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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97203	The priviledges of the people, or, Principles of common right and freedome, briefely laid open and asserted in two chapters. I. Containing the distinct interests of king, Parliament and people; consisting in prerogative, priviledge and liberty (as they have formerly obtained in this nation.) II. Discovering the peoples right in choice, change, or regulation of governments or governours: together with the originall of kingly power, and other formes of government. / Propounded to the consideration, and published for the benefit of the people of England. By Jo. Warr.	Warr, John.	1649 (1649)	Wing W946; Wing W947; Thomason E541_12; ESTC R38493	7,513	13

THE PRIVILEDGES OF THE PEOPLE OR Principles of Common Right and Freedome briefely laid open and asserted in two Chapters I. Containing the distinct Interests of King Parliament and People consisting in Prerogative Priviledge and Liberty as they have formerly obtained in this Nation II. Discovering the Peoples Right in Choice Change or Regulation of Governments or Governours Together with the Originall of Kingly Power and other Formes of Government Propounded to the Consideration and published for the benefit of the PEOPLE of ENGLAND By Jo. Warr. Tacit. Principatus Libertas res olim dissociabiles LONDON Printed by G. Dawson for Giles Calvert at the signe of the black spread Eagle at the west end of Pauls 1649. CHAP. I. Discovering the distinct Interests of King Parliament and People SECT I. Of Prerogative or Kingly Interest THe Interest of the King having advanced it self into a Principle of Distinction Separation and Superiority above the Interest of the People is called Prerogative or Kingly greatnes which is a Tuber or exuberance growing out from the stock of the Common wealth partly through the weaknes and indulgence of People to their Kings and Rulers which hath been most eminent in the English Nation and partly through the ambition and lust of Princes themselves who not considering their greatnesse as in a principle of union with the People in a way of tendencie and subserviencie to the Peoples good have heightned themselves beyond their due bounds and framed a distinct Interest of their own pretendedly Supream To advance this Interest Kings and Princes have politiques and Principles of their own and certain State-maxims whereby they soare a loft and walk in a distinct way of opposition to the Rights and Freedomes of the People all which you may see in Machiavils Prince Hence it is that Kings have been always jealous of the people and have held forth their own Interest as a Mystery or Riddle not to be pried into by ordinary understandings And the Proselytes of this corrupt and tyrannous Interest have alwayes served it up as a Sacred thing a thing as much above our reach as it is truly and indeed against our Freedomes So that Ignorance being the Mother and Nurse of Bondage such Principles have been watchfully observed as have ushered in any Light or discovery of the corruptnesse of the Prerogative Interest hence is it that the Expositions of Pareus upon Rom. 13. were censured and condemned by the Court Party as giving too much Liberty to Subjects to resist their Kings and the Genevah notes upon Exod. 1. v. 17. were disliked by King James because they countenanced the Midwives disobedience to the King not but that the thing commanded was unlawfull but it was interpreted to open too great a gap to the ruine of this Interest of which wee now speak And yet some have not been wanting who in times of greatest hazard have adventured their own Freedomes as a Sacrifice to the Publike and have made forth discoveries of the corruption rottenes of this oppressive Prerogative Interest upon conscientious grounds of Publike Freedome Though this hath been censured by the Potencie of that Interest which it did oppose as an offence no lesse then piacular And their Persons loaded with calumnies of all sorts as being a faction or Party of Levellers as King James cals some in his Star-chamber Speech And though we may possibly suppose that the corruption of this Interest may be in some measure discovered to those that use it and that Kings themselves may suck in some principles of common Right and Freedome some glimmerings whereof seem to sparkle in the writings of King James yet their judgements are so over clouded by their Interests that they doe not onely blinde themselves but hoodwink others and all to establish that which God himself purposes to destroy and overthrow For when Principles of light and knowledge shall be advanced amongst men they shall then scorn to be subject to the corrupt Wils and Lusts of others they shall know no Policie but integritie and honestie False interests shall tumble down truth and righteousnesse take place and Prerogative be worried as an Enemy to Freedome And if this were made out to Princes themselves they would not onely prophane their own mysteries and make them common but sacrifice their greatnesse to the light of Truth which hath so often sacrificed Truth to it self and study which way to advance the Peoples Interest though in opposition to their own And if this self-denying spirit were in them and the power of Truth the rough way of worldly force and spoile would be prevented and the work rendered more easie to themselves and others SECT II. Of Priviledge or Parliament Interest IF the voice of Common Right or Freedome could be heard amongst Men the world would not be so deeply engaged in factions and distinct Parties as they are but this is the misery The mindes of men being prejudiced with corrupt Interests of one sort or other and pertinaciously adhearing to them doe contribute their utmost assistance to maintain them partly through the inbred corruption within men and partly through those provocations which in the heat of contest they meet with from Interests which are at variance with their own for even truth it self will justle its adversarie in a narrow passe Hence it is that some are said to be for the King some for the Parliament some for the Army But is Truth divided Is there not one common principle of Freedome which if discovered would reconcile all T is true this Principle may be weakly and imperfectly managed by the Children thereof but the miscarriage whether reall or supposed is not to be charged upon the Principle it self And yet this is the practise of corrupt men who take advantage from common frailties in the prosecution of just things to cry down the things Themselves and so to strengthen their adhesion to their own Interests though never so corrupt The purest civill interest is the Peoples Freedome which may be crushed by Priviledge as well as Prerogative For Prerogative and Priviledge in its usuall acceptation are neer of kin and it is possible for a Societie to exercise Tyrannie as well as a single Person What hath been spoken of Prerogative may be affirmed of Priviledge the Impe thereof For Man being naturally of an aspiring temper mannages all advantages to set up himself and to this the Peoples election is a faire temptation and though the gentlenesse of the phrase doth word the Parliament To serve for their Country yet t is sometimes in the same kinde of oratory as the Pope is the servant of the Church whilest he exerciseth rule and domination over it Priviledge hath formed it self into a distinct Interest as well as Prerogative and hath forgot its originall and fire thinks it self compleat without superior or equall Thus hath it broke off it self from its stock and like a succour draws nourishment away from the true branches so that where Prerogative