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it_o will_v have_v it_o so_o or_o content_v to_o have_v it_o so_o yet_o in_o a_o particular_a case_n for_o the_o save_n of_o the_o nation_n the_o whole_a line_n and_o monarchy_n itself_o may_v be_v alter_v by_o the_o unlimited_a power_n of_o the_o legislative_a authority_n id._n postscript_n pag._n 43._o if_o one_o of_o a_o false_a religion_n or_o some_o other_o notorious_a wicked_a man_n or_o tyrant_n shall_v be_v offer_v by_o succession_n or_o otherwise_o to_o govern_v among_o christian_n in_o these_o case_n every_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o resist_v what_o he_o can_v id._n pag._n 16â—_n 169_o 172_o 173._o what_o unreasonableness_n be_v there_o in_o shut_v the_o door_n upon_o he_o make_v it_o fast_o against_o he_o by_o a_o act_n of_o state_n who_o have_v exclude_v himself_o by_o his_o principle_n and_o design_n id._n postscript_n pag._n 45._o now_o if_o you_o ask_v by_o what_o law_n or_o power_n a_o commonwealth_n can_v pretend_v to_o keep_v a_o prince_n back_o from_o succeed_v the_o 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institution_n and_o appointment_n of_o god_n in_o nature_n yet_o the_o form_n of_o government_n the_o person_n of_o the_o governor_n the_o order_n of_o succession_n their_o respective_a power_n and_o ministry_n be_v of_o man_n appointment_n and_o a_o humane_a creature_n pag._n 8._o exact_o agreeable_a to_o what_o doleman_n deliver_v pag._n 2_o 3._o if_o you_o urge_v that_o sovereign_a power_n be_v call_v in_o scripture_n the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n doleman_n will_v tell_v you_o in_o answer_n to_o it_o that_o it_o be_v so_o call_v because_o god_n approbation_n and_o concurrence_n go_v along_o with_o the_o people_n consent_n and_o this_o be_v our_o considerer_n very_a notion_n that_o god_n do_v a_o thing_n be_v only_o the_o course_n of_o natural_a and_o second_a cause_n to_o which_o because_o god_n give_v the_o direction_n and_o motion_n he_o both_o do_v and_o be_v say_v to_o do_v all_o that_o be_v do_v pag._n 13._o whence_o he_o proceed_v to_o tell_v we_o that_o every_o form_n of_o 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unalterable_a or_o at_o least_o inflexible_a but_o be_v intend_v and_o make_v under_o reservation_n reasonable_a exception_n of_o unforeseen_a accident_n and_o rare_a contingency_n in_o humane_a affair_n pag._n 13._o now_o to_o prove_v all_o this_o that_o every_o form_n of_o government_n be_v of_o humane_a institution_n etc._n etc._n doleman_n offer_v and_o insist_v upon_o but_o one_o argument_n and_o it_o be_v this_o viz._n that_o have_v form_n of_o government_n be_v prescribe_v by_o any_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o divine_a than_o they_o shall_v be_v both_o immutable_a and_o the_o selfsame_a in_o all_o country_n as_o god_n and_o nature_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o to_o all_o without_o change_n doleman_n part_n 1._o pag._n 2_o 3._o now_o this_o be_v a_o very_a weak_a argument_n for_o god_n and_o nature_n have_v be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o to_o all_o because_o ancient_o every_o form_n of_o government_n in_o all_o country_n be_v monarchical_a and_o it_o will_v no_o more_o follow_v 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community_n p._n 20._o that_o succession_n to_o the_o crown_n be_v the_o people_n right_a the_o right_a of_o the_o whole_a community_n their_o appointment_n their_o constitution_n and_o their_o creature_n answer_v to_o a_o letter_n pag._n 32_o 33._o whereas_o it_o be_v urge_v well_o that_o the_o king_n be_v by_o nature_n that_o he_o be_v our_o natural_a prince_n our_o natural_a liege_n lord_n etc._n etc._n this_o considerer_n call_v this_o loathsome_a pedantry_n answer_v to_o a_o letter_n p._n â—9_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n say_v doleman_n when_o man_n talk_v of_o a_o natural_a prince_n or_o natural_a successor_n if_o it_o be_v understand_v of_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v within_o the_o same_o realm_n or_o country_n and_o so_o of_o our_o own_o natural_a blood_n it_o have_v some_o sense_n but_o if_o it_o be_v mean_v as_o though_o any_o prince_n have_v his_o particular_a government_n or_o interest_n to_o succeed_v by_o institution_n of_o nature_n it_o be_v ridiculous_a doleman_n part_v 1._o pag._n 11._o if_o you_o ask_v what_o power_n a_o commonwealth_n have_v to_o deprive_v a_o successor_n without_o such_o cause_n and_o reason_n which_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o law_n seem_v just_o doleman_n will_v tell_v you_o up_o and_o down_o that_o the_o people_n power_n be_v boundless_a uncontrollable_a and_o unquestionable_a and_o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v presume_v and_o own_a that_o what_o they_o do_v in_o this_o case_n be_v just_a because_o they_o do_v it_o and_o at_o the_o same_o rate_n our_o considerer_n speak_v that_o no_o government_n can_v want_v a_o power_n to_o preserve_v itself_o whether_o it_o be_v by_o right_n or_o wrong_n mean_v he_o consider_v not_o pag._n 4._o that_o no_o private_a right_n but_o what_o be_v governable_a and_o may_v be_v order_v as_o to_o the_o legislature_n shall_v seem_v necessary_a to_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o whole_a pag._n 20._o that_o the_o king_n and_o his_o great_a council_n in_o provide_v for_o the_o establishment_n and_o security_n of_o the_o government_n in_o their_o proceed_n be_v not_o tie_v up_o to_o the_o form_n of_o judicial_a proceed_n but_o be_v to_o act_v upon_o such_o inducement_n and_o in_o such_o method_n whereby_o the_o wise_a man_n govern_v their_o affair_n in_o which_o they_o be_v at_o perfect_a liberty_n and_o not_o under_o the_o restraint_n of_o law_n and_o that_o they_o can_v do_v unjust_o whatever_o method_n or_o mean_n they_o use_v that_o be_v prudential_o and_o moral_o necessary_a to_o this_o end_n ibid._n p._n 21._o it_o be_v just_o demandable_a how_o a_o commonwealth_n come_v by_o this_o prodigious_a omnipotent_a and_o ungovernable_a power_n so_o as_o to_o be_v under_o no_o law_n of_o religion_n or_o natural_a equity_n in_o answer_v whereunto_o father_n parson_n say_v what_o i_o note_v before_o that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o very_a imperfect_a law_n that_o have_v not_o provide_v for_o accident_n so_o weighty_a and_o important_a as_o some_o be_v for_o save_v and_o conserve_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n preface_n to_o doleman_n part_n 1_o answerable_a whereunto_o be_v that_o question_n of_o our_o considerer_n can_v we_o imagine_v a_o government_n which_o be_v of_o humane_a contrivance_n to_o be_v without_o a_o power_n to_o preserve_v itself_o and_o a_o authority_n in_o case_n that_o threaten_v its_o ruin_n to_o interpose_v with_o apt_a remedy_n for_o its_o preservation_n consider_v p._n 5._o if_o by_o apt_a remedy_n he_o mean_v honest_a and_o lawful_a mean_n we_o deny_v it_o not_o but_o we_o can_v yield_v that_o any_o man_n have_v authority_n to_o do_v injustice_n they_o may_v have_v power_n and_o force_n enough_o to_o do_v so_o as_o some_o upon_o shuters-hill_n have_v power_n to_o take_v away_o my_o purse_n and_o as_o the_o high-court_n of_o justice_n so_o call_v have_v to_o take_v away_o the_o late_a king_n life_n but_o this_o be_v not_o authority_n or_o lawful_a power_n or_o lawful_a proceed_v
prefer_v a_o democracy_n before_o all_o as_o a_o government_n which_o be_v much_o more_o powerful_a than_o a_o aristocracy_n pag._n 46._o and_o speak_v of_o the_o democratical_a government_n of_o româ—_n which_o he_o extol_v as_o the_o bâ—st_n and_o most_o glorious_a government_n that_o ever_o the_o sun_n see_v pag._n 45._o he_o be_v please_v to_o observe_v how_o true_o we_o be_v not_o to_o examine_v now_o that_o in_o the_o most_o turbulent_a time_n of_o that_o commonwealth_n and_o faction_n between_o the_o nobility_n and_o people_n rome_n be_v much_o more_o full_a of_o virtuous_a and_o heroic_a citizen_n than_o ever_o it_o be_v under_o aurelius_n or_o antoninus_n p._n 43._o by_o the_o way_n i_o do_v not_o wonder_v that_o this_o gentleman_n shall_v endeavour_v as_o he_o do_v to_o persuade_v the_o king_n as_o if_o he_o can_v cully_n he_o out_o of_o his_o right_n to_o share_v those_o four_o great_a branch_n of_o his_o prerogative_n among_o the_o people_n the_o power_n of_o make_v war_n and_o peace_n the_o disposal_n of_o the_o militia_n by_o sea_n and_o land_n the_o appoint_v of_o officer_n of_o trust_n civil_a military_a and_o ecclesiastical_a and_o the_o employ_v of_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o crown_n pag._n 2â—6_n 257_o 258._o for_o if_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v the_o end_n of_o this_o gentleman_n and_o of_o his_o party_n will_v soon_o be_v serve_v and_o his_o majesty_n will_v shrink_v into_o a_o duke_n of_o venice_n straight_o and_o we_o shall_v have_v a_o imaginary_a prince_n indeed_o as_o he_o call_v the_o king_n pag._n 43._o be_v but_o our_o government_n new_o model_v according_a to_o this_o platonic_a idea_n but_o not_o to_o digress_v though_o doleman_n and_o this_o gentleman_n differ_v in_o some_o point_n yet_o they_o agreein_v the_o main_a viz._n that_o the_o foundation_n of_o government_n and_o the_o power_n of_o make_v prince_n be_v in_o the_o people_n this_o say_v doleman_n p._n 11._o be_v the_o ground_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o i_o have_v to_o say_v mean_v that_o if_o this_o power_n be_v once_o allow_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o book_n must_v be_v grant_v and_o the_o people_n power_n to_o change_v their_o government_n to_o fore-close_a a_o successor_n to_o the_o crown_n to_o depose_v chastise_v and_o proceed_v against_o their_o king_n to_o renounce_v their_o allegiance_n to_o forsake_v their_o oath_n and_o the_o like_a all_o this_o powâ—r_n will_v natural_o follow_v so_o that_o all_o rebellion_n and_o treason_n be_v ground_v upon_o this_o prime_n jesuitical_a principle_n touch_v that_o sovereign_n and_o absolute_a authority_n suppose_v to_o be_v lodge_v in_o the_o people_n of_o make_v king_n and_o of_o make_v choice_n of_o they_o aâ—_n their_o proxy_n and_o trustee_n and_o be_v not_o this_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o author_n of_o plato_n redivivus_fw-la for_o pag._n 32._o he_o slight_v the_o plea_n of_o a_o monarch_n divine_a right_n to_o his_o crown_n as_o a_o piece_n of_o court-flattery_n just_a as_o parson_n do_v in_o answer_n to_o belloy_n dolman_n part_n 1._o cap_n 6._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o frame_n of_o government_n be_v first_o make_v by_o the_o persuasion_n and_o mediation_n of_o some_o wise_a and_o virtuous_a person_n and_o consent_v to_o by_o the_o whole_a number_n p._n 30._o that_o our_o ancestor_n make_v choice_n of_o this_o sort_n of_o government_n monarchy_n p._n 113._o that_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o government_n be_v divide_v between_o the_o king_n and_o his_o subject_n p._n 116._o that_o the_o king_n share_n in_o the_o sovereignty_n be_v cut_v out_o to_o he_o by_o the_o law_n p._n 120._o that_o our_o prince_n have_v no_o authority_n of_o his_o own_o but_o what_o be_v first_o entrust_v in_o he_o by_o the_o government_n of_o which_o he_o be_v the_o head_n p._n 125._o he_o look_v upon_o these_o notion_n as_o mere_a pretence_n that_o the_o king_n power_n come_v from_o god_n that_o his_o subject_n can_v dispute_v it_o and_o that_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o action_n to_o any_o but_o god_n p._n 178._o he_o excuse_v the_o take_a arm_n by_o any_o people_n in_o opposition_n to_o their_o prince_n from_o their_o claim_n to_o a_o lawful_a jurisdiction_n or_o co-ordination_n in_o the_o government_n by_o which_o they_o may_v judge_v of_o and_o defend_v their_o own_o right_n p._n 215._o he_o tell_v we_o as_o if_o it_o be_v nothing_o but_o lawful_a that_o all_o people_n in_o the_o world_n that_o have_v property_n will_v drive_v out_o a_o king_n that_o do_v reign_v injussiv_o populi_fw-la and_o exercise_v the_o government_n tyrannical_o p._n 71._o beside_o all_o these_o principle_n exact_o agreeable_a to_o those_o in_o doleman_n he_o have_v a_o fine_a similitude_n that_o as_o in_o some_o distemper_n in_o the_o body_n when_o the_o head_n be_v out_o of_o order_n though_o the_o distemper_n may_v begin_v from_o the_o disease_n of_o some_o other_o part_n or_o from_o the_o mass_n of_o blood_n or_o putresaction_n of_o other_o humour_n yet_o since_o that_o noble_a part_n be_v so_o affect_v by_o it_o that_o reason_n and_o discourse_n fail_v therefore_o to_o restore_v this_o again_o remedy_n must_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o head_n and_o humour_n and_o vapour_n must_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o head_n that_o so_o it_o may_v be_v able_a to_o govern_v and_o reign_v over_o the_o body_n as_o it_o do_v before_o or_o else_o the_o whole_a man_n like_o a_o slave_n must_v be_v rule_v and_o guide_v ab_fw-la extrinsecâ—_n that_o be_v by_o some_o keeper_n so_o say_v he_o it_o isnow_n with_o we_o in_o our_o politic_a disease_n where_o grant_v if_o you_o please_v that_o the_o distemper_n do_v not_o proceed_v from_o the_o head_n but_o the_o corruption_n of_o other_o part_n yet_o in_o the_o cure_n application_n must_v be_v make_v to_o the_o head_n etc._n etc._n p._n 231._o now_o as_o i_o be_v read_v doleman_n i_o find_v such_o another_o similitude_n in_o part_n 1._o cap._n 3._o where_o he_o say_v as_o the_o whole_a body_n be_v of_o more_o authority_n than_o the_o only_a head_n and_o may_v cure_v the_o head_n if_o it_o be_v out_o of_o tune_n so_o may_v the_o weal_n public_a cure_n or_o cut_v off_o their_o head_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 31._o how_o admirable_o well_o do_v good_a wit_n many_o time_n jump_v i_o remember_v now_o that_o a_o friend_n of_o we_o dream_v about_o two_o year_n ago_o that_o a_o great_a consult_v be_v hold_v somewhere_o at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o nagshead_n which_o afterward_o adjourn_v somewhere_o else_o to_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o kings-head_n and_o that_o there_o father_n parson_n the_o jesuit_n sit_v chairman_n under_o the_o name_n of_o r._n doleman_n among_o other_o thing_n my_o friend_n dream_v too_o that_o a_o wicked_a political_a catechism_n be_v a_o make_v there_o but_o i_o look_v upon_o that_o as_o a_o idle_a fancy_n for_o who_o can_v dream_v that_o such_o a_o seditious_a pamphlet_n shall_v come_v abroad_o at_o this_o time_n of_o day_n but_o i_o perceive_v i_o be_v mistake_v for_o yesterday_o i_o 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