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A61509 Jus populi vindicatum, or, The peoples right to defend themselves and their covenanted religion vindicated wherein the act of defence and vindication which was interprised anno 1666 is particularly justified ... being a reply to the first part of Survey of Naphtaly &c. / by a friend to true Christian liberty. Stewart, James, Sir, 1635-1713. 1669 (1669) Wing S5536; ESTC R37592 393,391 512

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confusion_n disorder_n tyranny_n oppression_n murder_n cruelty_n injustice_n etc._n etc._n for_o when_o magistrate_n turn_v tyrant_n oppressor_n set_v themselves_o to_o seek_v the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o their_o kingdom_n and_o of_o all_o their_o subject_n in_o body_n good_n and_o conscience_n and_o sell_v themselves_o to_o do_v such_o villainy_n and_o wickedness_n there_o be_v no_o remedy_n by_o this_o doctrine_n the_o commonwealth_n be_v utter_o go_v oppression_n and_o murder_n be_v increase_v all_o be_v overthrow_v and_o overturn_v and_o there_o be_v no_o help_n thus_o god_n shall_v have_v give_v a_o power_n to_o one_o man_n to_o kill_v and_o massacre_v million_o of_o christian_n to_o destroy_v whole_a commonwealthe_n and_o to_o root_v they_o out_o and_o all_o their_o memorial_n that_o no_o more_o mention_n shall_v be_v make_v of_o they_o but_o who_o can_v believe_v this_o yea_o if_o this_o be_v receive_v as_o a_o truth_n what_o encouragement_n be_v it_o to_o tyranny_n and_o oppression_n and_o what_o mischief_n will_v not_o wicked_a heart_n contrive_v and_o execute_v if_o they_o do_v not_o fear_v opposition_n and_o resistance_n this_o surveyer_n tell_v we_o pag._n 103._o that_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o keep_v king_n right_a to_o tell_v they_o they_o must_v answer_v to_o god_n but_o we_o see_v that_o for_o all_o this_o there_o be_v more_o evil_a and_o wicked_a king_n then_o good_a and_o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o that_o alone_o will_v no_o more_o suppress_v their_o tyranny_n and_o keep_v they_o from_o wickedness_n than_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o gallows_n will_v keep_v thief_n from_o steal_v and_o rob_v if_o they_o know_v that_o no_o body_n will_v resist_v they_o or_o oppose_v they_o with_o force_n when_o they_o come_v to_o steal_v and_o rob_v 15._o by_o this_o doctrine_n people_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o most_o miserable_a condition_n imaginable_a when_o under_o governor_n for_o not_o only_a shall_v they_o be_v liable_a to_o all_o the_o 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grant_v king_n be_v comprehend_v in_o the_o five_o commandment_n under_o the_o title_n of_o parent_n as_o calvin_n do_v and_o not_o only_a king_n but_o all_o superior_n &_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o say_v i_o suppose_v that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o resist_v the_o unjust_a violence_n of_o any_o superior_a but_o that_o they_o be_v all_o so_o sacred_a and_o inviolable_a as_o that_o in_o all_o thing_n they_o must_v be_v subject_v unto_o without_o the_o least_o resistance_n and_o therefore_o what_o he_o add_v be_v not_o to_o the_o point_n 4._o we_o have_v show_v above_o that_o there_o be_v a_o vast_a disparity_n betwixt_o master_n and_o king_n in_o reference_n to_o their_o slave_n and_o subject_n he_o himself_o acknowledge_v this_o pag._n 31._o yet_o say_v he_o though_o there_o be_v these_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o dominative_a or_o masterly_a and_o the_o royal_a or_o magistratical_a power_n the_o inferior_n subjection_n in_o suffering_n even_o wrongful_o if_o god_n permit_v in_o his_o providence_n the_o power_n to_o be_v abuse_v be_v no_o less_o under_o the_o one_o power_n then_o under_o the_o other_o by_o virtue_n of_o divine_a law_n subject_n serve_v the_o sovereign_n though_o they_o be_v not_o slave_n and_o not_o only_o conquer_v people_n be_v call_v servant_n 2_o sam._n 8_o v._n 14._o but_o also_o ordinary_a subject_n 2_o sam._n 11_o v._n 24._o 1_o king_n 12_o v._n 4._o tho_o he_o also_o be_v in_o a_o sense_n their_o servant_n not_o in_o relation_n of_o a_o inferior_a to_o a_o superior_a for_o so_o the_o magistrate_n be_v only_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n for_o the_o people_n good_a and_o never_o call_v their_o minister_n but_o in_o relation_n of_o the_o mean_n to_o the_o end_n as_o angle_n be_v minister_a spirit_n for_o the_o heir_n of_o salvation_n and_o minister_n be_v servant_n to_o the_o people_n etc._n etc._n answ_n that_o the_o subjection_n be_v alike_o in_o both_o these_o relation_n can_v with_o no_o colour_n of_o reason_n be_v assert_v for_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v that_o subject_n who_o set_v up_o the_o magistrate_n who_o limit_n his_o power_n who_o bind_v he_o by_o covenant_n and_o design_v their_o own_o good_a in_o set_v he_o up_o &_o do_v it_o in_o a_o voluntary_a way_n be_v the_o same_o way_n subject_n to_o their_o prince_n as_o slave_n who_o be_v as_o other_o good_n for_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o master_n &_o be_v both_o in_o body_n &_o good_n otherwise_o subject_a unto_o their_o master_n and_o that_o in_o a_o manner_n against_o their_o will_n either_o be_v sell_v or_o redeem_v their_o life_n in_o war_n by_o give_v themselves_o up_o as_o slave_n 2._o as_o there_o be_v various_a kind_n of_o superior_n so_o the_o relation_n vary_v and_o be_v more_o or_o less_o close_a and_o efficacious_a and_o the_o subjection_n must_v according_o vary_v i_o be_o not_o alike_o subject_v to_o every_o one_o that_o be_v over_o i_o as_o i_o be_o subject_v to_o my_o sovereign_n nor_o be_o i_o so_o subject_v to_o he_o as_o to_o my_o natural_a parent_n or_o as_o a_o wife_n be_v to_o her_o husband_n 3._o though_o the_o subejct_n in_o some_o sense_n call_v themselves_o servant_n to_o the_o sovereign_a which_o yet_o be_v often_o a_o term_n of_o civil_a respect_n for_o naaman_n call_v himself_o elisha_n servant_n 2_o king_n 5_o 15._o and_o obadiah_n say_v the_o like_a to_o elijah_n 1_o king_n 18_o 9_o yet_o if_o they_o be_v not_o slave_n they_o must_v have_v more_o allowance_n than_o slave_n have_v and_o so_o have_v more_o power_n to_o resist_v unjust_a violence_n than_o they_o have_v 4._o if_o the_o magistrate_n be_v the_o people_n servant_n in_o relation_n of_o the_o mean_n to_o the_o end_n then_o the_o relation_n betwixt_o he_o and_o his_o subejct_n be_v not_o such_o a_o relation_n as_o be_v betwixt_o parent_n and_o child_n or_o betwixt_o master_n and_o slave_n for_o the_o end_n of_o these_o relation_n be_v not_o the_o good_a of_o child_n and_o slave_n and_o next_o subejct_n must_v have_v more_o power_n allow_v they_o to_o see_v to_o the_o end_n which_o be_v their_o own_o good_a and_o to_o see_v that_o the_o mean_n prove_v not_o destructive_a of_o the_o end_n and_o if_o the_o mean_n prove_v no_o mean_n the_o relation_n fall_v and_o he_o be_v no_o more_o a_o servant_n seek_v their_o good_a but_o a_o tyrant_n seek_v his_o own_o 5._o it_o be_v soon_o say_v then_o prove_v that_o the_o people_n who_o set_v up_o the_o king_n be_v not_o superior_a to_o the_o king_n he_o shall_v have_v aswer_v lex_fw-la rex_fw-la as_o to_o this_o but_o it_o be_v like_a he_o think_v that_o his_o say_n thus_o be_v more_o firm_a and_o irrefragable_a then_o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la reason_v to_o the_o contrary_a but_o i_o know_v not_o who_o will_v think_v so_o with_o he_o 6._o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n betwixt_o angel_n serve_v the_o saint_n or_o rather_o serve_v god_n that_o way_n and_o the_o king_n serve_v his_o people_n the_o saint_n have_v no_o hand_n in_o set_v up_o angel_n to_o protect_v they_o as_o people_z have_v in_o set_v up_o magistrate_n 7._o if_o they_o be_v servant_n as_o minister_n be_v then_o though_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o official_a power_n they_o shall_v not_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o people_n yet_o they_o may_v be_v resist_v as_o be_v show_v above_o and_o this_o be_v all_o we_o press_v for_o 5._o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n betwixt_o suffer_v of_o buffet_n and_o correction_n and_o such_o like_a petty_a private_a personal_a injury_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o parent_n or_o master_n and_o the_o suffering_n of_o loss_n of_o liberty_n life_n land_n religion_n and_o such_o like_a which_o tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o this_o our_o surveyer_n reply_v two_o thing_n pag._n 32._o as_o 1._o the_o ground_n that_o such_o man_n
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