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elah_n by_o zimry_n jehu_n by_o god_n own_o appointment_n put_v to_o death_n joram_n and_o ahaziah_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n and_o say_v that_o it_o be_v extraordinary_a to_o jehu_n that_o he_o shall_v kill_v joram_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o express_a law_n for_o it_o that_o he_o that_o stir_v up_o other_o to_o idolatry_n shall_v die_v the_o death_n deut._n 13.6_o and_o mark_v what_o mr._n rutherfurd_n write_v in_o this_o very_a point_n 364_o preem_v elect_n cue_n 34._o p._n 364_o there_o be_v no_o exception_n of_o king_n or_o father_n in_o the_o law_n for_o to_o except_v father_n or_o mother_n in_o god_n matter_n be_v express_o against_o the_o zeal_n of_o god_n deut._n 33.9_o 8_o object_n that_o passage_n in_o psal_n 51.4_o be_v much_o take_v hold_v of_o where_o king_n david_n confess_v his_o sin_n of_o adultery_n and_o murder_n to_o god_n use_v this_o expression_n against_o thou_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v and_o do_v this_o evil_a in_o thy_o sight_n 73_o sac._n mai._n p._n 148._o the_o author_n prin_fw-mi c._n 4._o num_fw-la 5._o p._n 73_o hence_o maxwell_n arnisaeus_n and_o other_o conclude_v that_o the_o king_n be_v above_o all_o law_n and_o all_o earthly_a tribunal_n accountable_a to_o none_o for_o his_o action_n but_o to_o god_n and_o that_o there_o be_v not_o any_o on_o earth_n who_o may_v punish_v david_n i_o have_v somewhere_o read_v how_o calisthenes_n lucullus_n servant_n give_v his_o master_n poison_n not_o of_o any_o evil_a intent_n but_o suppose_v the_o poison_n have_v power_n to_o make_v his_o master_n love_v he_o the_o more_o but_o it_o put_v he_o out_o of_o his_o wit_n and_o kill_v he_o fawn_v sycophant_n and_o court-flatterer_n have_v usual_o thus_o serve_v king_n and_o prince_n in_o hope_n of_o more_o love_n and_o great_a preferment_n from_o they_o have_v ed_z into_o they_o the_o venomous_a doctrine_n of_o absolute_a monarch_n arbitrary_a power_n to_o be_v responsable_a to_o none_o but_o god_n only_o for_o what_o they_o do_v by_o which_o mean_n they_o have_v grow_v mad_a tyrant_n and_o afterward_o cut_v off_o by_o some_o visible_a and_o sensible_a stroke_n of_o justice_n but_o to_o the_o objection_n i_o answer_v 1._o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o david_n by_o his_o adultery_n and_o murder_n be_v sin_n against_o the_o second_o table_n do_v sin_n not_o only_o against_o god_n but_o against_o vriah_n his_o wife_n child_n and_o kindred_n and_o against_o his_o own_o soul_n and_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o for_o otherwise_o 1._o the_o king_n because_o a_o king_n be_v free_a not_o only_o from_o all_o punish_a law_n of_o man_n but_o from_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o second_o table_n simple_o and_o so_o a_o king_n can_v be_v under_o the_o best_a and_o large_a half_n of_o the_o law_n thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o 2._o he_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o say_v forgive_v
to_o save_v any_o man_n who_o shall_v commit_v such_o crime_n as_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n deserve_v death_n i_o say_v such_o a_o power_n the_o people_n never_o have_v never_o give_v he_o and_o so_o consequent_o a_o king_n have_v it_o not_o 3._o the_o law_n say_v illud_fw-la possimus_fw-la quod_fw-la jure_fw-la poscimus_fw-la again_o it_o be_v no_o power_n which_o be_v not_o a_o lawful_a power_n and_o therefore_o if_o a_o king_n murder_v the_o innocent_a and_o do_v act_n of_o sinful_a injustice_n this_o tyrannical_a power_n be_v not_o from_o god_n otherwise_o then_o by_o way_n of_o permission_n as_o a_o power_n to_o sin_n in_o devil_n and_o man_n be_v and_o therefore_o such_o a_o power_n be_v restrainable_a and_o punishable_a by_o the_o subject_n as_o be_v a_o power_n i_o say_v not_o from_o god_n at_o all_o 4._o note_v the_o condition_n tacit_a or_o express_v upon_o which_o the_o prince_n receive_v the_o crown_n for_o soedus_fw-la conditionatum_fw-la aut_fw-la 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jur_fw-la l._n ille_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la 13._o s._n 5._o if_o the_o king_n turn_v a_o parricide_n a_o lion_n a_o waster_n and_o a_o destroyer_n of_o the_o people_n as_o a_o man_n he_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o coactive_a law_n of_o the_o land_n if_o any_o thing_n shall_v hinder_v that_o a_o tyrant_n shall_v not_o be_v punish_v by_o law_n it_o must_v be_v either_o because_o he_o have_v not_o a_o superior_a but_o god_n or_o nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la a_o se_fw-la ipso_fw-la cogi_fw-la but_o this_o ground_n be_v false_a and_o absurd_a for_o a_o politic_a society_n as_o by_o nature_n instinct_n they_o may_v appoint_v a_o head_n or_o head_n to_o themselves_o so_o also_o if_o their_o head_n or_o head_n become_v ravenous_a wolf_n the_o god_n of_o nature_n have_v not_o leave_v a_o perfect_a society_n and_o free_a people_n remediless_a but_o they_o may_v arraign_v and_o punish_v the_o head_n or_o head_n to_o who_o they_o give_v all_o the_o power_n that_o they_o have_v for_o their_o good_a not_o 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to_o his_o kingdom_n and_o state_n yet_o if_o the_o king_n come_v under_o covenant_n with_o his_o kingdom_n as_o we_o have_v do_v he_o must_v by_o that_o come_v under_o some_o coactive_a power_n to_o fulfil_v his_o covenant_n for_o omne_fw-la promissum_fw-la say_v the_o law_n cadit_fw-la in_fw-la debitum_fw-la what_o any_o man_n do_v promise_n fall_v under_o debt_n if_o the_o covenant_n be_v politic_a and_o civil_a than_o the_o king_n must_v come_v under_o a_o civil_a obligation_n to_o perform_v the_o covenant_n and_o though_o there_o be_v none_o on_o earth_n superior_a to_o king_n and_o people_n to_o compel_v they_o both_o to_o perform_v what_o they_o have_v promise_v yet_o the_o jure_fw-la by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n each_o may_v compel_v the_o other_o to_o mutual_a performance_n and_o this_o be_v clear_a 1._o by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n if_o one_o nation_n break_v covenant_n with_o another_o though_o both_o be_v independent_a yet_o have_v the_o wrong_a nation_n power_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la to_o press_v performance_n and_o to_o force_v the_o other_o to_o keep_v covenant_n or_o punish_v they_o for_o violation_n 2._o this_o be_v prove_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o promise_n or_o covenant_n describe_v by_o solomon_n 6.1,3_o pro._n 6.1,3_o my_o son_n if_o thou_o be_v surety_n for_o thy_o friend_n if_o thou_o have_v strike_v thy_o hand_n with_o a_o stranger_n thou_o be_v snare_v with_o the_o word_n of_o thy_o mouth_n and_o be_v take_v with_o the_o word_n of_o thy_o mouth_n the_o meaning_n be_v by_o a_o word_n of_o promise_n and_o covenant_n the_o creditor_n have_v coactive_a power_n though_o he_o be_v a_o equal_a or_o a_o inferior_a to_o the_o man_n who_o be_v surety_n even_o by_o law_n to_o force_v he_o to_o pay_v and_o the_o judge_n be_v oblige_v to_o give_v his_o coactive_a power_n to_o the_o debtor_n that_o he_o may_v force_v the_o creditor_n to_o pay_v if_o then_o the_o king_n giving_z not_o grant_v he_o be_v superior_a to_o his_o whole_a kingdom_n come_v under_o a_o covenant_n to_o they_o to_o preserve_v their_o right_n life_n liberty_n but_o contrariwise_o destroy_v their_o person_n good_n city_n by_o sword_n plunder_v and_o fire_n by_o his_o commission_n grant_v to_o inhuman_a malignant_n and_o bloody_a irish_a they_o have_v power_n to_o compel_v he_o to_o give_v satisfaction_n 3._o the_o law_n shall_v warrant_v to_o loose_v the_o vassal_n from_o his_o lord_n when_o his_o lord_n have_v break_v his_o covenant_n hippolytus_n in_o l._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la viduam_fw-la col_fw-fr 5._o &_o dixit_fw-la de_fw-fr quoest_fw-mi l._n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la major_n 41._o &_o 161._o boltol_n n._n 41._o the_o magdeburgen_n in_o libel_n de_fw-fr offic._n magist_n imperatores_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la esse_fw-la primarios_fw-la vassallos_fw-la imperii_fw-la &_o regni_n &_o proinde_fw-la fi_fw-la feloniam_fw-la contra_fw-la imperium_fw-la aut_fw-la regnum_fw-la committant_fw-la feudo_fw-la privari_fw-la proinde_fw-la ut_fw-la alius_fw-la vasallos_fw-la 14_o obie_n i_o find_v this_o to_o be_v a_o main_a objection_n that_o there_o be_v no_o law_n for_o subject_n to_o put_v their_o king_n to_o death_n for_o any_o crime_n it_o be_v say_v bodin_n a_o great_a difference_n to_o say_v that_o a_o king_n may_v be_v lawful_o slay_v by_o a_o strange_a prince_n or_o by_o his_o subject_n it_o be_v no_o commendation_n or_o grace_n give_v to_o the_o law_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v like_o the_o spider_n web_n that_o catch_v the_o little_a fly_n and_o let_v the_o great_a escape_n but_o to_o answer_v 1._o it_o be_v a_o error_n and_o a_o great_a mistake_n to_o say_v that_o the_o commons_o in_o the_o house_n of_o parliament_n or_o the_o representative_a kingdom_n be_v subject_n to_o the_o king_n this_o i_o utter_o deny_v to_o wit_n as_o they_o be_v judge_n there_o to_o be_v subject_n to_o the_o king_n neither_o do_v they_o judicial_o convent_v his_o person_n before_o they_o censure_n and_o judge_v he_o to_o death_n quatenus_fw-la as_o subject_n but_o thus_o he_o be_v a_o minister_n a_o steward_n or_o servant_n of_o the_o people_n and_o they_o represent_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o people_n do_v call_v he_o to_o a_o account_n not_o as_o subject_n to_o he_o but_o indeed_o as_o his_o lord_n and_o master_n and_o so_o have_v a_o sovereign_a power_n to_o judge_v he_o to_o death_n if_o his_o crime_n deserve_v the_o same_o 2_o in_o point_n of_o law_n bodin_n give_v we_o the_o whole_a cause_n ibid._n ibid._n for_o he_o confess_v where_o the_o prince_n that_o bear_v rule_n be_v not_o a_o absolute_a sovereign_n but_o the_o sovereignty_n be_v either_o in_o the_o people_n or_o nobility_n in_o such_o a_o case_n say_v he_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o proceed_v against_o a_o tyrant_n in_o way_n of_o justice_n and_o to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o give_v for_o it_o the_o example_n of_o nero_n and_o maximinius_n that_o