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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	law_n	power_n	sovereign_a	3,887	5	9.6410	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88565	Illumination to Sion Colledge. Wherein, their calling to the Ministery (the foundation whereof not being built upon Christ) is dissipated, their arrogancy hereupon manifested, the extent of magistrates power in generall defined; the execution of the late King, and the seculusion of the late members of Parliament farther justified; the former declarations of Parliament and Scriptures which they cite, explained; their objections from the Covenant, removed in the grammaticall sense thereof; and the Parliament and Army from their aspersions in all vindicated. Being for answer, to the representation of their judgments, in a letter to the Generall, January 18. last: serves also to their vindication: and in part to a pamphlet intituled, Essex Watchmens watch-word: likewise in effect to a later libell (supposed Mr. Loves, intituled, A vindication of the ministers from the aspersions (alias the Etymologies) of Mr. Price, in his Clerico Classicum, &c. To which latter pamphlet, is annexed a briefe answer to what is not so fully hinted in that to the Ministers. / By J.L. as cordiall and fervent a thirster after the nations prosperity, as any.	J. L.	1649 (1649)	Wing L31; Thomason E558_4; ESTC R205842	44,054	37

much hurtfull to the commonwealth to what effect was their convening and sitting what profit would insue therefrom or how could they discharge their trust to the Kingdome since also the laws if rightly constituted are usually prescribed by them Now then upon these considerations the Parliament had power to erect the Court of Justice which in answer to your first of those objections when constituted and invested with p●wer had the King pleaded oathes were ready to be administred But I cannot but observe how punctuall you would be in every tittle of the law of the Land that serves your turn and yet so partiall in the law of God and our law likewise For can the law be justly administred when a King is known to break such and such points thereof and yet be exempted the penalty because a King Would not this make his Authority or Office which simply is just and good become a protection to the vice of his person Can you not as soon make good to have communion and fellowship with evill Again do you not hereby frustrate all the force that lies upon the example of a King to induce his subjects likewise to yeeld obedience to his law And is it not a meanes to make him live more carelesly and licentiously without so weighty an argument against the appearance of evill when he is tolerated to live uncontrollably And doe you not make partiall the law of God when thereby you will take liberty to restrain and oppose yet leave unpunished when you may as lawfully punish the ill manners of a King But rather may not the law take hold of a King if murderer adulterer or offender in any other poynt thereof according to the penalty of it and yet be no attempt or prejudice to his authority or Office when indeed it appeares purest when impartially executed opon his owne person Of this le●●easonable men judge But not to leave it altogether upon my self I shall confirm it with the opinion of others and therefore take what Mr. Prinne cites of Mariana in the 59 p. of his Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes viz. That all Kings and Princes among others the Kings of Spaine are and ought to be bound by laws and are not exempted from them that this doctrine out to be inculcated into the mindes of Princes from their infancy and to be believed yea oft considered of them that they are more strictly obliged to observe their laws thou Subjects because they are sworn to do it they are the conservators of the laws the avengers of those that infringe them and their example are the best means to draw Subjects to obey them When he likewise affirms that the whole Kingdome is above the King and may not onely binde him by laws but question him for the breach of them Again the same Author likewise argues there against succession if any wayes defective f●r the Office but more particularly in the 55. pag. lin 5. he saith thus much That if the King degeuerate into a tyrant by subverting Religion Laws ●iberties oppressing murthering ●r d●●●ouring his Subjects the whole kingdome may not onely question admonish and reprehend him but in case he prove incorrigible after admonition deprive him and substitute another in his place which saith he hath been done more then once in Spaine and there instenceth many Kings that have been thus dealt with and for a conclusion he adds That such a tyrannicall King continuing incorrigible after publick admonitions of the whole state if there be no hopes of amendement may not onely be deposed but put to death and m●rthered by the whole State or any particular persons by their appointment yea without it if be be declared a publisk enemy by the whole State he proceeds likewise to justifie the act in a private person which I need not cite seeing this serves my purpose now that the lawfullest part of this Nations authority though Junius Br●●us extends this power to one single person in●usted in a Kingdom against both King and the rest of the Nobles deserting it commanded what hath been executed upon the late King hath been sufficiently proved and not so much to be their command as Gods therefore I shall proceed to cite what Mr. Prinne himself saith upon this point in his So●●raign power of Parliaments and Kingdomes pag. 130.3 Position viz. That the Kings of Judah and Israel were no absolute overaign Princes ●●●●●●ke their Crown with and upon such divine conditions For breach whereof they and their posterities were often times by Gods command just judgement and speciall approbation deposed de inberited destroyed and the Crown translated to other familyes For this he quotes Iunius Brutus though you would so much vilifie the same as from a Jesuit being quoted by Mr. Price as likewise divers scriptures and Iosephus upon one text to the same ●slect but especially in the conclusion of this his Position he cites that Swinglius with B. Dilson expressely resolves that the People were bound to refist question and depose their Kings for Idolatry and breach of those conditions as before demonstrated and that God himselfe jusily punished them viz. the People for Manassahs sins and wickednesse because they re●i●●ed and punished him not for them as they were obliged to doe where he affirms likewise pag. 136. that the children of Israel their Rulers Kings and People did joymly make a Covenant frequently to serve the Lord and the violators thereof to dye the death where he saith the King and the Queen not excepted in six or seven of those pages he treat● of the same subject but I know this is sufficient testimony to this truth and therefore shall for bear to insert more of his authors hereupon Therefore lastly to your objection which I sinde thrice asserted litterally and oftner to the same effect viz. That it the Murderer should be put to death which you grant is a known precept why then were not Goring Owen say you with the rest of the Kings party that in a military way have shed blood put to death To this I answer that as the killing of one Zimri Cozbi heads of their Families appeased the wrath and Law of God though doubtlesse had Moses proceeded to the condemnation and execution of some of the rest guilty of the same fact it would have been just as neither his omission thereof through mercy could be no neglect of the Lawes injunction so likewise may the execution of such persons as are found principall causes and most of all the chiefest of blood-shed in a military way satisfie the Law though themselves might not actually shed blood when such that as we say hab nab might act therein through the others seductions may justly mercifully be remitted even as the seducers are usually punished when the seduced though both in the same fact are through the mercy of justice absolved Many instances of this might be produced but finding the scope of your matter fully answered I shall wind up all in this advice to you viz. That if you be Mr. Love or of his profession you would according to your calling meddle more in your study and lesse in the State more in tuition and lesse in sedition then shall the Nation be lesse disturbed Authority more obeyed and your Parishioners better instructed FINIS