_n for_o that_o when_o my_o master_n have_v go_v into_o the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n to_o worship_n there_o and_o he_o have_v lean_v upon_o my_o hand_n that_o i_o have_v also_o bow_v myself_o in_o the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n for_o my_o worship_v in_o the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n the_o lord_n pardon_v thy_o servant_n for_o tâ—is_n thing_n 2_o king_n 5._o 18._o so_o that_o he_o crave_v pardon_n for_o idolatry_n past_a and_o not_o beg_v leave_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v but_o admit_v the_o text_n to_o be_v according_a to_o the_o common_a translation_n it_o can_v do_v mr._n hobbes_n no_o good_a except_o he_o procure_v the_o same_o leave_n from_o another_o who_o have_v as_o much_o authority_n as_o elisha_n have_v who_o do_v not_o know_v that_o none_o of_o those_o example_n which_o be_v either_o enjoin_v or_o permit_v to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o divine_a authority_n for_o some_o extraordinary_a end_n of_o providence_n be_v for_o our_o imitation_n when_o they_o be_v opposite_a to_o the_o truth_n and_o justice_n and_o integrity_n of_o god_n precept_n he_o may_v as_o well_o justify_v the_o breach_n of_o faith_n and_o downright_a theft_n and_o robbery_n in_o his_o neighbour_n by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o israelite_n borrow_v the_o jewel_n and_o other_o good_n of_o the_o egyptian_n or_o the_o assassination_n of_o a_o enemy_n by_o the_o example_n of_o ehud_n stab_v of_o eglon_n and_o many_o other_o unwarrantable_a action_n by_o the_o example_n of_o good_a man_n direct_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o the_o scripture_n as_o maintain_v his_o own_o impiety_n by_o the_o example_n or_o permission_n if_o there_o be_v any_o of_o naaman_n but_o if_o mr._n hobbes_n be_v gratify_v by_o not_o urge_v the_o impiety_n nor_o the_o denunciation_n which_o st._n john_n pronounce_v upon_o he_o he_o be_v antichrist_n that_o deny_v the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n 1_o john_n 2._o 22._o how_o will_v he_o justify_v the_o prevarication_n and_o falseness_n in_o say_v he_o do_v not_o believe_v that_o which_o in_o his_o heart_n he_o dâ—th_v believe_v you_o shall_v not_o deal_v false_o neither_o lie_v one_o to_o another_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o levitical_a law_n and_o by_o mr._n hobbes_n rule_v a_o part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o so_o must_v not_o be_v violate_v nor_o can_v be_v control_v by_o god_n himself_o he_o know_v very_o well_o who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o lie_n though_o it_o may_v be_v he_o do_v not_o enough_o consider_v what_o portion_n be_v allot_v for_o his_o child_n and_o if_o they_o who_o say_v they_o be_v jew_n and_o be_v not_o but_o do_v lie_v be_v pronounce_v by_o st._n john_n to_o be_v of_o the_o synagogue_n of_o satan_n rev._n 3._o 9_o there_o be_v very_o great_a danger_n that_o he_o who_o be_v a_o christian_n in_o his_o heart_n &_o upon_o any_o king_n command_n shall_v profess_v with_o his_o tongue_n that_o he_o do_v not_o believe_v in_o christ_n will_v not_o be_v admit_v by_o our_o saviour_n to_o be_v of_o his_o church_n in_o vain_a have_v the_o whole_a current_n of_o scripture_n endeavour_v to_o raise_v such_o a_o awful_a reverence_n for_o truth_n that_o it_o have_v scarce_o pronounce_v more_o severe_a judgement_n against_o any_o species_n of_o sin_n then_o against_o lie_v he_o that_o tell_v lie_n shall_v not_o stay_v in_o my_o sight_n say_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n by_o the_o psalmist_n psal._n 101._o 7._o he_o that_o speak_v lie_n shall_v perish_v say_v the_o same_o spirit_n in_o the_o proverb_n prov._n 19_o 9_o let_v he_o
what_o must_v be_v do_v to_o he_o and_o that_o all_o that_o be_v do_v and_o suffer_v by_o he_o which_o be_v fore_o tell_v his_o admirable_a life_n and_o doctrine_n be_v well_o know_v to_o they_o all_o they_o have_v be_v present_a at_o his_o trial_n and_o at_o his_o death_n and_o have_v with_o their_o eye_n see_v the_o terrible_a circumstance_n of_o it_o they_o have_v see_v he_o bury_v and_o the_o jew_n have_v provident_o appoint_v a_o guard_n of_o soldier_n who_o have_v without_o remorse_n behold_v his_o passion_n to_o watch_v his_o tomb_n and_o yet_o after_o all_o this_o vigilance_n the_o body_n be_v not_o find_v but_o as_o he_o have_v promise_v himself_o and_o what_o have_v be_v by_o the_o prophet_n foretold_v of_o he_o the_o three_o day_n he_o be_v rise_v of_o which_o there_o be_v so_o many_o eie-witness_n who_o have_v see_v and_o confer_v with_o he_o for_o many_o day_n and_o have_v at_o last_o behold_v with_o their_o bodily_a eye_n his_o body_n ascend_v in_o the_o air_n towards_o heaven_n and_o beside_o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o all_o this_o be_v see_v and_o know_v by_o all_o the_o people_n the_o preacher_n and_o declarer_n of_o it_o appear_v to_o be_v very_o extraordinary_a man_n by_o the_o daily_a miracle_n they_o wrought_v by_o which_o such_o multitude_n be_v compel_v &_o can_v not_o resi_v believe_v all_o they_o say_v and_o promise_v to_o observe_v the_o precept_n they_o enjoin_v but_o all_o this_o be_v nothing_o other_o and_o much_o great_a number_n do_v and_o lawful_o may_v refuse_v to_o do_v either_o for_o mr._n hobbes_n say_v positive_o pag._n 281._o that_o the_o people_n have_v liberty_n to_o interpret_v the_o scripture_n to_o themselves_o till_o such_o time_n as_o there_o shall_v be_v pastor_n that_o can_v autorize_v a_o interpreter_n who_o interpretation_n shall_v be_v general_o stand_v to_o but_o that_o can_v not_o be_v till_o king_n be_v pastor_n or_o pastor_n king_n so_o that_o what_o the_o apostle_n or_o our_o saviour_n himself_o have_v say_v lay_v no_o obligation_n upon_o those_o who_o hear_v they_o we_o have_v now_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o be_v concern_v so_o much_o to_o extend_v those_o plain_a word_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o their_o fright_n to_o moses_n speak_v thou_o to_o we_o and_o we_o will_v hear_v thâ—e_n to_o such_o a_o absolute_a obligation_n of_o their_o obedience_n since_o without_o it_o he_o say_v pag._n 283._o they_o have_v not_o be_v oblige_v to_o have_v receive_v the_o ten_o commandment_n since_o they_o be_v forbid_v to_o approach_v the_o mountain_n by_o which_o they_o may_v have_v hear_v what_o god_n say_v to_o moses_n but_o that_o obligation_n that_o they_o will_v hear_v moses_n make_v all_o sure_a again_o and_o so_o they_o come_v to_o receive_v they_o yet_o he_o confess_v pag._n 282._o that_o they_o can_v not_o but_o acknowledge_v the_o second_o table_n for_o god_n law_n because_o they_o be_v all_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n but_o for_o those_o of_o the_o first_o table_n that_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o israelite_n which_o give_v he_o occasion_n to_o enlarge_v his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o three_o commandment_n in_o which_o he_o say_v the_o meaning_n of_o those_o word_n they_o shall_v not_o take_v the_o name_n of_o god_n in_o vain_a be_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o speak_v rash_o of_o their_o king_n nor_o dâ—spute_v his_o râ—ght_n nor_o the_o commission_n of_o mole_n and_o aaron_n his_o lieutenant_n it_o be_v their_o own_o obligation_n speak_v thou_o to_o we_o and_o we_o will_v hear_v etc._n etc._n by_o which_o they_o be_v to_o receive_v they_o as_o law_n and_o pag._n 283._o the_o judicial_a law_n which_o godprescribe_v to_o the_o magistrate_n of_o israel_n for_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n and_o the_o levitical_a law_n the_o rule_n prescribe_v touch_v the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n because_o law_n he_o say_v only_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o same_o promise_n of_o obedience_n to_o moses_n and_o so_o he_o proceed_v to_o a_o new_a inquiry_n into_o the_o authenticalness_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n in_o which_o chase_n i_o be_o weary_a of_o follow_v he_o and_o conclude_v pag._n 284._o that_o whoever_o offer_v we_o any_o other_o rule_n which_o the_o sovereign_a rule_n have_v not_o prâ—scrâ—bed_o they_o be_v but_o counsel_n and_o advice_n which_o whether_o good_a or_o bad_a he_o that_o be_v counsel_v may_v without_o injustice_n refuse_v to_o observe_v and_o pag._n 285._o that_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v there_o only_a law_n where_o the_o lawful_a civil_a powâ—r_n have_v make_v it_o so_o since_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o a_o law_n that_o be_v within_o the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n depend_v whole_o upon_o the_o word_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o by_o that_o word_n be_v receive_v and_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o from_o thence_o be_v obey_v as_o such_o it_o must_v likewise_o by_o his_o rule_n still_o subsist_v by_o the_o sole_a authority_n of_o the_o sovereign_n for_o he_o can_v by_o his_o word_n to_o morrow_n abrogate_v that_o which_o this_o day_n he_o make_v a_o law_n so_o that_o if_o a_o christian_a sovereign_a be_v succeed_v by_o a_o sovereign_n who_o be_v a_o jew_n or_o a_o evil_a christian_a he_o may_v abrogate_v that_o law_n by_o which_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v within_o the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n and_o then_o the_o subject_n must_v neither_o pag._n 285._o in_o their_o action_n or_o discourse_n observe_v the_o same_o and_o can_v only_o private_o wish_v that_o they_o have_v liberty_n to_o practise_v they_o by_o which_o the_o confess_a word_n of_o god_n must_v be_v make_v void_a and_o control_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o man_n and_o he_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o aver_v that_o the_o very_a council_n hold_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o which_o they_o use_v this_o style_n it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o to_o we_o etc._n etc._n have_v no_o authority_n to_o oblige_v any_o body_n pag._n 286._o since_o the_o apostle_n can_v have_v no_o other_o power_n than_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n who_o can_v only_o persuade_v not_o command_n for_o they_o who_o have_v no_o kingdom_n can_v make_v no_o law_n and_o so_o i_o hope_v leviathan_n have_v now_o lay_v about_o he_o and_o perform_v his_o full_a function_n which_o make_v he_o worthy_a to_o receive_v a_o more_o reasonable_a answer_n than_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o any_o private_a person_n or_o of_o the_o university_n to_o give_v he_o and_o be_v very_o fit_a for_o the_o state_n itself_o to_o reward_v he_o for_o to_o the_o full_a extent_n of_o his_o desert_n mr._n hobbes_n have_v invest_v the_o sovereign_n with_o his_o absolute_a independent_a power_n by_o the_o example_n of_o moses_n and_o david_n and_o solomon_n both_o in_o church_n and_o state_n and_o be_v oblige_v to_o confess_v that_o for_o some_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o 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shall_v be_v less_o solicitous_a to_o deprive_v the_o pope_n of_o his_o new_a kingdom_n of_o fairy_n with_o the_o title_n to_o which_o mr._n hobbes_n have_v gratify_v he_o to_o allay_v that_o fear_n and_o apprehension_n which_o he_o have_v endeavour_v so_o much_o before_o to_o infuse_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o all_o prince_n of_o his_o dangerous_a greatness_n and_o power_n if_o at_o last_o prove_v no_o more_o than_o the_o king_n of_o fairy_n have_v it_o be_v less_o terrible_a than_o he_o represent_v it_o to_o be_v but_o since_o he_o have_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o retain_v that_o modesty_n which_o he_o profess_v to_o have_v pag._n 241._o that_o though_o he_o have_v prove_v his_o doctrine_n out_o of_o place_n of_o scripture_n not_o few_o nor_o obscure_v yet_o because_o it_o will_v appear_v to_o most_o man_n a_o novelty_n he_o do_v but_o propound_v it_o maintain_v nothing_o in_o this_o or_o any_o other_o paradox_n of_o religion_n but_o attend_v the_o end_n of_o that_o dispute_n of_o 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in_o religion_n which_o lie_v scatter_v through_o those_o other_o two_o part_n that_o man_n may_v take_v a_o view_n of_o the_o consequence_n and_o bethink_v themselves_o whether_o christianity_n be_v advance_v and_o consequent_o whether_o the_o peace_n and_o happiness_n of_o mankind_n be_v provide_v for_o and_o secure_v by_o such_o doctrine_n 1._o those_o book_n of_o scripture_n only_o be_v canonical_a and_o aught_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o every_o nation_n which_o be_v establish_v for_o such_o by_o the_o sovereign_a authority_n of_o each_o nation_n pag._n 199._o 2._o none_o can_v know_v that_o the_o scripture_n be_v god_n word_n though_o all_o true_a christian_n believe_v it_o but_o they_o to_o who_o god_n himself_o â—ath_v reveal_v it_o supernatural_o pag._n 205._o 3._o man_n ought_v to_o consider_v who_o have_v next_o under_o god_n the_o authority_n of_o govern_v christian_n man_n and_o to_o observe_v for_o a_o rule_n that_o doctrine_n which_o he_o command_v to_o be_v teach_v that_o be_v all_o subject_n ought_v to_o profess_v that_o religion_n which_o the_o sovereign_a enjoine_n whether_o he_o be_v christian_a or_o heathen_a pag._n 232._o 4._o by_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v mean_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o king_n that_o dwell_v in_o heaven_n and_o that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v to_o be_v on_o earth_n pag._n 240_o 241._o 5._o the_o immortal_a life_n begin_v not_o in_o man_n till_o the_o resurrection_n and_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o have_v for_o cause_n not_o his_o specifical_a nature_n and_o generation_n but_o promise_n pag._n 241._o 6._o god_n enemy_n and_o their_o torment_n after_o judgement_n appear_v by_o the_o scripture_n to_o have_v their_o place_n upon_o earth_n pag._n 242._o the_o fire_n shall_v be_v unquenchable_a and_o the_o torment_n everlasting_a after_o the_o resurrection_n but_o it_o can_v therefore_o be_v infer_v that_o he_o who_o shall_v be_v cast_v into_o that_o fire_n or_o be_v torment_v with_o those_o torment_n shall_v endure_v and_o resist_v they_o so_o as_o to_o be_v eternal_o burn_v and_o torture_v and_o yet_o never_o be_v destroy_v or_o die_v pag._n 245._o 7._o there_o shall_v be_v a_o second_o death_n of_o every_o one_o that_o shall_v be_v condemn_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n after_o which_o he_o shall_v die_v no_o more_o the_o scripture_n affirm_v not_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o eternal_a life_n therein_o of_o any_o individual_a person_n but_o to_o the_o contrary_a a_o everlasting_a death_n pag._n 245._o 8._o the_o salvation_n we_o be_v to_o look_v for_o be_v to_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n for_o since_o god_n throne_n be_v in_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n be_v his_o footstool_n it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o dignity_n of_o so_o great_a a_o king_n that_o his_o subject_n shall_v have_v any_o place_n so_o high_a as_o his_o throne_n or_o high_a than_o his_o footstool_n pag._n 247._o 9_o if_o we_o be_v command_v by_o our_o lawful_a prince_n to_o say_v we_o do_v not_o believe_v in_o christ_n we_o may_v obey_v such_o his_o command_n pag._n 271._o 10._o none_o can_v be_v martyr_n for_o christ_n but_o they_o that_o converse_v with_o he_o on_o earth_n and_o see_v he_o after_o he_o be_v rise_v for_o a_o witness_n must_v have_v see_v what_o he_o testify_v or_o else_o his_o testimony_n be_v not_o good_a pag._n 272._o 11._o none_o can_v be_v a_o martyr_n who_o have_v not_o a_o warrant_n to_o preach_v christ_n come_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o none_o but_o such_o who_o be_v send_v to_o the_o conversion_n of_o infidel_n pag._n 273._o 12._o to_o teach_v out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o jesus_n be_v christ_n and_o rise_v from_o the_o dead_a be_v not_o to_o say_v that_o man_n be_v bind_v after_o they_o believe_v it_o to_o obey_v those_o who_o tell_v they_o so_o against_o the_o law_n and_o command_n of_o their_o sovereign_n but_o they_o do_v wise_o to_o expect_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n hereafter_o in_o patience_n and_o faith_n with_o obedience_n to_o their_o present_a magistrate_n pag._n 274._o 13._o the_o authority_n of_o earthly_a sovereign_n being_n not_o to_o be_v put_v down_o till_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n it_o be_v manifest_a we_o do_v not_o in_o baptism_n constitute_v over_o we_o another_o authority_n by_o which_o our_o external_a action_n be_v to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n pag._n 274._o 14._o they_o who_o receive_v not_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o sin_n therein_o pag._n 286._o 15._o christian_n king_n have_v power_n to_o baptise_v to_o preach_v to_o administer_v the_o lord_n supper_n and_o to_o consecrate_v both_o temple_n and_o person_n to_o god_n service_n etc._n etc._n 297._o 16._o no_o man_n shall_v live_v in_o torment_n everlasting_o pag._n 345._o 17._o to_o pray_v voluntary_o to_o the_o king_n for_o fair_a weather_n or_o for_o any_o thing_n that_o god_n only_o can_v do_v for_o we_o be_v divine_a worship_n and_o idolatry_n but_o if_o a_o king_n compel_v a_o man_n to_o it_o 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