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A46958
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The opinion is this, that resistance may be vsed, in case our religion and rights should be invaded
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Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703.
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Wing J836; ESTC R17465
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religion_n but_o be_v soon_o interrupt_v by_o the_o true_a popish_a faith_n and_o friendship_n of_o a_o massacre_n so_o that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o fight_v all_o over_o again_o i_o desire_v that_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o neither_o these_o german_n scotch_a dutch_a nor_o french_a in_o their_o first_o war_n ever_o pretend_v that_o their_o religion_n be_v establish_v by_o law_n and_o thereby_o make_v a_o part_n of_o the_o government_n of_o their_o country_n which_o man_n by_o their_o allegiance_n be_v bind_v to_o defend_v but_o they_o use_v resistance_n to_o repel_v the_o violence_n which_o be_v do_v only_o to_o their_o civil_a right_n and_o to_o the_o native_a liberty_n of_o their_o conscience_n it_o be_v foolish_a impertinence_n to_o cite_v the_o authority_n of_o those_o that_o be_v engage_v in_o this_o resistance_n and_o it_o be_v endless_a to_o cite_v all_o the_o foreign_a divine_n who_o look_v on_o and_o applaud_v it_o and_o call_v it_o the_o lord_n battle_n i_o suppose_v it_o will_v be_v more_o for_o every_o body_n satisfaction_n to_o see_v what_o our_o own_o bishop_n say_v to_o it_o and_o whether_o they_o will_v own_v those_o man_n for_o protestant_n who_o be_v engage_v in_o such_o proceed_n for_o which_o purpose_n i_o shall_v set_v down_o the_o word_n of_o three_o of_o they_o bishop_n jewel_n bishop_n bilson_n and_o robert_n abbot_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_z man_n famous_a in_o this_o church_n bishop_n jewel_n in_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o apology_n p._n 16._o have_v these_o word_n neither_o do_v any_o of_o all_o these_o luther_n melancthon_n etc._n etc._n teâ—â—â—_n the_o people_n to_o rebal_n against_o their_o print_n but_o only_o to_o defend_v themselves_o by_o all_o lawful_a mean_n against_o oppression_n as_o do_v david_n against_o king_n saul_n so_o do_v the_o noble_n in_o france_n at_o this_o day_n they_o seek_v not_o to_o kill_v but_o to_o save_v their_o own_o life_n as_o they_o have_v protest_v by_o public_a write_n to_o the_o world._n as_o for_o we_o we_o be_v stranger_n unto_o their_o case_n they_o themselves_o be_v best_o acquaint_v with_o the_o law_n and_o constitution_n of_o their_o country_n and_o therefore_o be_v best_a able_a to_o yield_v account_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o reason_n of_o their_o do_n bishop_n bilson_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o true_a difference_n betwixt_o christian_a subjection_n and_o unchristian_a rebellion_n dedicate_v to_o queen_n elizabeth_n be_v a_o dialogue_n between_o theophilus_n a_o christian_n and_o philander_n a_o jesuit_n so_o that_o jesuit_n do_v not_o go_v for_o christian_n in_o those_o day_n do_v justify_v that_o defence_n which_o both_o the_o french_a and_o dutch_a make_v upon_o supposition_n that_o it_o be_v according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o constitution_n of_o their_o country_n and_o permit_v by_o they_o say_v the_o jesuit_n what_o their_o law_n permit_v i_o know_v not_o i_o be_o sure_a in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o resist_v theoph._n and_o we_o because_o we_o do_v not_o exact_o know_v what_o their_o law_n permit_v see_v no_o reason_n to_o condemn_v their_o do_n without_o hear_v their_o answer_n phil._n think_v you_o their_o law_n permit_v they_o to_o rebel_n theoph._n i_o busy_a not_o myself_o in_o other_o man_n commonwealth_n as_o you_o do_v neither_o will_v i_o rash_o pronounce_v all_o that_o resist_v to_o be_v rebel_n case_n may_v fall_v out_o even_o in_o christian_a kingdom_n where_o the_o people_n may_v plead_v their_o right_n against_o the_o prince_n and_o not_o be_v charge_v with_o rebellion_n phil._n as_o when_o for_o example_n theoph._n if_o a_o prince_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o subject_a his_o kingdom_n to_o a_o foreign_a realm_n or_o change_v the_o form_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n from_o empire_n to_o tyranny_n or_o neglect_v the_o law_n establish_v by_o common_a consent_n of_o prince_n and_o people_n to_o execute_v his_o own_o pleasure_n in_o these_o and_o other_o case_n which_o may_v be_v name_v if_o the_o noble_n and_o commons_o join_v together_o to_o defend_v their_o ancient_n and_o accustom_a liberty_n regiment_n and_o law_n they_o may_v not_o well_o be_v count_v rebel_n phil._n you_o deny_v that_o even_o now_o when_o i_o do_v urge_v it_o theoph._n i_o deny_v that_o bishop_n have_v authority_n to_o prescribe_v condition_n to_o king_n when_o they_o crown_v they_o but_o i_o never_o deny_v that_o the_o people_n may_v preserve_v the_o foundation_n freedom_n and_o form_n of_o their_o commonwealth_n which_o they_o foreprise_v when_o they_o first_o consent_v to_o have_v a_o king._n bishop_n abbot_n in_o his_o demonstratio_fw-la antichristi_fw-la dedicate_v to_o king_n james_n be_v a_o answer_n to_o bellarmine_n have_v a_o large_a discourse_n about_o this_o matter_n the_o occasion_n of_o it_o be_v this_o persecution_n of_o the_o godly_a be_v one_o mark_v of_o antichrist_n bellarmine_n endeavour_v to_o show_v that_o this_o mark_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o the_o pope_n nor_o church_n of_o rome_n because_o they_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o persecute_v though_o there_o be_v then_o fresh_a instance_n of_o their_o persecute_v in_o holland_n in_o the_o paris_n massacre_n and_o other_o slaughter_v of_o the_o protestant_n but_o say_v bishop_n abbot_n to_o bellarmine_n cap._n 7._o sect._n 5._o you_o think_v you_o have_v wipe_v away_o all_o that_o blood_n with_o one_o word_n speak_v and_o by_o only_a say_n that_o the_o protestant_n do_v not_o fall_v by_o a_o persecution_n but_o by_o a_o civil_a war_n and_o that_o many_o more_o of_o the_o papist_n be_v slay_v 〈◊〉_d than_o the_o inquisitor_n have_v burn_v perhaps_o in_o a_o hundred_o year_n nevertheless_o the_o bishop_n still_o charge_v this_o blood_n upon_o the_o papist_n because_o the_o protestant_n enter_v into_o this_o war_n mere_o for_o their_o own_o defence_n in_o which_o say_v he_o if_o some_o of_o the_o papist_n perish_v how_o can_v they_o be_v account_v any_o other_o than_o the_o author_n both_o of_o their_o own_o death_n and_o of_o the_o death_n of_o their_o countryman_n too_o be_v they_o take_v up_o arm_n either_o by_o the_o unjust_a usurpation_n of_o their_o prince_n or_o by_o the_o lust_n of_o some_o factious_a man_n against_o the_o public_a faith_n against_o edict_n and_o covenant_n against_o the_o right_n of_o their_o own_o country_n against_o the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o noble_n against_o the_o franchise_n and_o privilege_n of_o town_n and_o city_n sect._n 6._o hic_fw-la vero_fw-la politica_fw-la res_fw-la agitur_fw-la quid_fw-la principi_fw-la juris_fw-la per_fw-la leges_fw-la cujusque_fw-la republicae_fw-la fundatrice_n promissum_fw-la sit_fw-la utrum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la infinitaâ—_n &_o nullo_n limit_fw-la conclusam_fw-la a_o vero_fw-la moderatam_fw-la &_o sive_fw-la optimatum_fw-la sive_fw-la populi_n arbitrio_fw-la magis_fw-la minusve_fw-la temperatam_fw-la romanus_n imperator_fw-la mero_fw-la &_o absoluto_fw-la imperio_fw-la gentibus_fw-la praesidebat_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la svo_fw-la jubebat_fw-la omne_fw-la leges_fw-la scripsit_fw-la &_o rescripsit_fw-la summam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la necisque_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habuit_fw-la quare_fw-la nullo_n praetextu_fw-la christiani_n poterant_fw-la vim_o illorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la arcere_fw-la vel_fw-la injurias_fw-la prohibere_fw-la quibus_fw-la vexati_fw-la sunt_fw-la illarum_fw-la vero_fw-la nationum_fw-la principes_fw-la quas_fw-la commemoras_fw-la certos_fw-la sibi_fw-la fine_n constitutos_fw-la habent_fw-la quibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la excedunt_fw-la licere_fw-la sibi_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la optimates_fw-la vim_o injustam_fw-la depellere_fw-la &_o jugum_fw-la excutere_fw-la quo_fw-la per_fw-la nefas_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la leges_fw-la oppressi_fw-la sunt_fw-la cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la controversâ—a_fw-la non_fw-la a_o religione_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la politicis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la exorta_fw-la est_fw-la itaque_fw-la rex_fw-la hispanus_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la conventione_n &_o pacto_fw-la principatum_fw-la habuit_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la belgicarum_fw-la ubi_fw-la pacto_fw-la stare_v desisteret_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la datam_fw-la fidem_fw-la superb_fw-la ageret_fw-la ipse_fw-la se_fw-la exuisse_fw-la principatu_fw-la illo_fw-la putabatur_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la causae_fw-la esset_fw-la