to_o which_o he_o have_v give_v no_o sort_n of_o answer_n to_o let_v you_o see_v how_o little_a reason_n his_o admirer_n have_v to_o magnify_v this_o reply_n in_o which_o he_o decline_v meddle_v with_o the_o most_o considerable_a argument_n urge_v against_o he_o which_o stand_v in_o full_a force_n against_o his_o first_o book_n notwithstanding_o the_o show_v he_o make_v of_o defend_v it_o to_o avoid_v be_v tedious_a i_o purposely_o omit_v the_o mention_n of_o many_o other_o considerable_a thing_n in_o jovian_a of_o which_o he_o take_v no_o notice_n and_o have_v show_v that_o he_o have_v give_v no_o full_a answer_n to_o that_o book_n i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o show_v that_o this_o reply_n be_v not_o a_o fair_a one_o but_o full_a of_o fallacy_n and_o deceit_n 1._o as_o he_o do_v not_o consider_v many_o of_o iovian's_n argument_n so_o when_o he_o vouchsafe_v to_o reply_v to_o other_o he_o frequent_o misrepresent_v they_o or_o coâ—cealeth_v the_o reason_n and_o authority_n which_o support_v and_o enforce_v they_o and_o sham_n they_o off_o with_o a_o droll_fw-fr which_o be_v very_o unbecoming_a a_o fair_a and_o generous_a adversary_n and_o unworthy_a i_o will_v not_o say_v of_o a_o christian_a or_o divine_a but_o even_o of_o a_o honest_a man_n and_o a_o scholar_n though_o a_o mere_a pagan_n i_o will_v not_o trouble_v you_o with_o particular_a instance_n of_o such_o foul_a deal_n because_o they_o will_v frequent_o occur_v in_o my_o remark_n on_o several_a passage_n of_o his_o book_n such_o as_o the_o shuffle_n he_o make_v to_o exclude_v procopius_n from_o the_o flavian_n house_n the_o account_n he_o give_v of_o the_o distinction_n of_o law_n inâ—o_v imperial_a and_o political_n 2._o his_o main_a authority_n be_v rhetorical_a amplification_n and_o flourish_n in_o panegyric_n and_o invective_n in_o which_o the_o orator_n do_v not_o tie_v he_o strict_o to_o truth_n and_o the_o proper_a use_n of_o word_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o argue_v from_o the_o literal_a sense_n but_o abatement_n must_v be_v make_v for_o hyperbolical_a speech_n on_o both_o hand_n for_o lofty_a strain_n of_o compliment_n in_o panegyric_n and_o for_o heavy_a and_o tragical_a aggravation_n in_o the_o steliteutick_n or_o invective_n this_o deceitful_a artifice_n be_v the_o masterpiece_n of_o our_o popish_a adversary_n when_o they_o pretend_v the_o father_n authority_n for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n invocation_n of_o saint_n etc._n etc._n they_o ransack_v their_o declamatory_n piece_n for_o lofty_a expression_n touch_v the_o dignity_n and_o benefit_n of_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n and_o take_v metaphor_n 1625._o and_o metonymy_n in_o a_o proper_a and_o literal_a sense_n they_o urge_v this_o very_a apostrophe_n of_o gregory_n nazianzen_n to_o constantius_n whence_o mr._n johnson_n will_v infer_v the_o doctrine_n of_o exclusion_n as_o a_o notable_a testimony_n for_o the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n and_o for_o my_o part_n i_o think_v it_o prove_v the_o one_o as_o much_o as_o the_o other_o this_o foul_a play_n his_o adversary_n have_v sufficient_o complain_v of_o but_o can_v prevail_v with_o he_o to_o leave_v it_o he_o be_v conscious_a that_o he_o need_v such_o advantage_n and_o dare_v not_o let_v they_o go_v for_o have_v make_v such_o a_o wild_a assertion_n as_o that_o the_o empire_n be_v hereditary_a and_o be_v hard_o press_v by_o his_o answerer_n and_o withal_o resolve_v not_o to_o bate_v they_o one_o syllable_n in_o his_o whole_a book_n 209._o he_o be_v force_v to_o outface_v plain_a history_n with_o strain_n of_o rhetoric_n in_o which_o the_o orator_n frequent_o allow_v fancy_n as_o licentious_a flight_n as_o the_o very_a poet_n and_o nay_o even_o to_o stretch_v hyperbole_n too_o by_o a_o advantageous_a translation_n now_o this_o argue_v great_a want_n of_o ingenuity_n a_o unchristian_a and_o wrangle_a temper_n and_o that_o he_o contend_v not_o so_o much_o for_o the_o love_n of_o truth_n as_o for_o glory_n and_o victory_n whether_o he_o have_v obtain_v it_o or_o not_o will_v be_v further_o see_v in_o the_o particular_a remark_n to_o which_o i_o be_o proceed_v his_o intimation_n that_o mr._n dean_n wait_v to_o see_v the_o other_o answer_n to_o julian_n and_o then_o give_v the_o substance_n of_o they_o in_o his_o book_n scarce_o deserve_v any_o notice_n it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o jovian_a be_v write_v currente_a prelo_fw-la and_o great_a part_n of_o it_o print_v before_o those_o answer_n appear_v the_o expectation_n of_o it_o make_v myself_o and_o divers_a other_o never_o look_v into_o they_o and_o quite_o spoil_v the_o sale_n of_o mr._n long_a be_v book_n as_o the_o bookseller_n concern_v have_v complain_v to_o many_o it_o be_v more_o material_a for_o i_o to_o inquire_v whether_o jovian_a have_v give_v we_o a_o outlandish_a notion_n of_o a_o sovereign_n for_o if_o he_o have_v not_o the_o deceit_n will_v lie_v at_o mr._n johnson_n door_n if_o his_o notion_n be_v support_v by_o the_o joint_a authority_n of_o the_o common_a and_o statute_n law_n it_o be_v great_a injustice_n to_o call_v it_o a_o outlandish_a one_o now_o jovian_a do_v not_o set_v up_o a_o english_a sovereign_a furnish_v with_o a_o arbitrary_a and_o boundless_a power_n like_o that_o of_o the_o french_a king_n or_o grand_a signior_n he_o acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v under_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o law_n though_o he_o ascribe_v to_o he_o a_o supremacy_n over_o all_o person_n within_o his_o dominion_n 10._o which_o let_v mr._n i._o say_v what_o he_o please_v be_v the_o formal_a notion_n of_o a_o sovereign_n 214_o unless_o the_o word_n be_v take_v in_o a_o improper_a sense_n this_o supremacy_n he_o prove_v to_o belong_v to_o a_o english_a sovereign_a by_o many_o statute_n and_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o most_o eminent_a lawyer_n both_o ancient_n and_o modern_a against_o which_o mr._n johnson_n have_v not_o one_o word_n to_o reply_v he_o proceed_v to_o a_o particular_a recital_n of_o the_o essential_a right_n and_o property_n of_o a_o true_a sovereign_n viz._n to_o be_v unaccountable_a to_o have_v the_o sole_a power_n of_o the_o sword_n to_o be_v free_a from_o coercion_n 219._o and_o military_a resistance_n he_o show_v these_o prerogative_n to_o be_v the_o king_n be_v due_a by_o express_a statute_n law_n which_o statute_n do_v not_o vest_n any_o new_a right_n in_o the_o crown_n but_o only_o declare_v what_o always_o have_v be_v the_o ancient_n and_o fundamental_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n in_o those_o case_n so_o that_o iovian's_n sovereign_a be_v a_o english_a sovereign_a for_o aught_o mr._n 1_n have_v prove_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o therefore_o his_o jest_n of_o a_o dutch_a scale_n in_o a_o map_n of_o middlesex_n be_v both_o false_a and_o impertinent_a for_o though_o the_o mile_n of_o several_a country_n have_v no_o formal_a conception_n in_o which_o they_o all_o agree_v as_o individual_n of_o the_o same_o species_n yet_o all_o proper_a sovereign_n have_v viz._n supremacy_n from_o which_o the_o forementioned_a right_n be_v inseparable_a nor_o will_v his_o doughty_a demonstration_n from_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n viij_o which_o use_v the_o term_n in_o a_o lax_n and_o improper_a sense_n convince_v mr._n dean_n or_o any_o man_n else_o that_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o sovereign_n imply_v nothing_o in_o it_o but_o superiority_n for_o at_o that_o rate_n there_o will_v be_v no_o fix_v the_o formal_a conception_n of_o any_o thing_n if_o it_o must_v be_v stretch_v so_o wide_a as_o to_o take_v in_o whatsoever_o though_o improper_o bear_v the_o same_o name_n the_o sense_n of_o the_o term_n sovereign_a with_o respect_n to_o a_o civil_a society_n be_v so_o very_o well_o know_v and_o agree_v upon_o in_o the_o world_n that_o upon_o the_o very_a hear_v it_o every_o body_n form_v a_o conception_n in_o his_o mind_n of_o somewhat_o more_o than_o superiority_n and_o understand_v thereby_o such_o a_o superior_a as_o be_v above_o all_o and_o have_v none_o above_o he_o which_o import_v supremacy_n and_o mr._n i._n may_v as_o well_o have_v argue_v that_o the_o formal_a conception_n of_o a_o baron_n of_o england_n do_v not_o imply_v peerage_n with_o all_o the_o rights_n essential_a to_o a_o peer_n of_o this_o realm_n because_o the_o baron_n of_o kinderton_n the_o baron_n of_o the_o cinque-port_n and_o the_o baron_n of_o the_o exchequer_n be_v not_o peer_n and_o have_v none_o of_o those_o great_a privilege_n the_o next_o material_a thing_n in_o his_o preface_n be_v his_o quarrel_n against_o the_o distinction_n of_o imperial_a and_o political_a law_n now_o let_v we_o first_o â—ee_n how_o jovian_a explain_v this_o distinction_n and_o then_o what_o work_n mr._n i._n make_v with_o it_o 204._o he_o call_v those_o imperial_a law_n which_o ascertain_v the_o right_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o those_o political_a which_o secure_a the_o right_n of_o the_o subject_a that_o there_o be_v law_n of_o both_o sort_n i_o presume_v mr._n i._n will_v not_o
book_n he_o seem_v to_o have_v read_v nothing_o of_o but_o in_o julian_n answer_n i_o see_v implicit_a faith_n have_v large_a dominion_n lie_v without_o the_o pale_a of_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o that_o person_n of_o the_o most_o refine_a wit_n and_o even_o sceptical_a curiosity_n too_o frequent_o submit_v to_o its_o yoke_n i_o know_v it_o be_v not_o the_o particular_a infelicity_n of_o this_o noble_a person_n but_o a_o unhappiness_n incident_a to_o all_o great_a man_n that_o their_o circumstance_n and_o moreâ—_n weighty_a employment_n will_v not_o allow_v their_o personal_a examination_n of_o many_o thing_n which_o come_v before_o they_o they_o be_v force_v to_o see_v with_o other_o man_n eye_n and_o to_o hear_v with_o other_o man_n ear_n and_o so_o long_o as_o they_o trust_v none_o but_o person_n of_o judgement_n and_o integrity_n they_o suffer_v little_a thereby_o but_o it_o have_v be_v sir_n r_n ill_a fortune_n to_o use_v the_o observation_n and_o collection_n of_o some_o man_n who_o either_o for_o lack_v of_o sense_n or_o honesty_n have_v shameful_o abuse_v his_o confidence_n in_o they_o i_o can_v out_o of_o respect_n to_o he_o believe_v that_o if_o sir_n r._n have_v read_v jovian_a through_o he_o will_v have_v fail_v to_o observe_v the_o vast_a difference_n between_o call_v the_o law_n which_o secure_v the_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n imperial_a law_n and_o ascribe_v to_o our_o king_n be_v imperial_a power_n or_o that_o he_o will_v have_v stain_v his_o honour_n by_o that_o unjust_a charge_n on_o dr._n hicks_n say_v 22._o that_o imperial_a power_n may_v make_v a_o lawless_a attempt_n or_o prosecution_n lawful_a but_o he_o have_v that_o and_o several_a other_o invidious_a reflection_n on_o the_o doctor_n out_o of_o the_o excellent_a mr._n johnson_n who_o make_v collection_n out_o of_o jovian_a for_o he_o and_o deserve_v very_o ill_a of_o he_o for_o do_v it_o with_o so_o little_a fidelity_n his_o collection_n of_o protestant_a writer_n which_o favour_n the_o doctrine_n of_o resistance_n be_v make_v by_o a_o no_o less_o trusty_a hand_n the_o authority_n of_o zuinglius_fw-la calvin_n and_o some_o other_o be_v borrow_v from_o philanax_n anglicus_n a_o jesuit_n who_o dr._n du_n moulin_n excellent_o answer_v where_o he_o meet_v with_o the_o rest_n i_o know_v not_o i_o can_v be_v so_o injurious_a to_o the_o honourable_a author_n as_o to_o believe_v that_o he_o make_v the_o collection_n himself_o since_o upon_o examine_v two_o or_o three_o of_o the_o citation_n i_o find_v such_o error_n as_o i_o be_o persuade_v it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o commit_v what_o he_o cite_v from_o calvin_n on_o daniel_n 6._o ver_n 7._o be_v not_o there_o nor_o yet_o have_v the_o place_n to_o which_o philanax_n refer_v either_o the_o word_n or_o sense_n of_o what_o we_o read_v p._n 16._o administratae_fw-la peter_n martyr_n on_o judge_n c._n 3._o have_v not_o a_o word_n of_o the_o parliament_n proceed_n against_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o and_o consider_v how_o he_o determine_v the_o case_n of_o resistance_n there_o i_o very_o much_o question_n whether_o he_o approve_v they_o again_o he_o call_v the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o obedience_n thomas_n goodman_n who_o both_o the_o title_n page_n of_o the_o book_n and_o whittingam_n preface_n call_v christopher_n the_o mistake_n i_o confess_v be_v of_o no_o moment_n but_o it_o show_v the_o negligence_n of_o the_o person_n who_o make_v the_o collection_n i_o wonder_v for_o what_o reason_n sir_n r._n bring_v afresh_o on_o the_o stage_n such_o passage_n as_o these_o which_o our_o romish_a adversary_n have_v for_o above_o a_o hundred_o year_n cast_v in_o our_o dish_n 274._o as_o seditious_a and_o our_o own_o divine_n have_v vindicate_v the_o reform_a church_n partly_o by_o condemn_v some_o of_o they_o and_o partly_o by_o show_v that_o other_o be_v malicious_o wrest_v or_o impertinent_o allege_v but_o i_o know_v not_o how_o such_o collection_n make_v for_o their_o majesty_n service_n and_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o reformation_n it_o be_v possible_a this_o noble_a author_n do_v i_o think_v he_o be_v as_o little_o oblige_v by_o a_o three_o person_n who_o ease_v he_o of_o the_o drudgery_n of_o turn_v the_o bible_n for_o scripture_n example_n of_o a_o original_a contract_n for_o have_v sir_n r._n use_v his_o own_o eye_n in_o that_o search_n he_o will_v have_v see_v that_o the_o instance_n of_o david_n and_o jehoiada_n be_v no_o proof_n that_o there_o be_v pacta_fw-la conventa_fw-la between_o the_o jewish_a king_n and_o their_o people_n as_o there_o be_v in_o poland_n or_o that_o the_o former_a be_v accountable_a to_o the_o latter_a finem_fw-la peter_n martyr_n on_o the_o three_o of_o judge_n teach_v the_o quite_o contrary_a and_o whoever_o read_v the_o two_o place_n in_o the_o chronicle_n cite_v to_o prove_v a_o contract_n between_o david_n and_o his_o people_n and_o compare_v they_o with_o the_o parallel_a place_n in_o samuel_n and_o king_n will_v hardly_o think_v they_o satisfactory_a david_n covenant_n with_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n be_v a_o plain_a treaty_n of_o peace_n and_o submission_n to_o david_n after_o a_o long_a and_o unsuccessful_a defence_n of_o the_o title_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saul_n it_o be_v first_o conclude_v by_o abner_n and_o upon_o his_o murder_n renew_v and_o solemn_o ratify_v by_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n see_v 2_o sam._n ch._n two_o iii_o iv_o v._n but_o you_o read_v of_o no_o covenant_n make_v with_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n who_o anoint_v he_o king_n immediate_o on_o saul_n death_n the_o instance_n of_o jehoiada_n make_v a_o covenant_n 2_o chron._n xxiii_o 16._o signify_v as_o little_a as_o it_o be_v relate_v 2_o king_n xi_o 17._o it_o appear_v indeed_o that_o a_o covenant_n be_v make_v between_o the_o king_n and_o people_n as_o well_o as_o with_o the_o lord_n and_o as_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o latter_a be_v that_o after_o their_o apostasy_n to_o idol_n under_o athaliah_n they_o shall_v become_v the_o lord_n people_n so_o probable_o the_o tenor_n of_o that_o with_o the_o king_n be_v that_o after_o athaliah_n usurpation_n they_o shall_v become_v subject_n to_o joash_n their_o rightful_a king_n he_o be_v but_o seven_o year_n old_a and_o at_o that_o age_n incapable_a of_o contract_v for_o himself_o and_o it_o appear_v not_o that_o jehoiada_n make_v any_o condition_n for_o he_o the_o break_n of_o which_o shall_v absolve_v they_o from_o their_o allegiance_n and_o now_o we_o be_v upon_o scripture_n collection_n you_o shall_v see_v how_o unfortunate_a he_o be_v in_o a_o instance_n or_o two_o more_o to_o prove_v that_o all_o wrong_n do_v by_o wicked_a king_n be_v not_o unquestionable_a in_o this_o world_n 36._o he_o allege_v the_o case_n of_o ahab_n who_o forfeit_v his_o succession_n for_o tyranny_n now_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o after_o the_o prophet_n elijah_n pronounce_v the_o sentence_n the_o people_n depose_v he_o or_o alter_v the_o succession_n but_o wait_v till_o god_n by_o express_a revelation_n transfer_v the_o crown_n to_o another_o family_n and_o send_v the_o prophet_n elisha_n to_o anoint_v jehu_n i_o believe_v neither_o jovian_a nor_o any_o other_o of_o our_o passive_a doctor_n ever_o say_v that_o god_n may_v not_o call_v wicked_a king_n to_o a_o account_n in_o this_o life_n but_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o he_o usual_o do_v it_o and_o his_o other_o instance_n if_o it_o be_v possible_a be_v less_o to_o the_o purpose_n he_o say_v samuel_n meddle_v not_o till_o god_n see_v good_a to_o reckon_v with_o he_o for_o god_n have_v give_v a_o special_a commandment_n to_o saul_n to_o destroy_v the_o amalekite_n and_o spare_v none_o which_o command_n saul_n not_o execute_v the_o prophet_n do_v it_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n i_o ever_o think_v agag_n lose_v both_o his_o kingdom_n and_o his_o life_n be_v part_n at_o least_o of_o his_o account_n with_o god_n you_o see_v sir_n how_o dangerous_a it_o be_v to_o trust_v to_o other_o man_n collection_n unless_o you_o be_v well_o assure_v of_o their_o fidelity_n yet_o i_o must_v confess_v sir_n r._n h._n have_v as_o much_o temptation_n as_o any_o man_n can_v have_v to_o trust_v he_o former_o meet_v with_o a_o honest_a sorbon_n doctor_n fortunâ_fw-la who_o oblige_v he_o with_o a_o true_a account_n of_o the_o various_a decree_n for_o and_o against_o aristotle_n in_o the_o university_n of_o paris_n which_o make_v as_o handsome_a a_o appearance_n as_o any_o thing_n in_o this_o whole_a book_n he_o deserve_v his_o acknowledgement_n and_o praise_n much_o better_a than_o mr._n johnson_n though_o i_o do_v not_o yet_o find_v that_o they_o be_v any_o where_o pay_v he_o i_o believe_v dr._n hicks_n be_v not_o ill_o please_v with_o this_o noble_a author_n for_o suggest_v that_o jovian_a be_v write_v by_o a_o club_n and_o take_v it_o for_o a_o great_a honour_n that_o he_o esteem_v he_o the_o
deny_v in_o this_o and_o all_o other_o kingdom_n and_o so_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n for_o his_o fury_n against_o any_o person_n who_o invent_v term_n to_o distinguish_v they_o but_o mr._n i._n represent_v this_o distinction_n most_o disingenuous_o and_o quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o author_n mind_n as_o though_o it_o set_v up_o a_o new_a sort_n of_o law_n never_o hear_v of_o in_o this_o nation_n authorise_v our_o king_n to_o do_v all_o manner_n of_o injustice_n nay_o to_o commission_n other_o also_o to_o murder_n plunder_n and_o commit_v all_o manner_n of_o outrage_n and_o â—o_o indemnify_v they_o when_o they_o have_v do_v it_o and_o that_o he_o may_v the_o more_o effectual_o delude_v his_o reader_n into_o this_o belief_n he_o fraudulent_o confound_v imperial_a power_n by_o which_o fortescue_n cite_v by_o he_o understand_v absolute_a and_o arbitrary_a power_n which_o be_v no_o where_o give_v by_o jovian_a to_o our_o king_n with_o imperial_a law_n and_o then_o deduce_v from_o it_o the_o most_o odious_a consequence_n he_o can_v devise_v now_o i_o defy_v he_o to_o show_v where_o mr._n dean_n ascribe_v to_o our_o king_n imperial_a power_n in_o fortescue_n sense_n or_o pretend_v that_o the_o imperial_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n allow_v they_o to_o act_n or_o authorize_v any_o of_o those_o outrage_n he_o talk_v of_o where_o do_v he_o deny_v that_o the_o adviser_n or_o instrument_n of_o such_o oppression_n be_v accountable_a and_o punishable_a or_o pretend_v that_o any_o commission_n will_v warrant_v and_o bear_v they_o out_o therefore_o all_o his_o odious_a consequence_n vanish_v into_o smoke_n 172._o and_o his_o tedious_a citation_n out_o of_o fortescue_n be_v whole_o impertinent_a since_o jovian_a no_n where_o give_v our_o king_n absolute_a and_o imperial_a power_n though_o he_o say_v that_o the_o imperial_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n forbid_v subject_n all_o military_a resistance_n when_o their_o sovereign_a strain_n prerogative_n beyond_o its_o legal_a bound_n mr._n johnson_n in_o his_o former_a book_n demand_v in_o case_n we_o be_v persecute_v for_o religion_n under_o a_o popish_a successor_n by_o what_o law_n we_o must_v die_v and_o he_o suppose_v his_o adversary_n devise_v this_o distinction_n to_o answer_v that_o question_n admit_v it_o to_o be_v so_o he_o say_v by_o the_o imperial_a law_n we_o must_v die_v yet_o it_o be_v plain_a he_o do_v not_o pretend_v that_o those_o law_n authorize_v the_o popish_a successor_n to_o persecute_v or_o give_v he_o power_n to_o subvert_v the_o establish_a religion_n or_o condemn_v and_o execute_v its_o professor_n against_o law_n all_o he_o say_v be_v that_o those_o law_n forbid_v i_o in_o those_o circumstance_n to_o save_v my_o life_n by_o rebellion_n have_v i_o be_v to_o answer_v his_o book_n i_o will_v have_v turn_v the_o question_n upon_o he_o and_o have_v demand_v by_o what_o law_n i_o be_o allow_v to_o draw_v the_o sword_n and_o raise_v force_n against_o my_o sovereign_n for_o self_n defence_n those_o law_n which_o give_v he_o the_o sole_a power_n of_o the_o sword_n and_o condemn_v a_o defensive_a war_n against_o the_o king_n whether_o levy_v by_o the_o body_n collective_a or_o body_n representative_a of_o the_o people_n do_v in_o effect_n require_v i_o to_o submit_v to_o be_v murder_v and_o in_o that_o case_n he_o himself_o will_v admit_v that_o i_o must_v die_v my_o time_n be_v come_v if_o split_v this_o same_o law_n of_o the_o land_n into_o imperial_a and_o political_n displease_v he_o it_o be_v because_o he_o be_v in_o a_o peevish_a humour_n for_o i_o never_o yet_o have_v learn_v that_o it_o be_v a_o faulty_a distinction_n which_o divide_v the_o whole_a into_o its_o part_n however_o you_o see_v he_o grant_v the_o imperial_a as_o well_o as_o political_a law_n to_o be_v the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o if_o they_o be_v so_o let_v the_o world_n judge_v whether_o he_o have_v show_v the_o charity_n of_o a_o christian_a or_o the_o candour_n of_o a_o generous_a adversary_n in_o thus_o represent_v the_o distinction_n i_o will_v not_o reckon_v his_o allusion_n to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o devil_n 15._o jesus_n i_o know_v and_o paul_n i_o know_v but_o who_o be_v you_o among_o his_o profanation_n of_o holy_a scripture_n but_o he_o be_v a_o very_a sorry_a exorcist_n who_o will_v be_v gravel_v with_o his_o question_n common_a law_n we_o know_v and_o statute_n law_n we_o know_v but_o who_o be_v you_o for_o the_o imperial_a and_o political_a law_n be_v both_o common_a and_o statute_n law_n and_o by_o his_o own_o confession_n the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n if_o his_o suggestion_n be_v true_a that_o passive_a obedience_n as_o it_o be_v teach_v by_o his_o adversary_n be_v popery_n establish_v by_o a_o law_n by_o which_o he_o only_o mean_v that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o encouragement_n to_o a_o popish_a prince_n to_o set_v it_o up_o without_o law_n a_o irresistible_a temptation_n to_o persecute_v the_o reform_a religion_n and_o to_o commit_v all_o manner_n of_o lawless_a oppression_n i_o say_v if_o this_o be_v true_a it_o be_v no_o argument_n that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o passive_a obedience_n be_v false_a because_o ill_a governor_n may_v take_v occasion_n to_o abuse_v it_o be_v our_o saviour_n passive_a doctrine_n on_o the_o mount_n either_o false_a or_o foolish_a because_o julian_n be_v thence_o encourage_v to_o oppress_v chriâ—tianity_n and_o become_v his_o own_o chaplain_n preach_v it_o himself_o this_o be_v the_o very_a fallacy_n a_o non_fw-la causa_fw-la which_o he_o unjust_o in_o another_o place_n of_o this_o preface_n charge_v upon_o his_o answerer_n if_o the_o law_n oblige_v we_o to_o non_fw-fr resistance_n and_o allow_v no_o pretence_n of_o levy_v defensive_a war_n and_o this_o liberty_n deny_v will_v as_o sure_o establish_v popery_n as_o 10000_o political_a act_n oâ—_n parliament_n let_v he_o arraign_v the_o law_n and_o not_o this_o poor_a innocent_a distinction_n or_o jovian_a who_o only_o teach_v obedience_n according_a to_o law_n but_o i_o pray_v you_o may_v not_o ill_a man_n make_v as_o wicked_a and_o dangerous_a advantage_n of_o the_o contrary_a doctrine_n why_o may_v not_o the_o doctrine_n of_o civil_a liberty_n as_o well_o as_o christian_a liberty_n be_v make_v a_o cloak_n of_o maliciousness_n it_o be_v notorious_a that_o it_o have_v be_v so_o abuse_v yet_o i_o will_v urge_v no_o man_n to_o renounce_v his_o interest_n either_o in_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o on_o that_o account_n be_v not_o subject_n as_o apt_a to_o be_v clamorous_a and_o turbulent_a as_o prince_n to_o be_v arbitrary_a be_v not_o the_o former_a as_o apt_a to_o claim_v undue_a liberty_n as_o the_o latter_a undue_a prerogative_n be_v it_o a_o unhappiness_n peculiar_a to_o prince_n only_o to_o be_v haunt_v with_o flatterer_n have_v not_o the_o people_n also_o parasite_n and_o sycophant_n about_o they_o both_o divine_n and_o lawyer_n who_o â—latter_v they_o into_o a_o opinion_n of_o a_o boundless_a english_a as_o much_o unknown_a liberty_n to_o our_o ancestor_n as_o boundless_a power_n in_o the_o prince_n and_o have_v not_o these_o sycophant_n as_o much_o the_o temptation_n of_o interest_n and_o as_o fair_a a_o prospect_n before_o they_o in_o work_a confusion_n and_o revolution_n as_o the_o other_o parasitesâ—_n can_v have_v in_o the_o hope_n of_o court_n favour_n to_o conclude_v be_v not_o arbitrary_a subjection_n and_o a_o ungovernable_a humour_n in_o the_o people_n as_o destructive_a to_o society_n as_o arbitrary_a government_n if_o then_o the_o inconvenience_n which_o may_v arise_v render_v a_o doctrine_n foolish_a or_o wicked_a the_o doctrine_n of_o resistance_n be_v full_a as_o much_o in_o danger_n as_o the_o slavish_a doctrine_n of_o passive_a obedience_n and_o the_o mischievous_a consequence_n i_o fear_v be_v not_o altogether_o so_o accidental_a to_o the_o former_a as_o to_o the_o latter_a oh_o but_o jovian_a own_v the_o consequence_n of_o nonresistance_n and_o say_v express_o p._n 242._o in_o all_o sovereign_a government_n subject_n must_v be_v slave_n as_o to_o this_o particular_a that_o be_v of_o their_o life_n and_o liberty_n and_o he_o will_v fain_o know_v then_o in_o what_o particular_a they_o be_v freeman_n be_v mr._n i._n sure_a jovian_a say_v so_o or_o be_v he_o sure_a that_o life_n and_o liberty_n be_v the_o particular_n as_o to_o which_o he_o say_v subject_n must_v be_v slave_n i_o doubt_v he_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o mistake_n or_o a_o worse_a fault_n the_o passage_n as_o tear_v from_o the_o context_n and_o expound_v by_o mr._n i._n sound_v very_a harsha_n but_o i_o will_v set_v it_o down_o entire_a and_o then_o a_o very_a ordinary_a reader_n will_v understand_v the_o measure_n of_o his_o candour_n and_o honesty_n in_o represent_v jovian_a the_o passage_n run_v thus_o therefore_o to_o cut_v off_o resistance_n in_o the_o english_a government_n the_o three_o estate_n have_v declare_v against_o all_o defensive_a as_o well_o as_o offensive_a
church_n will_v ready_o set_v aside_o twenty_o such_o title_n as_o iulian_n to_o secure_v their_o religion_n his_o pretence_n that_o iulian_n illegal_a oppression_n of_o the_o christian_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o rough_a treatment_n they_o give_v he_o together_o with_o his_o insinuation_n that_o nothing_o but_o their_o weakness_n keep_v they_o from_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o that_o apostate_n to_o do_v themselves_o right_o mr._n dean_n have_v confute_v by_o more_o argument_n than_o mr._n johnson_n 158._o think_v fit_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o and_o that_o one_o at_o which_o he_o nibble_v be_v quite_o too_o hard_o for_o his_o tooth_n jovian_a say_v julian_n do_v persecute_v legal_o because_o all_o the_o emperor_n order_n and_o decree_n how_o unjust_a soever_o be_v legal_a 86._o he_o be_v a_o absolute_a sovereign_n who_o govern_v by_o pure_o regal_a power_n and_o who_o pleasure_n howsoever_o signify_v whether_o by_o letter_n or_o word_n of_o mouth_n be_v a_o law_n 86,87,88,90,91_o this_o be_v make_v out_o abundant_o out_o of_o the_o best_a author_n both_o historian_n and_o lawyer_n and_o it_o be_v a_o miserable_a shift_n to_o despise_v all_o these_o citation_n as_o shred_n of_o civil_a law_n not_o worthy_a the_o least_o consideration_n if_o these_o citation_n be_v misapply_v why_o do_v he_o not_o show_v it_o at_o least_o in_o one_o or_o two_o instance_n very_o his_o reader_n be_v too_o kind_a if_o they_o take_v his_o word_n for_o it_o and_o if_o any_o be_v so_o rude_a as_o to_o demand_v better_a satisfaction_n mr._n johnson_n be_v resolve_v to_o be_v even_o with_o they_o for_o their_o curiosity_n they_o must_v go_v many_o a_o weary_a step_n on_o his_o errand_n who_o will_v trot_v all_o the_o town_n over_o from_o shop_n to_o shop_n till_o they_o meet_v with_o gothofred_n ulpian_n but_o i_o confess_v it_o be_v do_v like_o one_o who_o be_v his_o craft's-master_n to_o refer_v they_o to_o a_o book_n which_o scarce_o one_o in_o a_o thousand_o be_v ever_o likely_a to_o see_v but_o this_o one_o argument_n be_v by_o no_o mean_n the_o substance_n of_o what_o mr._n dean_n offer_v against_o this_o new_a hypothesis_n that_o illegal_a oppression_n and_o tyranny_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o christian_n rough_a behaviour_n towards_o julian_n for_o he_o show_v that_o other_o emperor_n some_o of_o they_o christian_n too_o be_v treat_v as_o coarse_o as_o julian_n particular_o constantius_n by_o hilary_n athanasius_n and_o lucifer_n from_o who_o mr._n johnson_n cite_v several_a such_o passage_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o constantius_n the_o apostate_n as_o be_v far_o rude_a than_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o his_o julian._n so_o that_o the_o phaenomenon_n he_o will_v solve_v by_o this_o hypothesis_n be_v not_o real_a fact_n but_o a_o mere_a fiction_n the_o christian_n be_v not_o more_o rough_a in_o their_o behaviour_n towards_o julian_n than_o elder_n christian_n have_v be_v towards_o several_a of_o his_o predecessor_n not_o only_o pagan_a but_o also_o christian_a prince_n again_o he_o show_v that_o julian_n have_v the_o malice_n of_o a_o devil_n against_o our_o saviour_n and_o his_o religion_n in_o which_o he_o persist_v against_o the_o plain_a evidence_n of_o miracle_n ch._n and_o in_o spite_n of_o many_o remarkable_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o his_o uncle_n and_o other_o blasphemer_n of_o christ_n and_o persecutor_n of_o his_o church_n so_o that_o the_o christian_n may_v reasonable_o conclude_v he_o irrecoverable_a and_o past_a repentance_n and_o treat_v he_o the_o more_o severe_o on_o that_o account_n nay_o believe_v he_o so_o they_o may_v possible_o pray_v for_o his_o destruction_n as_o the_o only_a probable_a mean_n of_o the_o church_n deliverance_n and_o yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o they_o will_v have_v lift_v up_o their_o hand_n against_o he_o or_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o that_o destruction_n they_o pray_v for_o again_o he_o prove_v if_o julian_n be_v guilty_a of_o illegal_a oppression_n and_o tyranny_n ix_o so_o be_v other_o persecute_v emperor_n before_o he_o particular_o galerius_n so_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o singular_a in_o the_o case_n of_o iulian_n christian_n nor_o can_v he_o infer_v from_o their_o example_n that_o illegal_a oppression_n will_v warrant_v subject_n to_o take_v arm_n against_o their_o lawful_a prince_n to_o do_v themselves_o right_o in_o the_o next_o page_n we_o find_v mr._n i._n in_o a_o very_a peevish_a humour_n quarrel_v with_o jovian_a for_o what_o he_o himself_o say_v in_o effect_n over_o and_o over_o it_o be_v only_o the_o phrase_n move_v his_o choler_n viz._n the_o main_a ground_n of_o their_o displeasure_n be_v that_o he_o do_v not_o formal_o persecute_v they_o nor_o put_v they_o to_o death_n enough_o mr._n dean_n explain_v himself_o sufficient_o the_o christian_n desire_v rather_o to_o be_v persecute_v in_o the_o old_a decian_a and_o dioclesian_n way_n i._n e._n to_o have_v their_o religion_n make_v their_o crime_n and_o death_n their_o punishment_n this_o the_o author_n refer_v to_o in_o the_o margin_n plain_o evince_v and_o the_o instance_n of_o juventinus_n and_o maximus_n and_o romanus_n and_o his_o fellow_n soldier_n show_v that_o some_o under_o julian_n be_v as_o ambitious_a of_o the_o crown_n of_o martyrdom_n as_o the_o elder_a christian_n who_o seek_v it_o by_o voluntary_a confession_n and_o provoke_v their_o pagan_a ruler_n to_o persecute_v they_o with_o the_o utmost_a cruelty_n mr._n i._o it_o seem_v think_v they_o too_o free_a of_o their_o passive_a throat_n and_o if_o they_o be_v so_o fond_a of_o martyrdom_n they_o may_v even_o as_o well_o have_v hang_v and_o drown_v themselves_o and_o save_v their_o persecutor_n the_o trouble_n i_o know_v not_o what_o he_o can_v mean_v else_o by_o revive_v the_o sarcasm_n of_o a_o pagan_a bloody_a persecutor_n 〈◊〉_d arrius_n antoninus_n who_o thus_o reproach_v voluntary_a confession_n with_o the_o desire_n of_o martyrdom_n be_v there_o no_o halter_n or_o precipice_n in_o the_o roman_a empire_n p._n 161._o mr._n i._o buckle_v close_a to_o his_o work_n and_o pretend_v accurate_o to_o state_n the_o case_n of_o passive_a obedience_n and_o say_v he_o and_o jovian_a be_v perfect_o agree_v 1._o that_o the_o king_n person_n be_v sacred_a and_o inviolable_a 2._o that_o inferior_a magistracy_n act_v by_o the_o king_n authority_n according_a to_o law_n may_v not_o be_v resist_v i_o be_o glad_a to_o see_v that_o the_o peevish_a humour_n have_v somewhat_o spend_v itself_o and_o that_o he_o can_v agree_v with_o his_o adversary_n in_o any_o thing_n i_o presume_v when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o king_n person_n be_v sacred_a and_o inviolable_a he_o mean_v by_o those_o fine_a word_n he_o may_v not_o be_v resist_v and_o if_o so_o it_o may_v deserve_v consider_v how_o well_o he_o agree_v with_o himself_o for_o in_o his_o former_a book_n he_o quote_v a_o shrewd_a say_n of_o a_o worthy_a person_n 88_o that_o one_o single_a arm_n unresisted_a may_v go_v a_o great_a way_n in_o massacre_a a_o nation_n every_o one_o know_v who_o single_a arm_n be_v mean_v and_o no_o man_n who_o praise_v that_o say_n can_v agree_v that_o the_o king_n person_n may_v not_o be_v resist_v how_o fair_o he_o state_v the_o difference_n between_o himself_o and_o jovian_a letter_n i_o have_v in_o some_o measure_n show_v already_o impartial_a reader_n though_o but_o of_o a_o ordinary_a capacity_n who_o will_v be_v at_o the_o pain_n to_o compare_v the_o book_n with_o this_o answer_n may_v observe_v without_o my_o help_n that_o a_o great_a part_n thereof_o be_v employ_v in_o confute_v his_o own_o slanderous_a fiction_n for_o where_o do_v jovian_a assert_v any_o of_o the_o thing_n impose_v upon_o he_o as_o that_o by_o the_o imperial_a law_n a_o popish_a prince_n may_v send_v force_n to_o murder_v his_o liege_n people_n etc._n that_o a_o sovereign_n can_v authorize_v his_o force_n to_o do_v any_o act_n of_o illegal_a violence_n where_o do_v he_o give_v the_o king_n boundless_a power_n or_o the_o whole_a legislative_a power_n i_o be_o sure_a mr._n i._o can_v show_v no_o such_o assertion_n in_o the_o book_n he_o pretend_v to_o answer_v and_o therefore_o how_o unconscionable_o do_v he_o abuse_v both_o his_o adversary_n and_o his_o reader_n for_o almost_o forty_o page_n together_o and_o how_o impertinent_o do_v he_o swagger_v with_o citation_n out_o of_o bracton_n the_o miroir_n fortescue_n judge_n jenkins_n and_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o of_o bless_a memory_n to_o disprove_v what_o jovian_a no_n where_o affirm_v it_o will_v indeed_o have_v signify_v something_o can_v he_o have_v produce_v but_o one_o clear_a passage_n out_o of_o all_o those_o author_n in_o which_o any_o of_o they_o declare_v it_o lawful_a for_o subject_n to_o raise_v but_o a_o single_a regiment_n or_o troop_n to_o resist_v force_n legal_o commissioned_n even_o in_o illegal_a and_o uncommissionated_a act_n of_o violence_n and_o till_o he_o can_v
at_o least_o show_v this_o in_o our_o law-book_n he_o have_v no_o right_a to_o call_v mr._n dean_n a_o proteus_n of_o passive_a obedience_n or_o reproach_v he_o as_o not_o consistent_a with_o himself_o it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n to_o allow_v subject_n the_o liberty_n of_o private_a resistance_n when_o illegal_a violence_n be_v offer_v to_o they_o and_o yet_o to_o deny_v they_o power_n to_o raise_v force_n and_o to_o wage_v a_o defensive_a war_n against_o those_o who_o as_o mr._n i._n malicious_o suppose_v will_v murder_v in_o troop_n i_o hope_v he_o will_v not_o be_v so_o hardy_a as_o to_o say_v that_o a_o single_a captain_n can_v be_v make_v or_o that_o one_o private_a soldier_n can_v be_v list_v according_a to_o our_o law_n without_o their_o majesty_n commission_n or_o that_o in_o their_o realm_n and_o dominion_n and_o beside_o their_o majesty_n be_v vest_v with_o legal_a authority_n to_o grant_v commission_n to_o levy_v force_n though_o the_o law_n secure_v man_n life_n and_o property_n against_o arbitrary_a power_n yet_o they_o do_v it_o not_o by_o give_v subject_n the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n by_o this_o you_o may_v see_v sir_n how_o mean_a judge_n your_o neighbour_n be_v who_o discern_v not_o how_o gross_a a_o fallacy_n mr._n i._o put_v upon_o they_o when_o he_o insinuate_v that_o his_o adversary_n be_v so_o senseless_a as_o to_o allow_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o resist_v a_o single_a cutthroat_n and_o yet_o make_v it_o a_o damnable_a sin_n to_o resist_v cutthroat_n 169._o as_o also_o to_o hold_v that_o the_o sovereign_n can_v authorize_v force_n and_o great_a number_n though_o he_o can_v single_a person_n to_o do_v act_n of_o illegal_a violence_n sir_n you_o know_v the_o author_n of_o jovian_a be_v as_o far_o as_o mr._n johnson_n himself_o from_o believe_v that_o number_n be_v sacred_a or_o can_v legitimate_a oppression_n or_o that_o the_o sovereign_n can_v give_v a_o valid_a commission_n to_o his_o force_n to_o outrage_n or_o murder_v his_o liege_n people_n and_o render_v they_o unaccountable_a for_o such_o act_n of_o violence_n he_o no_o where_o deny_v subject_n the_o liberty_n of_o make_v a_o legal_a defence_n against_o any_o number_n of_o thief_n and_o cutthroat_n how_o great_a soever_o and_o by_o whosoever_o commissioned_n nor_o do_v he_o in_o the_o least_o insinuate_v that_o the_o damnableness_n of_o resist_a lie_n in_o that_o they_o be_v force_n but_o he_o make_v it_o to_o consist_v in_o raise_v force_n without_o lawful_a authority_n to_o resist_v with_o and_o in_o defend_v themselves_o in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o cast_v off_o subjection_n and_o be_v a_o manifest_a and_o dangerous_a usurpation_n upon_o the_o legal_a right_n of_o a_o english_a sovereign_a he_o make_v that_o law_n the_o measure_n of_o the_o subject_n power_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o king_n and_o this_o it_o seem_v be_v his_o great_a crime_n if_o subject_n be_v allow_v to_o defend_v themselves_o at_o discretion_n the_o king_n must_v hold_v his_o crown_n but_o during_o pleasure_n some_o of_o mr._n johnson_n friend_n will_v complain_v that_o their_o throat_n be_v in_o danger_n and_o will_v never_o think_v they_o safe_a till_o they_o have_v the_o king_n throat_n in_o their_o power_n they_o have_v make_v so_o good_a advantage_n former_o of_o what_o he_o call_v legal_a defence_n against_o the_o vnauthorized_a illegal_a violence_n of_o subject_n that_o i_o do_v not_o wonder_v that_o they_o will_v fain_o be_v at_o the_o same_o trade_n again_o but_o i_o can_v forget_v that_o they_o hold_v the_o king_n person_n as_o sacred_a as_o mr._n johnson_n do_v and_o be_v as_o clamorous_a zealot_n for_o religion_n and_o property_n who_o notwithstanding_o bring_v their_o majesty_n royal_a grandfather_n to_o the_o block_n subvert_v the_o ancient_n and_o excellent_a constitution_n of_o this_o noble_a realm_n both_o in_o church_n and_o state_n and_o enslave_v the_o whole_a nation_n neither_o you_o nor_o i_o can_v have_v while_n to_o entertain_v ourselves_o with_o so_o divert_v a_o spectacle_n as_o mr._n johnson_n triumph_n over_o a_o adversary_n of_o straw_n of_o his_o own_o make_n and_o therefore_o leave_v he_o for_o some_o time_n at_o that_o sport_n by_o himself_o bate_v a_o few_o stricture_n here_o and_o there_o i_o shall_v say_v little_a till_o i_o meet_v he_o p._n 201._o among_o several_a thing_n worthy_a of_o censure_n the_o first_o i_o shall_v note_v be_v the_o rude_a treatment_n of_o a_o very_a eminent_a protestant_a writer_n 165._o where_o have_v impertinent_o cite_v two_o passage_n out_o of_o bracton_n and_o k._n edward_n law_n for_o they_o contradict_v nothing_o in_o jovian_a he_o conclude_v in_o these_o word_n these_o i_o hope_v be_v better_a authority_n in_o this_o matter_n than_o sam._n bochart_n our_o author_n french_a oracle_n etc._n etc._n certain_o mr._n i._o be_v the_o first_o man_n who_o ever_o mention_v that_o great_a name_n without_o some_o addition_n of_o respect_n not_o to_o say_v with_o scorn_n and_o contempt_n and_o that_o epistle_n which_o he_o so_o much_o vilify_v have_v ever_o be_v in_o great_a esteem_n with_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n it_o be_v in_o effect_n a_o apologetic_a declaration_n of_o the_o whole_a protestant_a french-church_n profess_v their_o just_a abhorrence_n of_o the_o great_a rebellion_n which_o end_v in_o the_o most_o execrable_a murder_n of_o the_o king_n in_o a_o word_n the_o memory_n of_o mr._n bochart_n will_v ever_o be_v precious_a whilst_o the_o world_n pretend_v to_o retain_v any_o degree_n of_o honour_n for_o eminent_a piety_n and_o learning_n in_o the_o next_o page_n he_o charge_v mr._n dean_n with_o attribute_v to_o the_o sovereign_a the_o whole_a legislative_a power_n 166._o and_o by_o his_o answer_n it_o be_v plain_a he_o accuse_v he_o of_o give_v the_o king_n of_o england_n that_o vast_a power_n i_o marvel_v how_o mr._n i._o have_v dispose_v of_o his_o conscience_n if_o he_o ever_o have_v any_o or_o with_o what_o face_n he_o can_v obtrude_v so_o gross_a a_o slander_n it_o be_v very_o evident_a that_o no_o such_o thing_n can_v be_v intend_v in_o the_o place_n he_o refer_v to_o for_o 1._o mr._n dean_n be_v speak_v of_o all_o proper_a and_o complete_a sovereign_n as_o well_o state_n as_o monarch_n and_o not_o in_o particular_a of_o our_o king_n 2._o he_o do_v not_o ascribe_v to_o such_o sovereign_n the_o whole_a legislative_a power_n the_o word_n whole_o be_v add_v by_o mr._n i._n who_o can_v not_o otherwise_o have_v find_v any_o thing_n to_o cavil_v at_o 3._o in_o those_o word_n which_o respect_v a_o english_a sovereign_a he_o ascribe_v no_o more_o to_o he_o than_o the_o influence_n of_o a_o principal_a efficient_a viz._n to_o give_v our_o law_n their_o last_o form_n to_o give_v life_n and_o soul_n to_o bill_n prepare_v by_o other_o and_o who_o dare_v deny_v that_o the_o royal_a assent_n give_v those_o bill_n which_o pass_v both_o house_n the_o name_n essence_n and_o authority_n of_o law_n and_o that_o they_o be_v 202._o as_o jovian_a speak_v but_o a_o dead_a letter_n without_o it_o how_o honest_o mr._n i._o call_v this_o give_v the_o sovereign_a the_o whole_a legislative_a power_n i_o need_v not_o observe_v for_o you_o p._n 171._o mr._n i._o will_v needs_o have_v jovian_a to_o have_v found_v his_o distinction_n of_o imperial_a and_o political_a law_n upon_o a_o pervert_v passage_n of_o fortescue_n who_o distinguish_v dominion_n into_o imperial_a and_o political_n and_o mix_v of_o both_o but_o if_o he_o will_v have_v please_v to_o consider_v the_o book_n he_o pretend_v to_o answer_n he_o may_v easy_o have_v observe_v it_o that_o his_o adversary_n frame_v that_o distinction_n upon_o quite_o another_o ground_n and_o use_v the_o term_n in_o a_o sense_n far_o different_a for_o as_o our_o most_o eminent_a lawyer_n and_o the_o law_n themselves_o call_v this_o realm_n a_o empire_n and_o the_o crown_n a_o imperial_a crown_n and_o the_o king_n a_o imperial_a sovereign_n 209._o that_o be_v as_o sir_n orlando_n bridgman_n and_o mr._n dean_n both_o expound_v the_o term_n a_o free_a independent_a and_o vnconditional_a sovereign_n so_o the_o law_n which_o secure_v the_o right_n of_o the_o sovereign_n be_v apt_o by_o he_o call_v imperial_a law_n and_o archbishop_n cranmer_n cite_v in_o jovian_a use_v the_o term_n though_o not_o precise_o in_o this_o sense_n to_o signify_v those_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n which_o secure_v the_o royal_a prerogative_n against_o the_o usurpation_n of_o the_o pope_n but_o neither_o mr._n dean_n nor_o sir_n o._n bridgman_n ever_o intend_v hereby_o to_o give_v the_o king_n imperial_a power_n i._n e._n absolute_a and_o arbitrary_a power_n but_o both_o declare_v the_o contrary_n i_o will_v cite_v the_o word_n of_o the_o latter_a it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o have_v a_o imperial_a crown_n and_o another_o to_o govern_v absolute_o what_o be_v a_o imperial_a crown_n 12._o it_o be_v that_o which_o
as_o to_o the_o coercive_a part_n be_v subject_a to_o no_o man_n under_o god_n the_o king_n of_o poland_n have_v a_o crown_n but_o what_o be_v it_o at_o his_o coronation_n it_o be_v condition_v with_o the_o people_n that_o if_o he_o shall_v not_o govern_v they_o according_a to_o such_o rule_n they_o shall_v be_v free_v from_o their_o homage_n and_o allegiance_n but_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n be_v and_o always_o be_v a_o imperial_a crown_n and_o so_o swear_v not_o subject_a to_o any_o humane_a tribunal_n or_o judicature_n whatsoever_o god_n forbid_v i_o shall_v intend_v any_o absolute_a government_n by_o this_o etc._n etc._n in_o like_a manner_n mr._n deaâ—_n make_v all_o such_o prince_n as_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n not_o to_o be_v proper_a complete_a and_o imperial_a sovereign_n tell_v you_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o a_o imperial_a sovereign_n 209._o viz_o one_o who_o be_v supreme_a in_o his_o dominion_n next_o under_o god_n who_o have_v full_a perfect_a and_o entire_a jurisdiction_n from_o god_n alone_o and_o all_o other_o in_o his_o dominion_n by_o emanation_n from_o he_o but_o though_o he_o assert_v the_o king_n of_o this_o realm_n to_o be_v true_a proper_a and_o imperial_a sovereign_n yet_o he_o be_v as_o far_o as_o mrâ—_n i._o from_o assert_v a_o arbitrary_a and_o boundless_a power_n in_o they_o for_o he_o at_o the_o same_o time_n declare_v that_o to_o be_v arbitrary_a be_v no_o way_n of_o the_o essence_n of_o a_o imperial_a sovereign_n and_o though_o after_o sir_n edw._n cook_n he_o cite_v the_o title_n of_o edgar_n and_o edward_n it_o be_v not_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o saxon_a king_n be_v arbitrary_a and_o absolute_a but_o to_o show_v that_o they_o be_v complete_a unconditional_a and_o independent_a sovereign_n the_o natural_a consequence_n of_o which_o be_v that_o they_o be_v unaccountable_a free_a from_o coercion_n of_o force_n and_o not_o to_o be_v resist_v therefore_o mr._n i._o need_v not_o to_o have_v take_v all_o that_o pain_n he_o have_v do_v p._n 183._o to_o prove_v it_o nonsense_n to_o say_v that_o boundless_a power_n may_v be_v limit_v in_o the_o exercise_n his_o adversary_n say_v nothing_o like_o it_o but_o only_a assert_n that_o a_o king_n under_o the_o direction_n of_o law_n may_v nevertheless_o be_v a_o properâ—_n complete_a and_o imperial_a sovereign_n and_o his_o illustration_n of_o the_o matter_n by_o the_o similitude_n of_o a_o fountain_n be_v clear_a and_o apposite_a and_o what_o nobody_o but_o mr._n i._o will_v deride_v the_o essence_n of_o sovereign_a power_n be_v not_o destroy_v or_o change_v by_o this_o limitation_n it_o receive_v from_o concession_n and_o civil_a contract_n though_o the_o extent_n of_o it_o may_v be_v somewhat_o lessen_v it_o be_v still_o supreme_a unconditional_a and_o independent_a and_o the_o prince_n who_o enjoy_v it_o though_o he_o be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o govern_v according_a to_o such_o law_n and_o compact_n yet_o may_v not_o be_v call_v to_o a_o account_n or_o punish_v by_o any_o save_o god_n his_o only_a superior_a for_o violate_v those_o law_n and_o transgress_v the_o legal_a bound_n of_o his_o power_n his_o answer_n to_o mr._n dean_n other_o illustration_n of_o the_o point_n viz._n that_o be_v confine_v in_o the_o exercise_n do_v not_o destroy_v the_o perfection_n of_o sovereign_a power_n because_o then_o the_o power_n of_o god_n himself_o can_v not_o be_v sovereign_a etc._n etc._n be_v not_o at_o all_o satisfactory_a i_o confess_v what_o he_o say_v will_v be_v pertinent_a and_o considerable_a if_o god_n be_v confine_v only_o from_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v evil_a in_o themselves_o and_o therefore_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n but_o we_o all_o know_v that_o the_o free_a counsel_n of_o his_o own_o will_n have_v set_v such_o bound_n to_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o almighty_a power_n as_o render_v many_o thing_n neither_o impossible_a in_o themselves_o nor_o yet_o repugnant_a either_o to_o the_o wisdom_n holiness_n or_o goodness_n of_o god_n impossible_a for_o he_o to_o do_v for_o example_n no_o man_n will_v presume_v to_o deny_v that_o god_n if_o he_o have_v so_o please_v may_v have_v leave_v fall_v man_n to_o have_v perish_v without_o a_o saviour_n and_o that_o without_o the_o least_o impeachment_n of_o his_o wisdom_n justice_n or_o goodness_n and_o yet_o god_n have_v determine_v and_o declare_v that_o he_o will_v save_v all_o that_o believe_v in_o jesus_n christ_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o suffer_v all_o mankind_n to_o perish_v if_o mr._n i._o please_v to_o consult_v the_o old_a schoolman_n who_o fortescue_n cite_v as_o the_o author_n de_fw-fr regimine_fw-la principum_fw-la 2d_o he_o will_v find_v a_o distinction_n of_o god_n power_n into_o absolute_a power_n by_o which_o god_n can_v do_v every_o thing_n which_o imply_v no_o contradiction_n in_o itself_o or_o imperfection_n in_o he_o and_o ordinate_a power_n by_o which_o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o own_o wâ—â—l_n this_o distinction_n plain_o show_v that_o be_v limit_v in_o thing_n imply_v neither_o contradiction_n in_o themselves_o nor_o defect_n in_o god_n be_v no_o impeachment_n of_o the_o truth_n or_o perfection_n of_o god_n sovereignty_n and_o therefore_o be_v limit_v by_o rule_n of_o government_n do_v not_o destroy_v the_o essence_n of_o humane_a sovereign_a authority_n prince_n cease_v not_o to_o be_v supreme_a in_o their_o dominion_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o concession_n and_o submit_v their_o government_n to_o the_o regulation_n of_o political_a law_n even_o as_o god_n cease_v not_o to_o be_v the_o supreme_a governor_n of_o the_o worldâ—_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o gracious_a purpose_n and_o promise_v reveal_v in_o holy_a scripture_n though_o â—t_a be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o act_v any_o way_n contrary_a to_o those_o declaration_n the_o twelve_o chapter_n of_o jovian_a wherein_o the_o author_n show_v what_o security_n subject_n have_v of_o their_o life_n property_n and_o religion_n under_o a_o popish_a prince_n notwithstanding_o the_o doctrine_n of_o nonresistance_n be_v a_o rational_a grave_a and_o pious_a discourse_n and_o deserve_v to_o be_v consider_v after_o another_o fashion_n than_o mr._n i._o have_v do_v he_o be_v please_v to_o droll_n it_o off_o 198._o but_o whosoever_o shall_v with_o sobriety_n and_o a_o mind_n void_a of_o prejudice_n weigh_v what_o have_v be_v say_v on_o both_o side_n will_v find_v a_o better_a sort_n of_o reason_v a_o better_a spirit_n and_o a_o deep_a sense_n of_o religion_n in_o iovian's_n discourse_v than_o appear_v in_o this_o answer_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o a_o absolute_a security_n against_o rebellion_n on_o the_o one_o hand_n or_o against_o arbitrary_a government_n and_o oppression_n on_o the_o other_o neither_o prince_n nor_o people_n must_v expect_v for_o this_o can_v be_v have_v till_o either_o the_o people_n be_v so_o effectual_o enslave_v as_o to_o render_v they_o as_o little_a able_a to_o serve_v and_o assist_v their_o prince_n as_o they_o be_v to_o disturb_v and_o dethrone_v he_o or_o till_o the_o prince_n have_v so_o little_a power_n leave_v he_o that_o he_o will_v be_v equal_o unable_a either_o to_o protect_v or_o oppress_v his_o subject_n and_o in_o such_o a_o state_n both_o king_n and_o people_n will_v be_v in_o a_o most_o desperate_a condition_n so_o that_o whether_o the_o one_o or_o other_o compass_v their_o end_n for_o the_o present_a and_o obtain_v that_o absolute_a security_n which_o they_o affect_v they_o will_v enjoy_v it_o but_o a_o little_a while_n for_o both_o will_v inevitable_o hereby_o become_v the_o subject_n of_o foreign_a tyranny_n and_o oppression_n a_o moral_a security_n therefore_o must_v â—erve_v the_o turn_n and_o both_o prince_n and_o people_n must_v acquiesce_v therein_o and_o trust_v each_o other_o with_o such_o a_o measure_n of_o power_n as_o if_o abuse_a may_v be_v of_o very_o ill_a consequence_n but_o vain_a and_o unreasonable_a fear_n on_o either_o part_n must_v not_o be_v regard_v or_o provide_v against_o if_o what_o he_o say_v be_v not_o satisfactory_a to_o some_o of_o mr._n i_n friend_n we_o be_v the_o less_o to_o wonder_v see_v some_o of_o they_o profess_v to_o think_v that_o god_n have_v not_o give_v so_o satisfactory_a a_o assurance_n of_o his_o own_o be_v and_o providence_n and_o of_o the_o truth_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n and_o a_o future_a state_n of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n as_o they_o expect_v all_o man_n confess_v that_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o jesuit_n who_o during_o the_o last_o reign_n have_v too_o great_a a_o influence_n on_o public_a affair_n be_v utter_o unaccountable_a and_o the_o credit_n that_o order_n have_v with_o king_n james_n carry_v he_o to_o undertake_n as_o contrary_n to_o his_o own_o interest_n as_o to_o those_o of_o the_o nation_n and_o by_o consequence_n a_o
and_o favourer_n of_o christianity_n how_o god_n possess_v the_o army_n with_o such_o a_o esteem_n of_o he_o and_o affection_n to_o he_o partly_o for_o his_o father_n merit_n and_o partly_o for_o his_o own_o that_o they_o make_v he_o emperor_n at_o the_o first_o vote_n without_o be_v make_v caesar._n his_o word_n be_v these_o they_o declare_v the_o young_a king_n with_o their_o first_o voice_n emperor_n and_o augustus_n if_o from_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v infer_v that_o the_o declaration_n of_o the_o army_n be_v a_o mere_a recognition_n confer_v no_o right_a to_o the_o empire_n but_o acknowledge_v a_o inherent_a right_n in_o he_o i_o know_v not_o what_o will_v become_v of_o constantine_n divine_a right_n to_o the_o empire_n forâ—_n which_o he_o contend_v in_o his_o former_a book_n and_o cite_v a_o testimony_n from_o eusebius_n that_o constantine_n take_v the_o government_n upon_o he_o immediate_o be_v by_o the_o army_n and_o long_o before_o that_o by_o god_n himself_o the_o king_n of_o all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d declare_v emperor_n and_o augusto_n favour_v our_o religion_n it_o â—hould_v seem_v that_o constantine_n owe_v his_o crown_n to_o his_o father_n alone_o be_v beholden_a neither_o to_o god_n nor_o man_n for_o it_o nor_o need_v he_o to_o use_v dei_fw-la gratia_n in_o his_o stile_n since_o god_n do_v not_o elect_v nor_o create_v but_o only_o proclaim_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o emperor_n nay_o he_o be_v emperor_n in_o his_o father_n life_n time_n for_o immediate_o upon_o his_o father_n death_n the_o soldiery_n declare_v he_o emperor_n and_o god_n have_v do_v it_o long_o before_o such_o work_n will_v the_o strain_n of_o word_n make_v especial_o in_o panegyric_n 2._o the_o succession_n of_o constantine_n son_n be_v secure_v by_o their_o be_v make_v caesar_n which_o will_v have_v entitle_v any_o stranger_n as_o much_o as_o they_o to_o the_o empire_n the_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n succeed_v without_o a_o new_a election_n upon_o death_n or_o resignation_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o yet_o though_o the_o son_n succeed_v his_o father_n that_o empire_n be_v not_o hereditary_a and_o the_o passage_n in_o eusebius_n to_o which_o mr._n i._o refer_v do_v plain_o enough_o intimate_v that_o the_o senate_n and_o legion_n do_v somewhat_o more_o than_o only_o recognize_v and_o proclaim_v the_o son_n of_o constantine_n they_o seem_v to_o import_v somewhat_o very_a like_o a_o election_n mr._n i._o dare_v not_o produce_v the_o passage_n entire_a but_o pick_v a_o word_n out_o of_o each_o which_o may_v give_v a_o little_a colour_n to_o his_o false_a assertion_n the_o first_o run_v thus_o the_o army_n every_o where_o 〈◊〉_d as_o though_o by_o divine_a inspiration_n upon_o the_o news_n of_o the_o emperor_n death_n â—_o with_o one_o accord_n resolve_v as_o though_o the_o great_a king_n have_v be_v still_o live_v that_o they_o will_v 〈◊〉_d acknowledge_v none_o for_o emperor_n of_o the_o roman_n save_v only_o his_o son_n 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o long_o after_o be_v please_v to_o call_v they_o all_o thenceforward_o not_o caesar_n but_o augusto_n which_o name_n be_v the_o high_a title_n of_o sovereign_a majesty_n and_o this_o they_o do_v signify_v each_o to_o other_o every_o where_o by_o letter_n their_o 〈◊〉_d respective_a suffrage_n and_o voice_n and_o so_o the_o 〈◊〉_d unanimous_a resolution_n of_o the_o army_n be_v in_o a_o moment_n make_v know_v to_o all_o people_n every_o where_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n fit_a to_o be_v observe_v from_o this_o passage_n which_o will_v not_o well_o consist_v with_o mr._n i_n fancy_n of_o a_o bare_a declaration_n or_o recognition_n 1._o eusebius_n do_v not_o say_v what_o mr._n i._o will_v have_v he_o that_o the_o army_n do_v not_o elect_a but_o only_o recognize_v they_o but_o he_o say_v that_o with_o one_o accord_n they_o resolve_v to_o acknowledge_v none_o but_o they_o only_o 2._o this_o resolution_n plain_o show_v that_o they_o have_v power_n to_o have_v do_v otherwise_o and_o it_o be_v a_o great_a wonder_n they_o do_v not_o set_v up_o other_o as_o consort_n of_o the_o empire_n with_o they_o for_o which_o reason_n eusebius_n ascribe_v their_o unanimity_n to_o divine_a inspiration_n â—_o here_o be_v express_a mention_n of_o the_o concur_v suffrage_n of_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o army_n which_o strong_o imply_v a_o election_n 4._o the_o senate_n agree_v with_o the_o army_n in_o the_o resolution_n and_o they_o also_o declare_v constantine_n 〈◊〉_d son_n and_o they_o only_o without_o consort_n to_o be_v emperor_n and_o augusto_n i_o hope_v mr._n i._n will_v not_o say_v that_o unanimity_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o a_o election_n or_o that_o it_o be_v essential_a to_o it_o that_o several_a candidate_n shall_v appear_v and_o the_o matter_n be_v decide_v by_o a_o poll._n 5._o that_o constantine_n son_n do_v not_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o title_n of_o augusto_n immediate_o upon_o their_o father_n decease_n but_o it_o be_v give_v they_o by_o the_o army_n and_o that_o not_o present_o but_o after_o some_o time_n you_o see_v how_o false_a his_o first_o assertion_n of_o fact_n be_v and_o his_o second_o that_o during_o that_o family_n there_o be_v no_o interregnum_fw-la be_v no_o true_a for_o from_o this_o place_n it_o appear_v that_o they_o be_v not_o emperor_n but_o only_o caâ—sars_n for_o a_o while_n after_o their_o father_n death_n and_o fuit_fw-la valesius_fw-la in_o his_o note_n on_o the_o 67th_o chapter_n express_o say_v that_o after_o the_o death_n of_o constantine_n there_o be_v a_o interregnum_fw-la of_o three_o month_n and_o a_o half_a during_o that_o space_n there_o be_v no_o augusto_n though_o the_o empire_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o caesar_n take_v care_n of_o the_o government_n and_o if_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o chlorus_n there_o be_v no_o interregnum_fw-la in_o his_o share_n of_o the_o empire_n for_o mr._n i_n testimony_n relate_v only_o to_o that_o it_o must_v be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o speedy_a agreement_n of_o the_o army_n to_o advance_v constanâ—ine_n to_o the_o throne_n according_a to_o his_o father_n desire_n panegyr_n without_o expect_v a_o answer_n from_o galerius_n and_o the_o caesar_n to_o who_o constantine_n have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o father_n death_n and_o desire_v to_o know_v their_o pleasure_n as_o to_o the_o government_n this_o i_o have_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o eumenius_n on_o which_o mr._n i._o depend_v much_o but_o if_o his_o assertion_n as_o to_o fact_n be_v true_a admit_v there_o be_v no_o interregnum_fw-la the_o same_o may_v happen_v in_o a_o elective_a succession_n if_o a_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n happen_v to_o be_v choose_v there_o be_v no_o interregnum_fw-la upon_o the_o death_n of_o the_o german_a emperor_n though_o wheresoever_o a_o interregnum_fw-la may_v be_v it_o be_v certain_a the_o crown_n be_v not_o hereditary_a yet_o it_o follow_v not_o on_o the_o other_o side_n that_o the_o kingdom_n in_o which_o a_o interregnum_fw-la actual_o happen_v not_o be_v for_o that_o reason_n hereditary_n as_o for_o his_o last_o matter_n of_o fact_n it_o be_v neither_o true_a nor_o pertinent_a nay_o it_o be_v plain_o against_o he_o and_o show_v the_o great_a disparity_n of_o the_o english_a and_o roman_a law_n of_o succession_n if_o chlorus_n succeed_v 231._o as_o the_o adopt_a son_n of_o maximinian_n you_o know_v no_o such_o title_n be_v allow_v of_o in_o feudal_n succession_n as_o we_o be_v for_o in_o such_o the_o inheritance_n descend_v lineal_o according_a to_o proximity_n adfert_fw-la of_o blood_n and_o adoption_n do_v not_o create_v alliance_n in_o blood_n and_o if_o the_o son_n of_o constantine_n be_v testamentary_a â—eirs_n it_o show_v a_o vast_a disparity_n in_o the_o case_n since_o our_o king_n have_v no_o power_n to_o devise_v by_o will_n their_o realm_n or_o divide_v they_o as_o a_o roman_a testator_n may_v his_o patrimony_n between_o two_o three_o or_o four_o heir_n but_o if_o what_o he_o say_v be_v pertinent_a yet_o it_o be_v not_o true_a for_o none_o succeed_v as_o heir_n at_o law_n to_o the_o empire_n though_o some_o of_o the_o constantine_n family_n be_v heir_n at_o law_n to_o their_o predecessor_n a_o incumbent_a die_n may_v be_v succeed_v in_o his_o benefice_n by_o the_o person_n who_o be_v his_o heir_n at_o law_n but_o not_o as_o his_o heir_n much_o less_o as_o heir_n at_o law_n to_o the_o benefice_n several_a prince_n of_o the_o austrian_a family_n have_v be_v heir_n at_o law_n to_o their_o predecessor_n the_o present_a emperor_n be_v so_o to_o his_o father_n but_o he_o succeed_v he_o not_o as_o heir_n much_o less_o as_o heir_n at_o law_n or_o heir_n in_o tail_n to_o the_o empire_n so_o likewise_o here_o neither_o the_o son_n of_o constantine_n nor_o julian_n succeed_v their_o predecessor_n in_o the_o empire_n as_o heir_n but_o in_o right_a of_o caesarship_n
have_v give_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o greek_a cite_v at_o large_a in_o the_o margin_n he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o give_v a_o literal_a translation_n i_o wonder_v mr._n i._n be_v not_o ashamed_a here_o to_o accuse_v he_o of_o forge_v and_o foist_v in_o word_n at_o pleasure_n as_o he_o have_v charge_v he_o before_o with_o falsification_n nay_o a_o whole_a heap_n of_o they_o without_o be_v able_a to_o assign_v one_o single_a fraud_n he_o may_v as_o well_o have_v accuse_v he_o of_o bulglary_n or_o horse-stealing_a and_o he_o have_v equal_a evidence_n for_o they_o and_o a_o pack_n of_o reader_n prepare_v to_o swallow_v any_o calumny_n i_o acknowledge_v that_o it_o be_v the_o historian_n design_n in_o this_o chapter_n to_o show_v that_o iulian_n destruction_n be_v from_o god_n for_o lay_v waste_v his_o church_n and_o that_o account_n of_o the_o prayer_n of_o didymus_n for_o the_o apostate_n conversion_n drop_v from_o he_o on_o the_o by_o we_o shall_v never_o have_v hear_v of_o they_o but_o for_o the_o miraculous_a revelation_n of_o iulian_n death_n but_o this_o do_v not_o impeach_v its_o truth_n nay_o it_o be_v a_o fair_a ground_n to_o believe_v notwithstanding_o the_o silence_n of_o historian_n that_o many_o other_o christian_n do_v the_o same_o however_o i_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n grant_v that_o the_o miraculous_a answer_n to_o his_o prayer_n be_v a_o strong_a proof_n that_o didymus_n pray_v for_o iulian_n destruction_n or_o that_o his_o break_n fast_o upon_o the_o news_n give_v the_o least_o support_n to_o the_o conceit_n the_o express_a word_n of_o sozomenâ—_n â—_z show_v the_o contrary_a and_o the_o miraculous_a revelation_n prove_v no_o more_o than_o the_o historian_n design_v viz._n that_o he_o fall_v by_o the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n for_o make_v havoc_n of_o his_o church_n 〈◊〉_d didymus_n have_v the_o answer_n of_o his_o prayer_n in_o the_o church_n deliverance_n which_o god_n if_o he_o have_v see_v meet_a be_v able_a to_o have_v accomplish_v by_o iulian_n conversion_n as_o easy_o as_o by_o his_o death_n and_o his_o break_n fast_o upon_o the_o news_n only_o show_v his_o firm_a belief_n that_o the_o dream_n be_v divine_a and_o the_o revelation_n true_a the_o occasion_n of_o his_o fast_n be_v now_o over_o god_n have_v deliver_v his_o church_n and_o julian_n be_v incapable_a of_o receive_v benefit_n by_o his_o prayer_n mr._n i._o might_n as_o reasonable_o have_v conclude_v that_o david_n fast_v and_o pray_v for_o the_o destruction_n of_o his_o child_n because_o assoon_o as_o he_o hear_v he_o be_v dead_a he_o call_v for_o meat_n and_o fall_v to_o eat_v pag._n 208._o i_o perceive_v that_o mr._n i._o be_v very_o loath_a to_o quit_v the_o honour_n of_o his_o notable_a discovery_n that_o julian_n narrow_o escape_v a_o kick_n from_o old_a gregory_n though_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o answer_v any_o one_o of_o iovian's_n proof_n of_o the_o vanity_n of_o that_o conceit_n yet_o he_o stand_v in_o it_o that_o the_o word_n of_o gregory_n will_v bear_v no_o other_o sense_n 1._o he_o say_v it_o be_v julian_n in_o person_n and_o not_o the_o captain_n of_o archer_n for_o elias_n cretensis_n expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o ille_fw-la impius_fw-la i_o grant_v it_o but_o then_o neither_o elias_n nor_o billius_n ever_o dream_v that_o julian_n lead_v those_o soldier_n to_o nazianzum_fw-la immiserat_fw-la but_o say_v only_o he_o send_v they_o against_o that_o and_o other_o churchesâ—_n and_o probable_o the_o greek_a elias_n cretensis_n and_o some_o other_o mss._n of_o nazianzen_n read_v in_o this_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o the_o transubstantiation_n soloecism_n be_v avoid_v but_o trusty_a mr._n i._o conceal_v this_o which_o be_v real_o a_o fraud_n and_o falsify_v the_o author_n who_o testimony_n he_o produce_v 2._o whereas_o jovian_a say_v it_o can_v not_o be_v julian_n but_o the_o captain_n because_o he_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o order_n mr._n i._o say_v the_o greek_a word_n be_v false_o render_v with_o the_o emperor_n order_n and_o that_o they_o signify_v in_o a_o imperious_a way_n i_o believe_v billius_n be_v not_o of_o his_o mind_n but_o by_o pro_fw-la imperio_fw-la &_o jussis_fw-la mean_v according_a to_o his_o order_n and_o instruction_n i_o doubt_v not_o in_o the_o least_o but_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gregory_n mean_v the_o edict_n for_o demolish_n christian_n church_n which_o in_o all_o probability_n the_o officer_n carry_v with_o he_o the_o emperor_n edict_n be_v common_o style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o julian_n call_v his_o own_o 〈◊〉_d edict_n so_o they_o be_v style_v by_o bis_fw-la sozomen_n frequent_o and_o by_o 86._o nazianzen_n himself_o in_o this_o invective_n where_o this_o particular_a edict_n for_o demolish_n of_o church_n be_v so_o call_v this_o be_v a_o much_o more_o natural_a and_o easy_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n than_o that_o which_o mr._n i._o will_v force_v upon_o they_o last_o whereas_o jovian_a show_v out_o of_o phavorinus_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o suffer_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d imply_v the_o foot_n to_o be_v the_o subject_a hurt_n not_o the_o instrument_n offer_v that_o violence_n of_o which_o mr._n i._o will_v have_v the_o apostate_n in_o danger_n and_o so_o render_v the_o word_n though_o he_o be_v ill_o of_o his_o foot_n mr._n i._o take_v occasion_n to_o despise_v his_o adversary_n grecianship_n and_o will_v not_o take_v notice_n that_o mr._n dean_n be_v not_o the_o first_o who_o take_v the_o word_n in_o that_o sense_n but_o follow_v bilibaldus_n perkeymer_n a_o great_a master_n in_o the_o greek_a and_o restorer_n of_o learning_n who_o have_v thus_o render_v the_o word_n above_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o mr._n dean_n be_v bear_v nor_o be_v it_o at_o all_o necessary_a that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v signify_v be_v beat_v with_o a_o club_n on_o the_o sole_n of_o the_o foot_n as_o mr._n i._n drolling_o insinuate_v be_v founder_v or_o foot-sore_a with_o a_o hard_a march_n may_v far_o more_o easy_o be_v reconcile_v with_o elias_n cretensis_n who_o render_v it_o pedibus_fw-la contusus_fw-la than_o his_o device_n of_o drub_v thus_o you_o see_v sir_n that_o here_o be_v no_o evidence_n of_o iulian_n be_v at_o nazianzum_fw-la or_o receive_v any_o affront_n in_o person_n from_o the_o old_a bishop_n nor_o yet_o of_o his_o imminent_a danger_n of_o be_v kick_v which_o he_o escape_v by_o a_o seasonable_a retreat_n be_v it_o either_o necessary_a or_o worth_a while_n i_o be_o confident_a a_o man_n may_v from_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n and_o the_o date_n of_o his_o edict_n in_o the_o theodosian_a code_n give_v such_o a_o account_n of_o iulian_n residence_n from_o his_o leave_v constantinople_n till_o he_o leave_v antioch_n to_o march_v against_o the_o persian_n as_o will_v prove_v it_o scarce_o possible_a for_o julian_n to_o have_v be_v in_o person_n at_o nazianzum_fw-la we_o have_v no_o account_n that_o julian_n with_o all_o his_o zeal_n against_o christianity_n ever_o go_v in_o person_n to_o see_v this_o edict_n put_v in_o execution_n and_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v but_o if_o he_o have_v do_v it_o nazianzen_n who_o omit_v no_o circumstance_n that_o may_v aggravate_v iulian_n crime_n and_o the_o historian_n will_v have_v record_v it_o as_o a_o instance_n of_o his_o devilish_a spite_n against_o christ_n jesus_n in_o the_o next_o page_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o his_o adversary_n inconsistency_n and_o contradiction_n will_v fill_v a_o book_n if_o he_o have_v such_o choice_n mr._n i._o be_v much_o to_o blame_v that_o he_o do_v not_o pick_v out_o more_o evident_a and_o palpable_a instance_n of_o it_o than_o those_o two_o he_o produce_v i_o can_v see_v that_o inconsistence_n in_o they_o he_o pretend_v the_o roman_a empire_n he_o say_v be_v elective_a well!_o what_o then_o julius_n caesar_n leave_v no_o son_n body_n but_o die_v and_o the_o monarchy_n with_o he_o for_o octavius_n do_v not_o take_v the_o empire_n upon_o he_o till_o long_o after_o caesar_n death_n he_o do_v not_o as_o a_o adopt_a son_n claim_v it_o by_o hereditary_a right_n in_o virtue_n of_o that_o decree_n which_o no_o author_n but_o dio_n ever_o mention_n and_o this_o decree_n if_o ever_o it_o have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o law_n be_v abrogate_a by_o contrary_a usage_n be_v never_o put_v in_o execution_n or_o so_o much_o as_o once_o mention_v in_o the_o long_a succession_n of_o emperor_n down_o to_o julian._n the_o other_o instance_n have_v as_o little_a of_o contradiction_n in_o it_o god_n yet_o pag._n 240._o he_o acknowledge_v that_o in_o sparta_n the_o king_n have_v not_o the_o sovereign_a power_n which_o be_v radical_o and_o original_o in_o the_o people_n and_o again_o that_o the_o magistrate_n in_o switzerland_n
derive_v their_o power_n from_o the_o people_n i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o discern_v the_o contradiction_n he_o talk_v of_o all_o power_n be_v not_o radical_o in_o the_o people_n i_o e._n the_o people_n have_v not_o the_o sovereign_a power_n in_o all_o nation_n in_o england_n they_o have_v not_o in_o spain_n and_o france_n they_o have_v it_o not_o but_o in_o sparta_n they_o have_v and_o in_o switzerland_n they_o have_v it_o ay_o but_o he_o call_v this_o principle_n atheistical_a and_o what_o be_v atheism_n in_o one_o country_n be_v so_o all_o the_o world_n over_o true_a but_o mr._n i._n now_o and_o then_o meet_v with_o gentleman_n who_o so_o assert_v all_o power_n to_o be_v radical_o in_o the_o people_n as_o to_o give_v st._n paul_n the_o lie_n and_o make_v government_n to_o be_v no_o divine_a institution_n but_o a_o pure_a humane_a invention_n and_o with_o respect_n to_o they_o jovian_a call_n this_o principle_n atheistical_a as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o latter_a assertion_n add_v to_o explain_v the_o former_a that_o the_o king_n be_v their_o viz._n the_o people_n minister_n and_o not_o god_n this_o mr._n i._o fraudulent_o omit_v these_o be_v notorious_o the_o sentiment_n of_o most_o of_o our_o english_a republican_n and_o they_o be_v atheistical_a every_o where_o as_o well_o in_o popular_a government_n as_o in_o monarchy_n and_o it_o will_v be_v no_o less_o atheistical_a to_o assert_v that_o all_o power_n be_v radical_o and_o original_o in_o the_o king_n so_o as_o to_o exclude_v its_o derivation_n from_o god_n but_o if_o the_o consistency_n of_o the_o proposition_n be_v only_o consider_v the_o bare_a denial_n that_o all_o power_n be_v radical_o in_o the_o peopleâ—_n do_v not_o infer_v that_o sovereign_a power_n be_v no_o where_o in_o the_o people_n the_o opposition_n of_o mr._n dean_n two_o proposition_n set_v at_o variance_n by_o mr._n i._o be_v neither_o contradictory_n nor_o contrary_a but_o what_o the_o logician_n call_v sub-contrary_a concern_v which_o every_o freshman_n have_v learn_v this_o rule_n that_o such_o proposition_n be_v consistent_a and_o may_v be_v both_o true_a together_o but_o mr._n i._n be_v a_o happy_a man_n he_o have_v so_o candid_a reader_n that_o they_o will_v overlook_v the_o great_a mistake_n in_o logic_n history_n law_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o that_o he_o can_v either_o ignorant_o or_o wilful_o commit_v the_o king_n recommendation_n of_o mr._n hooker_n ecclesiastical_a polity_n do_v not_o make_v the_o author_n infallible_a nor_o yet_o imply_v his_o majesty_n assent_n to_o every_o proposition_n in_o that_o excellent_a work_n i_o be_o sure_a the_o passage_n he_o cite_v can_v never_o obtain_v his_o majesty_n be_v approbation_n 11._o and_o mr._n baxter_n who_o can_v be_v suppose_v to_o have_v any_o design_n to_o advance_v arbitrary_a government_n have_v at_o large_a solid_o confute_v mr._n hooker_n notion_n though_o when_o all_o be_v do_v what_o mr._n i._o cite_v out_o of_o mr._n hooker_n be_v nothing_o like_o the_o proposition_n condemn_v in_o jovian_a he_o do_v not_o make_v the_o king_n the_o people_n minister_n nor_o do_v he_o allow_v they_o to_o resume_v the_o power_n which_o by_o mistake_n he_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v once_o derive_v from_o they_o or_o any_o way_n else_o favour_v the_o doctrine_n of_o resistance_n the_o last_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v simson_n case_n who_o kill_v the_o pursuivant_n mr._n dean_n accuse_v mr._n i._n with_o the_o fraudulent_a conceal_n that_o according_a to_o brownlow_n it_o be_v find_v homicide_n or_o manslaughter_n and_o mr._n i._n with_o most_o wonderful_a scorn_n reply_v that_o brownlow_n report_n be_v write_v for_o those_o who_o understand_v the_o word_n homicide_n which_o among_o other_o thing_n be_v chance_n medley_n or_o se_fw-la defendendo_fw-la i_o confess_v the_o word_n homicide_n as_o a_o common_a genus_fw-la include_v they_o and_o so_o it_o do_v murder_n also_o yet_o by_o mr._n i_n leave_n in_o verdict_n and_o where_o juror_n doubt_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o judge_n it_o must_v have_v a_o more_o strict_a notion_n and_o import_v manslaughter_n in_o the_o law-sense_n as_o it_o be_v oppose_v to_o all_o other_o kind_n of_o homicide_n so_o that_o this_o scurrilous_a â—loutâ—_n be_v a_o unjust_a as_o well_o as_o a_o rude_a reflection_n but_o sure_a mr._n i._o make_v this_o answer_n without_o ever_o look_v into_o brownlow_n who_o do_v not_o use_v the_o word_n homicide_n but_o say_v it_o be_v find_v manslaughter_n homicide_n in_o jovian_a be_v add_v as_o a_o synonymous_a term_n by_o mr._n dean_n on_o the_o authority_n of_o judge_n crook_n cite_v in_o the_o margin_n so_o that_o mr._n i._o have_v no_o reason_n to_o insult_v or_o yet_o to_o enter_v a_o caveat_n against_o the_o forfeiture_n of_o his_o integrity_n by_o another_o man_n ignorance_n i_o very_o much_o fear_n that_o it_o be_v already_o forfeit_v and_o for_o fault_n not_o so_o pardonable_a as_o ignorance_n i_o find_v that_o the_o lord_n coke_n in_o that_o report_n to_o which_o mr._n i._o refer_v in_o this_o answer_n say_v it_o be_v find_v se_fw-la defendendo_fw-la and_o i_o shall_v not_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o umpire_n the_o matter_n between_o he_o and_o brownlow_n nor_o do_v i_o think_v it_o necessary_a to_o apologise_v for_o iovian's_n ignorance_n of_o this_o report_n it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o expect_v that_o a_o divine_a shall_v be_v able_a to_o cap_n case_n with_o the_o whole_a post_n of_o republican_n lawyer_n but_o admit_v lord_n coke_n to_o be_v in_o the_o right_n mr._n dean_n put_v a_o close_a question_n which_o mr._n i._o evade_v like_o a_o jesuit_n instead_o of_o answer_v it_o be_v whether_o he_o will_v make_v the_o law_n the_o adequate_a rule_n of_o his_o action_n the_o plain_a meaning_n of_o this_o question_n be_v whether_o a_o man_n may_v with_o a_o good_a conscience_n take_v the_o utmost_a liberty_n of_o self-defence_n which_o be_v out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o the_o law_n instead_o of_o a_o honest_a and_o categorical_a answer_n he_o cite_v a_o case_n out_o of_o bishop_n hall_n quite_o of_o a_o different_a nature_n and_o insinuate_v that_o the_o law_n give_v a_o man_n less_o liberty_n of_o self-defence_n than_o he_o may_v honest_o use_v now_o sir_n he_o be_v a_o very_a mean_a casuist_n who_o know_v not_o that_o a_o man_n may_v not_o with_o a_o safe_a conscience_n do_v many_o thing_n which_o will_v not_o bring_v his_o neck_n into_o danger_n and_o that_o tyburn_n be_v not_o the_o only_a way_n to_o hell_n i_o need_v not_o tell_v you_o how_o great_a a_o stranger_n i_o be_o to_o the_o law-book_n but_o my_o desire_n to_o serve_v you_o in_o the_o only_a thing_n wherein_o you_o can_v need_v my_o help_n the_o examine_v of_o citation_n in_o book_n you_o can_v not_o consult_v in_o the_o country_n oblige_v i_o to_o look_v into_o judge_n crook_n report_n where_o i_o find_v a_o case_n by_o accident_n much_o to_o the_o purpose_n of_o mr._n dean_n question_n sir_n h._n ferrer_n baronet_n 372._o be_v arrest_v some_o in_o his_o own_o company_n kill_v a_o bailiff_n and_o sir_n h._n be_v bring_v to_o a_o trial_n he_o plead_v that_o the_o bailiff_n have_v no_o authority_n to_o arrest_v he_o because_o the_o warrant_n be_v by_o the_o name_n of_o sir_n h._n f._n knight_n and_o he_o be_v never_o knight_v it_o be_v hold_v by_o all_o the_o court_n that_o it_o be_v a_o variance_n in_o a_o essential_a part_n of_o name_n and_o they_o have_v no_o authority_n to_o arrest_v sir_n h._n f._n baronet_n so_o it_o be_v a_o ill_a warrant_n and_o the_o kill_v a_o officer_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o it_o can_v not_o be_v murder_n will_v mr._n i._o take_v or_o approve_v take_v advantage_n of_o a_o misnomer_n to_o kill_v a_o bailiff_n and_o escape_v if_o he_o dare_v take_v such_o a_o liberty_n of_o self-defence_n he_o have_v not_o that_o tender_a regard_n to_o man_n life_n which_o he_o profess_v and_o if_o he_o dare_v not_o i_o wonder_v for_o what_o reason_n he_o cite_v simson_n case_n such_o ghostly_a father_n as_o he_o be_v sometime_o out_o in_o their_o law_n and_o encourage_v man_n to_o exceed_v the_o legal_a bound_n of_o self-defence_n and_o so_o cheat_v man_n out_o of_o their_o life_n as_o well_o as_o their_o salvation_n but_o if_o they_o be_v not_o you_o know_v sir_n as_o well_o as_o i_o that_o those_o be_v none_o of_o the_o honest_a or_o safe_a spiritual_a guide_n who_o teach_v man_n how_o near_o to_o sin_n they_o may_v adventure_v without_o danger_n and_o have_v remove_v all_o rub_n out_o of_o the_o way_n send_v man_n to_o hell_n with_o a_o quiet_a conscience_n sir_n my_o readiness_n to_o oblige_v you_o have_v put_v i_o under_o a_o necessity_n of_o have_v too_o much_o to_o do_v with_o a_o casuist_n of_o who_o i_o now_o most_o joyful_o take_v leave_n and_o after_o the_o performance_n of_o so_o ungrateful_a a_o