The resolving of conscience upon this question whether upon such a supposition or case as is now usually made (the King will not discharge his trust, but is bent or seduced to subvert religion, laws, and liberties) subjects may take arms and resist, and whether that case be now ... / by H. Fern.
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             The resolving of conscience upon this question whether upon such a supposition or case as is now usually made (the King will not discharge his trust, but is bent or seduced to subvert religion, laws, and liberties) subjects may take arms and resist, and whether that case be now ... / by H. Fern.
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           THE
           RESOLVING
           OF
           CONSCIENCE
           ,
           
             Upon
             this
             Question
             ,
          
           Whether
           upon
           such
           a
           Supposition
           or
           Case
           ,
           as
           is
           now
           usually
           made
           (
           The
           King
           will
           not
           discharge
           his
           trust
           but
           is
           bent
           or
           seduced
           to
           subvert
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           )
           Subjects
           may
           take
           Arms
           and
           resist
           ?
           and
           Whether
           that
           Case
           be
           now
           ?
        
         
           RESOLVED
           ,
        
         
           
             
               I.
            
             That
             no
             Conscience
             upon
             such
             a
             Supposition
             or
             Case
             can
             finde
             a
             safe
             and
             clear
             ground
             for
             such
             resistance
             .
          
           
             
               II.
            
             That
             no
             Man
             in
             Conscience
             can
             be
             truly
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             the
             resistance
             now
             made
             is
             such
             ,
             as
             they
             themselves
             pretend
             to
             ,
             that
             pleade
             for
             it
             in
             such
             a
             case
             .
          
           
             
               III.
            
             That
             no
             Man
             in
             Conscience
             can
             be
             truly
             perswaded
             that
             such
             a
             case
             is
             now
             ,
             
               that
               is
               ,
            
             that
             the
             King
             will
             not
             discharge
             His
             trust
             ,
             but
             is
             bent
             to
             subvert
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           Whence
           it
           followeth
           .
           That
           the
           resistance
           now
           made
           against
           the
           higher
           Power
           is
           unwarrantable
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Apostle
           Damnable
           ,
           
             Rem
             .
          
           13.
           
           Also
           that
           the
           shedding
           of
           bound
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           this
           resistance
           is
           Murder
           .
        
         
           By
           H.
           FERN
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Wo
           unto
           them
           that
           call
           evill
           good
           ,
           and
           gool
           evill
           ,
           that
           put
           Darknesse
           for
           Light
           and
           Light
           for
           Darknessae
           ,
           
             Isa.
             5.
             20.
             
          
        
         
           O
           my
           Soule
           come
           not
           thou
           into
           their
           secret
           ,
           
             Gen.
             49.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Printed
           at
           
             York
          
           by
           
             Stephen
             Bulkley
             ,
          
           1642.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           all
           Misse-led
           People
           in
           this
           Land
           .
        
         
           HE
           that
           in
           these
           times
           will
           speak
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           People
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           is
           likely
           to
           doe
           it
           upon
           disadvantage
           ,
           and
           be
           heard
           with
           prejudice
           :
           but
           they
           that
           would
           be
           profitably
           informed
           by
           what
           they
           heare
           ,
           must
           lend
           an
           equall
           Eare
           to
           what
           is
           spoken
           ;
           which
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           do
           ,
           being
           such
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           as
           professe
           to
           make
           a
           conscience
           of
           your
           wayes
           ,
           I
           desire
           therefore
           of
           you
           (
           into
           whose
           hands
           this
           Treatise
           shall
           come
           )
           that
           you
           would
           receive
           it
           with
           mind
           and
           affection
           ,
           answerable
           to
           that
           wherewith
           it
           is
           offered
           to
           you
           ,
           free
           from
           partiality
           and
           private
           respects
           ;
           that
           you
           would
           consider
           Cases
           of
           Conscience
           are
           written
           out
           of
           Conscience
           :
           And
           were
           a
           distressed
           Prince
           a
           fit
           object
           for
           flattery
           ,
           or
           this
           kind
           of
           instruction
           capable
           of
           such
           language
           ,
           yet
           is
           this
           a
           time
           for
           every
           man
           to
           informe
           and
           speak
           his
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           as
           many
           of
           you
           as
           shall
           reade
           me
           in
           this
           book
           ,
           will
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           conceive
           ,
           I
           had
           no
           other
           purpose
           in
           the
           publishing
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           to
           give
           testimony
           to
           the
           truth
           for
           the
           directing
           of
           your
           Consciences
           and
           the
           discharge
           of
           mine
           own
           .
           I
           have
           therefore
           written
           it
           plainly
           without
           affectation
           of
           curiosity
           ,
           having
           a
           respect
           onely
           to
           your
           
           profit
           ;
           the
           Learned
           through
           the
           Land
           are
           sufficiently
           persawded
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           asure
           you
           all
           Ages
           have
           asserted
           this
           truth
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           I
           could
           have
           drawn
           a
           cloud
           of
           witnesses
           and
           presented
           them
           to
           your
           sight
           ,
           but
           thought
           it
           more
           expedient
           for
           your
           direction
           ,
           to
           shew
           you
           the
           cleare
           light
           of
           Divine
           Scripture
           and
           rectified
           Reason
           ,
           the
           onely
           rules
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           if
           by
           these
           you
           shall
           be
           brought
           to
           see
           the
           crookednesse
           of
           the
           New
           Doctrine
           of
           these
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           uneven
           dangerous
           windings
           of
           this
           way
           of
           resistance
           ,
           I
           have
           gained
           the
           end
           of
           my
           desires
           ,
           and
           you
           have
           not
           lost
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           I
           must
           note
           as
           strange
           ,
           that
           to
           discourse
           upon
           this
           argument
           shouldbe
           thought
           (
           as
           it
           is
           by
           many
           )
           a
           worke
           altogether
           beyond
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           Divine
           .
           Indeed
           popular
           States-men
           have
           alwayes
           held
           it
           very
           impolitick
           and
           unreasonable
           ,
           that
           Subjects
           should
           not
           in
           dangers
           imminent
           have
           means
           to
           save
           themselves
           by
           a
           Power
           of
           resistance
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           framed
           their
           principles
           and
           grounds
           of
           State
           as
           unquestionable
           .
           We
           examine
           not
           the
           power
           or
           wisdome
           of
           Law-makers
           ,
           but
           when
           we
           receive
           their
           Law
           ,
           Declaration
           ,
           or
           Command
           ,
           and
           know
           it
           
             in
             terminis
             ,
          
           understand
           it
           in
           the
           sense
           it
           be
           its
           ,
           certainly
           it
           belongs
           to
           the
           Divine
           to
           consider
           whether
           it
           be
           against
           Gods
           Law
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           to
           instruct
           his
           people
           .
           If
           it
           be
           agreed
           upon
           as
           a
           thing
           known
           in
           this
           State
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           is
           
             the
             higher
             Power
          
           according
           to
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           
             the
             Supreme
          
           according
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           
             the
             Father
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
          
           according
           to
           the
           fifth
           Commandement
           ,
           surely
           it
           belong
           to
           the
           Divine
           to
           urge
           obedience
           ,
           honour
           ,
           and
           subjection
           according
           to
           those
           place
           ,
           and
           reprove
           resistance
           
           forbidden
           there
           :
           Which
           obedience
           we
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           limited
           and
           circumscribed
           by
           the
           established
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           to
           be
           yeilded
           or
           denyed
           to
           the
           higher
           Power
           ,
           if
           those
           Laws
           be
           not
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           :
           And
           for
           Resistance
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           not
           yet
           heard
           of
           any
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           that
           commands
           or
           warrants
           it
           ,
           so
           we
           know
           that
           were
           there
           any
           Law
           or
           Ordinance
           made
           to
           enjoyn
           it
           ,
           such
           would
           not
           bind
           ,
           being
           against
           the
           Apostles
           expresse
           prohibition
           ,
           back'd
           with
           arguments
           drawn
           from
           the
           very
           reason
           of
           Goverment
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           shewen
           in
           this
           following
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           Be
           they
           who
           they
           will
           that
           present
           you
           with
           imminent
           dangers
           ,
           and
           work
           upon
           your
           fears
           ,
           that
           tell
           you
           of
           Fundamentall
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           give
           you
           rules
           of
           policy
           to
           captivate
           your
           reason
           ;
           when
           all
           that
           's
           done
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Divine
           that
           must
           settle
           the
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           be
           quiet
           ,
           if
           in
           yeilding
           obedience
           to
           any
           Law
           or
           Ordinance
           ,
           it
           comes
           to
           a
           suspicion
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           man
           entrencheth
           upon
           the
           word
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           tell
           you
           (
           for
           I
           suppose
           you
           follow
           this
           way
           
             in
             the
             simplicity
             of
             your
             hearts
             )
          
           how
           you
           are
           wrought
           upon
           by
           them
           that
           mis-leade
           you
           .
           You
           are
           dealt
           with
           according
           to
           your
           generall
           desire
           of
           the
           continuance
           of
           true
           Religion
           and
           the
           Subjects
           Liberty
           ,
           not
           according
           to
           the
           particular
           grounds
           of
           safety
           ,
           which
           conscience
           doth
           require
           :
           You
           are
           told
           ,
           the
           Gospel
           and
           your
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           all
           you
           have
           ,
           are
           in
           most
           imminent
           danger
           ,
           and
           without
           taking
           Arms
           for
           the
           defence
           ,
           irrecoverably
           lost
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           is
           lawfull
           by
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           :
           You
           must
           take
           all
           this
           upon
           trust
           ,
           without
           an
           expresse
           
           and
           particular
           warrant
           ,
           to
           rule
           and
           secure
           your
           Conscience
           against
           the
           expresse
           words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           forbidding
           resistance
           ,
           Rom.
           13.
           
        
         
           You
           professe
           your selves
           enemies
           to
           Popery
           ,
           and
           good
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           why
           should
           you
           therfore
           be
           enemies
           to
           your
           King
           that
           declares
           against
           it
           too
           .
           I
           would
           you
           could
           observe
           how
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           keeping
           out
           Popery
           ,
           you
           are
           led
           in
           this
           way
           of
           r●sistance
           by
           the
           like
           steps
           that
           brought
           Popery
           in
           .
           For
           examine
           your
           hearts
           and
           try
           if
           the
           name
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           (
           which
           is
           of
           honourable
           esteem
           with
           all
           )
           be
           not
           raised
           to
           the
           like
           excesse
           of
           credit
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           is
           with
           the
           Papists
           ;
           if
           you
           have
           not
           within
           you
           a
           silent
           thought
           of
           infallibility
           in
           that
           great
           Councel
           ,
           and
           so
           with
           an
           implicit
           faith
           are
           ready
           to
           receive
           and
           maintaine
           what
           ever
           is
           concluded
           there
           ;
           if
           you
           be
           not
           drawn
           to
           believe
           your
           Prince
           is
           minded
           to
           overthrow
           Religion
           ,
           and
           upon
           such
           a
           supposall
           or
           beleif
           (
           according
           to
           the
           very
           method
           of
           Jesuitical
           practises
           )
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           do
           not
           rest
           satisfied
           with
           your
           generall
           intention
           of
           a
           good
           end
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           defence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           not
           examining
           the
           meanes
           ,
           you
           now
           use
           ,
           to
           compasse
           that
           end
           ;
           like
           those
           that
           for
           the
           advancing
           of
           the
           Catholick
           cause
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           attempt
           any
           thing
           however
           unjust
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           Kings
           ,
           that
           are
           set
           over
           them
           ;
           this
           blindnesse
           is
           Popish
           ,
           and
           practice
           Jesuiticall
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           examine
           your
           hearts
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           not
           confirmed
           in
           your
           way
           by
           the
           number
           of
           your
           Professour
           ,
           like
           as
           they
           are
           by
           the
           Universality
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           resting
           upon
           the
           person
           of
           men
           ,
           not
           trying
           the
           Cause
           it selfe
           by
           the
           
           touchstone
           of
           divine
           Scripture
           and
           rectified
           Reason
           .
           I
           know
           it
           prevails
           with
           many
           thousands
           of
           you
           ,
           because
           you
           see
           ,
           as
           you
           thinke
           ,
           and
           use
           to
           say
           ,
           All
           good
           people
           that
           have
           sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           of
           their
           wayes
           ,
           do
           go
           along
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           cannot
           beleive
           that
           God
           would
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           so
           generally
           deluded
           ;
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           you
           do
           hereby
           very
           uncharitably
           conclude
           upon
           all
           those
           that
           run
           not
           with
           you
           to
           the
           like
           excesse
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           say
           without
           breach
           of
           Charitie
           ,
           they
           that
           appear
           with
           you
           in
           the
           Cause
           ,
           would
           not
           all
           be
           found
           such
           ,
           as
           you
           conceive
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           examined
           by
           the
           true
           marks
           of
           Christian
           profession
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           true
           doctrine
           of
           faith
           ,
           by
           their
           charitie
           ,
           honestie
           ,
           obedience
           ,
           meeknesse
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           without
           which
           your
           Religion
           is
           vain
           ,
           whatever
           your
           exercises
           ,
           or
           performances
           of
           duties
           be
           ;
           the
           Pharisees
           righteousnesse
           will
           exceed
           yours
           ,
           and
           his
           frequency
           and
           length
           of
           prayer
           will
           be
           as
           sure
           a
           mark
           as
           yours
           ;
           nay
           the
           Anabaptist
           ,
           at
           this
           day
           will
           out-do
           you
           in
           any
           of
           your
           forms
           of
           godlinesse
           .
           I
           do
           not
           speake
           this
           against
           the
           frequent
           and
           sincere
           performance
           of
           holy
           duties
           :
           God
           forbid
           I
           should
           .
           Nor
           do
           I
           speak
           it
           of
           you
           all
           :
           I
           know
           there
           are
           many
           good
           and
           Conscientious
           men
           that
           go
           your
           way
           in
           the
           simplicitie
           of
           their
           hearts
           ,
           as
           those
           did
           that
           followed
           Absolom
           ;
           whom
           the
           just
           God
           suffers
           hitherto
           to
           be
           deceived
           ,
           that
           even
           by
           their
           example
           this
           power
           of
           Resistance
           may
           gather
           strength
           to
           the
           just
           punishment
           of
           this
           sinfull
           land
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           themselves
           when
           their
           eyes
           shall
           be
           opened
           (
           which
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           will
           be
           ere
           long
           )
           may
           see
           their
           own
           weaknesse
           ,
           and
           be
           so
           much
           more
           humbled
           for
           it
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           you
           are
           according
           to
           the
           blindnesse
           of
           a
           Popish
           way
           in
           all
           the
           former
           respects
           ,
           carried
           on
           against
           all
           rule
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           for
           you
           have
           neither
           certain
           knowledge
           of
           your
           Princes
           heart
           ,
           to
           resolve
           for
           resistance
           upon
           a
           supposall
           of
           such
           intentions
           in
           him
           ;
           nor
           have
           you
           any
           certain
           rule
           to
           warrant
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           resisting
           upon
           such
           supposall
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           you
           against
           the
           Apostles
           prohibition
           ,
           and
           damnation
           laid
           upon
           it
           ;
           nor
           have
           you
           any
           judgement
           of
           Charity
           ,
           in
           concluding
           such
           intentions
           in
           your
           Prince
           against
           His
           deepest
           Protestations
           made
           in
           such
           times
           of
           His
           distresse
           ,
           and
           without
           that
           ,
           all
           is
           nothing
           ,
           though
           you
           lay
           down
           ,
           as
           you
           think
           ,
           your
           life
           for
           Religion
           .
           
           How
           much
           safer
           would
           it
           be
           for
           you
           to
           be
           guided
           by
           the
           sure
           Rules
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           it
           should
           please
           God
           to
           bring
           upon
           you
           what
           you
           fear
           )
           to
           suffer
           unjustly
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           unwarrantable
           prevention
           of
           it
           to
           do
           unjustly
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           shall
           you
           have
           this
           Treatise
           speaking
           to
           you
           for
           the
           direction
           of
           your
           Consciences
           .
           If
           you
           think
           it
           strikes
           too
           boldly
           upon
           any
           thing
           concerning
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           desire
           yours
           and
           their
           favourable
           interpretation
           ,
           fain
           would
           I
           silence
           every
           thought
           and
           word
           that
           may
           seem
           to
           reflect
           upon
           that
           high
           Court
           ;
           but
           what
           is
           necessary
           ,
           I
           must
           speak
           for
           truth
           and
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           from
           which
           neither
           King
           nor
           Parliament
           should
           make
           us
           swerve
           .
           We
           are
           taught
           that
           Kings
           must
           not
           be
           flattered
           ;
           and
           the
           people
           ought
           to
           learn
           ,
           that
           Parliamens
           must
           not
           be
           Idolized
           :
           that
           has
           been
           often
           charged
           as
           a
           fault
           upon
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           This
           I
           fear
           is
           that
           sinne
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           licentiousnesse
           indulged
           back
           again
           to
           them
           ,
           ha's
           moved
           God
           to
           blow
           
           upon
           that
           wish'd
           for
           fruit
           we
           might
           have
           reaped
           by
           this
           so
           desired
           a
           Parliament
           .
           For
           when
           I
           see
           Man
           is
           more
           sensible
           of
           every
           breach
           of
           his
           own
           rights
           and
           priviledges
           ,
           then
           of
           those
           unparallel'd
           breaches
           so
           frequently
           made
           upon
           Gods
           publike
           Worship
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           the
           Lord
           will
           require
           it
           of
           this
           Land
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           see
           right
           and
           just
           subverted
           ,
           property
           and
           liberty
           exposed
           to
           the
           will
           and
           power
           of
           every
           one
           that
           is
           pleased
           to
           conceive
           his
           Neighbour
           a
           Malignant
           ,
           and
           able
           to
           make
           him
           so
           by
           commanding
           his
           .
           Goods
           and
           Person
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           complain
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             The
             foundations
             of
             the
             Earth
             are
             out
             of
             course
             ;
          
           
           and
           appeal
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           
             Arise
             O
             God
             ,
             judge
             thou
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           And
           I
           trust
           ,
           that
           albeit
           this
           Spirit
           of
           seduction
           may
           prevaile
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           this
           way
           of
           resistance
           prosper
           ,
           for
           the
           great
           ,
           but
           just
           punishment
           of
           this
           sinfull
           Land
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           look
           downe
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           make
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           again
           to
           flourish
           out
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           will
           look
           upon
           the
           Face
           of
           His
           Anointed
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           Affliction
           ,
           as
           by
           
             a
             loving
             correction
             make
             him
             great
             .
          
           
           Great
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           Gods
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           restoring
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           prosperity
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           And
           ,
           
             Let
             all
             the
             People
             say
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Contents
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
               I.
            
             THe
             explication
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             and
             generall
             Resolution
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
               II.
            
             The
             Principle
             or
             Ground
             on
             which
             they
             goe
             for
             Resistance
             examined
             by
             Scripture
             .
             Their
             chief
             Examples
             ,
             (
             to
             which
             should
             have
             been
             added
             Libnah's
             revolt
             ,
             answered
             now
             in
             the
             last
             Sect.
             )
             Scriptures
             against
             them
             ,
             especially
             that
             of
             the
             13.
             to
             the
             
               Rom.
            
             urged
             and
             cleared
             :
             where
             shewed
             ,
             The
             King
             is
             that
             higher
             Power
             .
             That
             all
             are
             forbidden
             to
             resist
             ,
             even
             the
             Senate
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             fundamentalls
             of
             that
             State
             might
             challenge
             as
             much
             as
             our
             great
             Councell
             can
             .
             That
             prohibition
             concerns
             all
             times
             ;
             and
             was
             good
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             that
             State
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             absolute
             Monarches
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             States
             because
             of
             the
             preservation
             of
             Order
             which
             should
             be
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             was
             good
             not
             onely
             against
             the
             Christians
             ,
             because
             their
             Religion
             was
             enected
             against
             by
             Law
             ,
             but
             also
             against
             the
             Senate
             and
             People
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             enslaved
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
               III.
            
             Their
             principle
             examined
             by
             reason
             .
             Of
             Fundamentalls
             ,
             their
             ground-work
             according
             to
             the
             pleaders
             for
             resistance
             ,
             is
             the
             originall
             of
             Power
             from
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             their
             re-assuming
             it
             ,
             when
             the
             Prince
             will
             not
             discharge
             his
             trust
             .
             The
             Power
             it selfe
             ,
             (
             distinguished
             from
             the
             designing
             of
             the
             Person
             ,
             and
             the
             Qualification
             of
             it
             in
             
             severall
             forms
             of
             Government
             )
             is
             from
             God
             as
             an
             ordinance
             or
             constitution
             under
             that
             providence
             whereby
             God
             rules
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             Creatures
             reasonable
             as
             well
             as
             unreasonable
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
               IV.
            
             That
             Power
             cannot
             be
             forfeited
             to
             the
             People
             or
             re-assumed
             by
             them
             .
             They
             cannot
             prove
             it
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             first
             election
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             capitulations
             or
             covenant
             ,
             or
             the
             Oath
             between
             Prince
             and
             People
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
               V.
            
             Nor
             can
             it
             be
             proved
             by
             that
             necessity
             of
             means
             of
             safety
             which
             should
             be
             in
             every
             State
             to
             provide
             for
             it self
             :
             but
             greater
             dangers
             and
             inconveniences
             would
             follow
             by
             such
             means
             of
             safety
             as
             are
             pretended
             to
             by
             resuming
             the
             Power
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
               VI
               .
            
             The
             Examination
             of
             the
             Resistance
             now
             made
             .
             Where
             shewen
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             so
             much
             as
             they
             themselves
             pretend
             to
             ,
             who
             plead
             for
             it
             ;
             either
             for
             the
             generall
             and
             unanimous
             consent
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             not
             so
             agreed
             upon
             :
             or
             for
             the
             defensive
             way
             of
             it
             ;
             because
             the
             King
             is
             upon
             the
             defensive
             ,
             For
             He
             was
             not
             first
             in
             Arms
             ,
             and
             the
             Contentiom
             must
             needs
             appeare
             to
             be
             for
             something
             the
             King
             hath
             right
             to
             hold
             ,
             or
             is
             bound
             by
             oath
             to
             maintain
             .
             Also
             because
             to
             any
             Mans
             Conscience
             it
             will
             appeare
             to
             he
             an
             oppugnation
             ,
             rather
             then
             a
             resistance
             or
             meere
             defence
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
               VII
               .
            
             The
             case
             is
             not
             in
             being
             .
             No
             Conscience
             can
             conclude
             the
             King
             to
             be
             ,
             what
             they
             would
             have
             him
             supposed
             :
             because
             the
             jealousies
             are
             groundlesse
             .
             The
             King
             
             
               hath
               done
               sufficient
               to
               clear
               them
               ,
               by
               Promises
               ,
               Protestations
               ,
               acts
               of
               Grace
               .
               And
               Conscience
               if
               it
               hold
               the
               rule
               of
               Charity
               ,
               will
               not
               against
               all
               those
               conclude
               contrary
               intentions
               in
               him
               ,
               upon
               them
               to
               ground
               resistance
               ;
               but
               will
               ,
               if
               it
               will
               not
               not
               be
               partiall
               ,
               judge
               the
               King
               hath
               offered
               such
               reasonable
               meanes
               of
               securitie
               to
               this
               State
               as
               ought
               to
               have
               been
               apprehended
               ,
               rather
               then
               this
               Kingdom
               embroyled
               in
               a
               Civil
               war
               ,
               and
               Ireland
               neglected
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               a
               Conscience
               that
               concludes
               for
               resistance
               ,
               wants
               the
               perswasion
               of
               faith
               ,
               and
               the
               judgement
               of
               charity
               in
               an
               high
               measure
               ,
               and
               cannot
               appeare
               safely
               at
               Gods
               tribunall
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             The
             Resolving
             of
             Conscience
             ,
          
           Touching
           the
           unlawfulnesse
           of
           the
           War
           and
           Resistance
           now
           made
           against
           the
           
             KING
             .
          
        
         
           LAmentable
           are
           the
           distractions
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           ,
           because
           they
           gather
           strength
           from
           the
           name
           and
           authority
           of
           (
           that
           ,
           which
           as
           it
           is
           of
           high
           esteeme
           with
           all
           ,
           so
           should
           it
           be
           a
           remedy
           to
           all
           these
           our
           distempers
           )
           a
           Parliament
           :
           and
           from
           the
           pretended
           defence
           of
           those
           things
           that
           are
           most
           dear
           unto
           us
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Laws
           .
           Whereupon
           so
           many
           good
           people
           ,
           that
           have
           come
           to
           a
           sense
           of
           Religion
           and
           godlinesse
           ,
           are
           miserably
           carried
           away
           by
           a
           strange
           implicit
           faith
           to
           beleive
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           is
           said
           or
           done
           in
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           pretended
           defence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           to
           be
           infallibly
           true
           ,
           and
           altogether
           just
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           that
           will
           consider
           ,
           men
           are
           men
           ,
           and
           would
           seek
           a
           surer
           rule
           for
           his
           Conscience
           then
           the
           Traditions
           or
           Ordinances
           of
           men
           taken
           hand
           over
           head
           ,
           shall
           upon
           reasonable
           examinations
           find
           upon
           what
           plausible
           ,
           but
           groundlesse
           principles
           ,
           upon
           
           what
           fair
           but
           deceiving
           pretences
           ,
           upon
           what
           greivous
           but
           causelesse
           imputations
           laid
           upon
           Majestie
           it self
           ,
           poore
           people
           are
           drawn
           into
           Arms
           against
           the
           duty
           and
           allegiance
           they
           owe
           to
           their
           Prince
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           man
           .
           For
           directing
           the
           Conscience
           in
           such
           an
           examination
           this
           ensuing
           Discourse
           is
           framed
           ,
           as
           briefly
           and
           plainely
           as
           the
           matter
           will
           permit
           .
        
         
           
             SECT.
             
               I
            
          
           
             COnscience
             in
             resolving
             upon
             a
             question
             ,
             first
             layes
             down
             the
             Proposition
             or
             Principle
             or
             Ground
             ,
             on
             which
             it
             goes
             ;
             then
             it
             assumes
             or
             applyes
             to
             the
             present
             case
             ;
             then
             it
             concludes
             and
             resolves
             :
             as
             in
             this
             question
             ,
             affirmatively
             for
             Resistance
             ,
             thus
             ,
             Subjects
             in
             such
             a
             case
             may
             arm
             and
             resist
             :
             But
             that
             case
             is
             now
             come
             :
             Therefore
             now
             they
             may
             and
             doe
             justly
             resist
             .
          
           
             Or
             negatively
             against
             Resistance
             ,
             either
             by
             denying
             the
             Principle
             :
             Subjects
             may
             not
             in
             such
             a
             Case
             arm
             and
             resist
             ,
             therfore
             now
             they
             do
             not
             justly
             resist
             .
             Or
             by
             admitting
             the
             Principle
             and
             denying
             the
             Case
             ,
             Subjects
             in
             such
             a
             case
             may
             arm
             and
             resist
             .
             But
             that
             case
             is
             not
             now
             .
             Therefore
             now
             they
             do
             not
             justly
             arm
             and
             resist
             .
          
           
             What
             it
             is
             that
             Conscience
             is
             here
             to
             admit
             or
             deny
             ,
             and
             how
             it
             ought
             to
             conclude
             and
             resolve
             ,
             this
             ensuing
             Treatise
             will
             discover
             :
             which
             that
             it
             may
             more
             clearly
             appeare
             ,
             we
             will
             premise
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             Proposition
             or
             Principle
             by
             the
             word
             
               Resistance
            
             is
             meant
             ,
             not
             a
             denying
             of
             obedience
             to
             the
             Princes
             command
             ,
             but
             a
             rising
             in
             arms
             ,
             a
             forcible
             resistance
             ;
             this
             though
             clear
             enough
             in
             the
             
             question
             ,
             yet
             I
             thought
             fit
             to
             insinuate
             ,
             to
             take
             off
             that
             false
             imputation
             laid
             upon
             the
             Divines
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             ,
             upon
             all
             those
             that
             appeare
             for
             the
             King
             in
             this
             cause
             ,
             that
             they
             endeavor
             to
             defend
             an
             absolute
             power
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             raise
             him
             to
             an
             Arbitrary
             way
             of
             government
             ;
             This
             we
             are
             as
             much
             against
             on
             his
             part
             ,
             as
             against
             Resistance
             on
             the
             subjects
             part
             .
             For
             we
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             deny
             obedience
             to
             such
             commands
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             as
             are
             unlawfull
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             yea
             ,
             by
             the
             established
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             :
             For
             in
             these
             we
             have
             his
             will
             and
             consent
             given
             upon
             good
             advice
             ,
             and
             to
             obey
             him
             against
             the
             Laws
             were
             to
             obey
             him
             against
             himselfe
             ,
             his
             sudden
             will
             against
             his
             deliberate
             will
             ;
             but
             a
             far
             other
             matter
             it
             is
             to
             resist
             by
             power
             of
             arms
             ,
             as
             is
             in
             the
             question
             implyed
             ,
             and
             as
             we
             see
             at
             this
             day
             to
             our
             astonishment
             ,
             first
             the
             power
             of
             arms
             taken
             from
             the
             Prince
             by
             setting
             up
             the
             
               Militia
               ,
            
             then
             that
             power
             used
             against
             him
             by
             an
             army
             in
             the
             field
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             we
             must
             consider
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             pleade
             for
             Resistance
             in
             such
             a
             case
             as
             is
             supposed
             ,
             do
             grant
             it
             must
             be
             concluded
             upon
             ,
             
               Omnibus
               ordinibus
               regni
               consentientibus
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             with
             the
             generall
             and
             unanimous
             consent
             of
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             two
             Houses
             ,
             the
             representative
             body
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             :
             also
             they
             yeild
             it
             must
             be
             onely
             
               Legitima
               desensio
               ,
            
             a
             meer
             defensive
             resistance
             ;
             and
             this
             also
             Conscience
             must
             take
             notice
             of
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             it
             is
             considerable
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             supposition
             or
             case
             it
             is
             likewise
             granted
             by
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             Prince
             must
             first
             be
             so
             and
             so
             disposed
             ,
             and
             bent
             to
             overthrow
             Religion
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             discharge
             his
             trust
             for
             the
             maintaining
             of
             them
             ,
             before
             
             such
             a
             Resistance
             can
             be
             pretented
             to
             .
             And
             although
             the
             question
             is
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             so
             put
             now
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             seems
             to
             straiten
             the
             Case
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             depend
             upon
             the
             supposall
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             yet
             it
             so
             much
             the
             more
             enlarges
             the
             falshod
             of
             the
             Principle
             ,
             for
             it
             plainly
             speaks
             thus
             ;
             If
             subjects
             beleive
             or
             verily
             suppose
             their
             Prince
             will
             change
             Religion
             they
             may
             rise
             in
             arms
             ;
             whereas
             all
             that
             have
             pleaded
             for
             Resistance
             in
             case
             of
             Religion
             ,
             did
             suppose
             another
             Religion
             enjoyned
             upon
             the
             subject
             first
             .
             We
             will
             therefore
             endeavour
             to
             cleare
             all
             for
             the
             resolving
             of
             Conscience
             in
             these
             three
             generalls
             .
          
           
             I.
             That
             no
             Conscience
             upon
             such
             a
             case
             as
             is
             supposed
             can
             find
             clear
             ground
             to
             rest
             upon
             for
             such
             resistance
             as
             is
             pretended
             to
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             the
             rules
             of
             Conscience
             
               What
               is
               not
               of
               faith
               is
               sinne
               :
            
             and
             ,
             
               In
               doubtfull
               things
               the
               safer
               way
               is
               to
               be
               chosen
               ;
            
             Conscience
             it
             will
             find
             cause
             to
             forbeare
             and
             to
             suffer
             ,
             rather
             then
             resist
             ;
             
               doubtfull
               ,
            
             I
             say
             ,
             not
             that
             a
             Conscience
             truly
             informed
             will
             not
             clearly
             see
             the
             unlawfulnesse
             of
             this
             Resistance
             ,
             but
             because
             no
             conscience
             can
             be
             truly
             perswaded
             of
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             that
             Conscience
             that
             resolves
             for
             it
             ,
             must
             needs
             run
             doubtingly
             or
             blindly
             upon
             the
             work
             .
          
           
             II.
             That
             the
             resistance
             now
             used
             and
             made
             against
             the
             Prince
             is
             not
             such
             as
             they
             pretend
             to
             ,
             either
             for
             that
             generall
             and
             unanimous
             consent
             that
             should
             precede
             it
             ,
             or
             that
             defensive
             way
             that
             should
             accompany
             it
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             own
             grants
             that
             plead
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Conscience
             cannot
             admit
             such
             a
             resistance
             as
             is
             made
             now
             adayes
             .
          
           
             III.
             If
             Conscience
             could
             be
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             lawfull
             in
             such
             a
             case
             to
             resist
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             rising
             
             in
             arms
             is
             such
             a
             resistance
             as
             they
             say
             may
             in
             such
             a
             case
             be
             pretended
             to
             ,
             yet
             can
             it
             never
             (
             if
             it
             be
             willing
             to
             know
             any
             thing
             )
             be
             truly
             perswaded
             that
             such
             a
             case
             is
             now
             come
             ,
             that
             i●
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             refuse
             to
             discharge
             his
             trust
             ,
             is
             bent
             to
             overthrow
             Religion
             ,
             &c
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Conscience
             cannot
             but
             resolve
             this
             opposition
             and
             Resistance
             to
             be
             unlawful
             ,
             unwarrantable
             ,
             and
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Apostle
             )
             damnable
             ;
             and
             that
             people
             ,
             running
             into
             arm
             without
             sufficient
             warrant
             ,
             commit
             murder
             if
             they
             shed
             blood
             in
             the
             pursuit
             of
             this
             Resistance
             ,
             and
             perish
             in
             their
             own
             sinne
             ,
             if
             die
             in
             the
             cause
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             II.
             
          
           
             FIrst
             then
             ,
             that
             the
             Principle
             is
             untrue
             upon
             which
             they
             go
             that
             resist
             ,
             and
             that
             Conscience
             cannot
             find
             clear
             ground
             to
             rest
             upon
             for
             making
             resistance
             :
             for
             it
             heares
             the
             Apostle
             expressely
             say
             ,
             
               Whosoever
               resist
               shall
               receive
               to
               themselves
               damnation
               ,
            
             
             and
             it
             cannot
             find
             any
             limitation
             in
             Scripture
             that
             will
             excuse
             the
             Resistance
             of
             these
             dayes
             .
          
           
             The
             exception
             or
             limitation
             that
             is
             made
             ,
             is
             taken
             from
             the
             Persons
             resisting
             ,
             and
             the
             Causes
             of
             resistance
             ,
             thus
             ,
             They
             that
             are
             Private
             persons
             and
             do
             resist
             upon
             any
             cause
             receive
             damnation
             ,
             but
             the
             States
             or
             representative
             body
             of
             the
             whole
             people
             may
             resist
             upon
             such
             or
             such
             causes
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             will
             this
             satisfie
             Conscience
             ,
             when
             every
             distinction
             or
             limitation
             made
             upon
             any
             place
             of
             Sripture
             ,
             must
             have
             its
             ground
             in
             Scrpture
             ;
             this
             has
             onely
             some
             examples
             in
             Scripture
             that
             come
             not
             home
             to
             the
             cause
             ,
             and
             some
             appearances
             of
             Reason
             ;
             which
             are
             easily
             refuted
             by
             clearer
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             .
          
           
           
             The
             examples
             alledged
             are
             ,
             I.
             The
             peoples
             rescuing
             of
             Jonathan
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             Saul
             .
             
             
             Answ.
             Here
             the
             people
             drew
             not
             into
             arms
             of
             themselves
             ,
             but
             being
             their
             at
             Sauls
             command
             ,
             did
             by
             a
             loving
             violence
             and
             importunitie
             hinder
             the
             execution
             of
             a
             particular
             and
             passionate
             unlawfull
             command
             .
          
           
             II.
             Davids
             resisting
             of
             Saul
             .
             
               Answ
               .
            
             1.
             
             Davids
             guard
             that
             he
             had
             about
             him
             was
             onely
             to
             secure
             his
             person
             against
             the
             cut-throats
             of
             Saul
             ,
             if
             sent
             to
             take
             away
             his
             life
             .
             2.
             
             It
             was
             a
             meere
             defence
             without
             all
             violence
             offered
             to
             Saul
             ;
             therefore
             he
             still
             gave
             place
             as
             Saul
             pursued
             ,
             and
             did
             no
             act
             of
             hostility
             to
             him
             or
             any
             of
             his
             Army
             when
             they
             were
             in
             his
             power
             ,
             1.
             Sam.
             26.
             
             But
             thirdly
             ,
             because
             they
             gather
             out
             of
             the
             1.
             Sam.
             23.
             12.
             that
             David
             would
             have
             defended
             Keilah
             against
             Saul
             ,
             if
             the
             inhabitants
             would
             have
             been
             faithfull
             to
             him
             ,
             We
             say
             that
             's
             onely
             an
             uncertain
             supposition
             ,
             not
             fit
             to
             ground
             Conscience
             in
             this
             great
             point
             of
             resistance
             ;
             also
             to
             this
             and
             all
             other
             Davids
             demeanours
             ,
             in
             his
             standing
             out
             against
             Saul
             ,
             we
             say
             his
             example
             was
             extraordinary
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             anointed
             and
             designed
             by
             the
             Lord
             to
             succeed
             Saul
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             might
             use
             an
             extraordinary
             way
             of
             safeguarding
             his
             Person
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             cheif
             examples
             .
             They
             make
             use
             also
             of
             the
             high
             Preists
             resisting
             the
             King
             in
             the
             temple
             ,
             
             and
             Elisha's
             shutting
             the
             doore
             against
             the
             Kings
             Messenger
             that
             came
             to
             take
             away
             his
             head
             ;
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             which
             speake
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             two
             former
             ,
             having
             no
             appearance
             of
             such
             resistance
             as
             is
             implyed
             in
             the
             question
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             we
             answer
             .
             1.
             
             That
             of
             the
             high
             Preist
             is
             
             more
             pertinently
             applyed
             to
             the
             Popes
             power
             of
             excommunicating
             and
             deposing
             Kings
             ,
             then
             to
             this
             power
             of
             resisting
             now
             used
             ;
             but
             truly
             to
             neither
             .
             For
             he
             did
             no
             more
             then
             what
             every
             Minister
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             do
             if
             a
             King
             should
             attempt
             the
             administration
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             reprove
             him
             ,
             to
             keepe
             the
             Elements
             from
             him
             .
             Ambrose
             Bishop
             of
             Milan
             withstood
             the
             Emperour
             at
             the
             entrance
             of
             Gods
             house
             ,
             not
             by
             Excommunication
             ,
             much
             lesse
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             but
             by
             letting
             him
             understand
             he
             was
             not
             fit
             for
             that
             place
             ,
             there
             to
             be
             made
             partaker
             of
             the
             holy
             things
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             repented
             of
             that
             outrage
             and
             bloudshed
             at
             Thessalonica
             .
             Upon
             which
             the
             Emperour
             withdrew
             .
          
           
             The
             Preists
             here
             are
             said
             to
             thrust
             him
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             note
             Gods
             hand
             was
             first
             upon
             him
             smiting
             him
             with
             leprosie
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             discharging
             him
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             also
             .
             It
             is
             added
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             
               yea
               himselfe
               also
               hasted
               to
               go
               out
               .
            
             But
             enough
             of
             this
          
           
             2.
             
             Elisha's
             example
             speakes
             very
             little
             .
             But
             let
             us
             thence
             take
             occasion
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             Personall
             defence
             is
             lawfull
             against
             the
             sudden
             and
             illegall
             assaults
             of
             such
             Messengers
             ;
             yea
             of
             the
             Prince
             himselfe
             thus
             far
             ,
             towards
             his
             blow
             ,
             to
             hold
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             nor
             to
             endanger
             his
             person
             ,
             not
             to
             return
             blows
             ,
             no
             ;
             for
             though
             it
             be
             naturall
             to
             defend
             a
             mans
             selfe
             ,
             yet
             the
             whole
             Commonwealth
             is
             concerned
             in
             his
             person
             ,
             as
             wee
             see
             in
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             the
             creatures
             ,
             one
             particular
             nature
             will
             defend
             it selfe
             against
             another
             ,
             but
             yeild
             to
             the
             universall
             .
          
           
             If
             this
             be
             drawn
             from
             Personall
             defence
             to
             the
             Publick
             
             
             the
             Argument
             thus
             ;
             If
             the
             body
             naturall
             then
             the
             body
             politick
             may
             defend
             it selfe
             ,
             if
             a
             private
             person
             much
             more
             the
             whole
             State
             may
             ;
             and
             they
             do
             but
             shut
             the
             way
             up
             against
             the
             King
             that
             comes
             to
             destroy
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             their
             heads
             .
          
           
             We
             answ
             :
             As
             the
             naturall
             body
             defends
             it self
             against
             an
             outward
             force
             ,
             but
             strives
             not
             by
             a
             schisme
             or
             contention
             within
             it selfe
             ;
             so
             may
             the
             body
             politick
             against
             an
             outward
             power
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             now
             by
             one
             part
             of
             it
             set
             against
             the
             Head
             and
             another
             part
             of
             the
             same
             body
             ;
             for
             that
             tends
             to
             the
             dissolution
             of
             the
             whole
             .
             Again
             :
             Personall
             defence
             may
             be
             without
             all
             offence
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             strike
             at
             the
             order
             and
             power
             that
             is
             over
             us
             ,
             as
             generall
             resistance
             by
             Arms
             doth
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             without
             many
             unjust
             violences
             ,
             and
             does
             immediately
             strike
             at
             that
             order
             which
             is
             the
             life
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             .
             And
             this
             makes
             a
             large
             difference
             twixt
             Elisha's
             shutting
             the
             doore
             against
             this
             Messenger
             ,
             and
             their
             shutting
             up
             the
             way
             against
             the
             King
             by
             armed
             men
             ;
             nor
             can
             they
             conclude
             upon
             such
             an
             intention
             in
             the
             Kings
             heart
             without
             the
             spirit
             of
             Elisha
             .
             He
             professeth
             he
             intends
             no
             violence
             to
             his
             Parliament
             nor
             has
             be
             taken
             away
             the
             head
             of
             any
             of
             theirs
             that
             have
             fallen
             into
             his
             power
             ,
             nor
             does
             desire
             any
             other
             punishment
             inflicted
             upon
             any
             that
             do
             oppose
             him
             ,
             then
             what
             a
             Legall
             triall
             shall
             adjudge
             them
             to
             ,
             which
             no
             good
             Subject
             ought
             to
             decline
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             us
             see
             how
             Scripture
             excludes
             this
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             exceptions
             ,
             giving
             no
             allowance
             to
             resistance
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             Persons
             or
             Causes
             ,
             or
             other
             pretenses
             ,
             and
             this
             not
             onely
             by
             Examples
             ,
             but
             by
             Precept
             ,
             Conclusions
             ,
             Resolutions
             ,
             which
             are
             more
             safe
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             we
             have
             the
             two
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             Princes
             of
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             gathering
             the
             people
             against
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             ,
             Numb.
             16.
             3.
             and
             perishing
             in
             their
             sinne
             .
             If
             it
             be
             replyed
             ,
             the
             Persons
             indeed
             were
             publicke
             ,
             but
             there
             was
             no
             cause
             for
             it
             ;
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             did
             not
             deserve
             it
             .
             I
             answer
             ,
             but
             the
             other
             supposed
             ,
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             now
             enough
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             to
             make
             people
             not
             onely
             say
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             
               You
               take
               too
               much
               upon
               you
               ,
            
             but
             therfore
             to
             rise
             in
             arms
             also
             ,
             which
             I
             hope
             will
             appeare
             to
             be
             without
             cause
             too
             in
             the
             end
             of
             this
             Treatise
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             see
             for
             the
             cause
             of
             Resistance
             ,
             1.
             Sam.
             8.
             11.
             there
             the
             people
             are
             let
             to
             understand
             how
             they
             should
             be
             oppressed
             under
             Kings
             ,
             yet
             all
             that
             violence
             and
             injustice
             that
             should
             be
             done
             unto
             them
             is
             no
             just
             cause
             of
             resistance
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             no
             remedy
             left
             them
             but
             crying
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             v.
             18.
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             onely
             Example
             ,
             but
             Resolution
             and
             Conclusion
             our
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             The
             people
             might
             not
             be
             gathered
             together
             either
             for
             Civill
             assemblies
             ,
             or
             for
             war
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             command
             that
             had
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Trumpet
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             supreme
             as
             Moses
             was
             ,
             Numb.
             10.
             
          
           
             Also
             when
             David
             had
             Saul
             and
             his
             army
             in
             his
             power
             ,
             he
             resolves
             the
             matter
             thus
             ,
             
               Who
               can
               stretch
               out
               his
               hand
               against
               the
               Lords
               annointed
               and
               be
               guiltlesse
               ,
            
             1.
             Sam.
             26
             ,
             9.
             
             If
             replyed
             ,
             now
             they
             intend
             not
             hurt
             to
             the
             Kings
             person
             ;
             yet
             might
             nor
             they
             as
             well
             have
             hurt
             his
             person
             in
             the
             day
             of
             battell
             ,
             as
             any
             of
             them
             that
             were
             swept
             away
             from
             about
             him
             by
             the
             furie
             of
             the
             Ordinance
             ,
             which
             puts
             no
             difference
             'twixt
             Kings
             and
             common
             souldiers
             ?
          
           
             This
             also
             I
             must
             observe
             concerning
             this
             point
             of
             
             Resistance
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             (
             for
             from
             thence
             have
             they
             all
             their
             seeming
             instances
             )
             That
             it
             is
             a
             marvellous
             thing
             ,
             that
             among
             so
             many
             Prophets
             reprehending
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             and
             Judah
             for
             Idolatrie
             ,
             cruelty
             ,
             oppression
             ,
             none
             should
             call
             upon
             the
             Elders
             of
             the
             people
             for
             this
             duty
             of
             Resistance
             .
          
           
             But
             lastly
             ,
             that
             place
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             Rom.
             13.
             at
             first
             mentioned
             ,
             does
             above
             all
             give
             us
             a
             cleare
             resolution
             upon
             the
             point
             ,
             which
             now
             I
             shall
             free
             from
             all
             exceptions
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             I
             may
             suppose
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             is
             the
             
               Supreme
               ,
            
             as
             S.
             Peter
             calls
             him
             ;
             or
             
               the
               higher
               power
               ,
            
             as
             S.
             Paul
             here
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             by
             some
             now
             put
             to
             the
             question
             ,
             as
             one
             absurdity
             commonly
             begets
             another
             to
             defend
             it
             ;
             but
             I
             prove
             it
             .
             S.
             Peters
             distinction
             comprehends
             all
             that
             are
             in
             authoritie
             ,
             
               The
               King
               as
               supreme
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               are
               sent
               by
               him
               ,
            
             1.
             Pet.
             2.
             12
             ,
             in
             which
             latter
             rank
             are
             the
             two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             being
             sent
             by
             him
             ,
             or
             sent
             for
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Writ
             sitting
             there
             .
             Also
             by
             the
             Oath
             of
             Supremacy
             it
             is
             acknowledged
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             no
             power
             above
             him
             without
             or
             within
             this
             Realm
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             is
             in
             all
             Causes
             and
             over
             all
             Persons
             Supreme
             .
             Also
             acknowledged
             by
             the
             Petitions
             of
             the
             two
             Houses
             addressed
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             wherein
             they
             stile
             themselves
             
               His
               loyall
               Subjects
               .
            
             But
             enough
             of
             this
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             the
             text
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             All
             persons
             under
             the
             higher
             Power
             are
             expressely
             forbidden
             to
             resist
             .
             For
             
               whosoever
               ,
            
             in
             the
             second
             verse
             ,
             must
             be
             as
             large
             as
             the
             
               every
               soul
            
             in
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             the
             resistance
             forbidden
             here
             concerns
             all
             ,
             upon
             whom
             the
             subjection
             is
             injoyned
             there
             ,
             or
             else
             we
             could
             not
             m●ke
             
             these
             Universals
             good
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             exempting
             the
             Pope
             and
             Clergy
             from
             the
             subjection
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             those
             dayes
             there
             was
             a
             standing
             and
             continuall
             great
             Senate
             ,
             which
             not
             long
             before
             had
             the
             supreme
             power
             in
             the
             Romane
             State
             ,
             and
             might
             challenge
             more
             by
             the
             Fundamentalls
             of
             that
             State
             ,
             then
             our
             great
             Counsell
             (
             I
             think
             )
             will
             ,
             or
             can
             .
             But
             now
             the
             Emperour
             being
             
               Supreme
               ,
            
             as
             S.
             Peter
             calls
             him
             ;
             or
             the
             
               higher
               power
               ,
            
             as
             S.
             Paul
             here
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             power
             of
             resistance
             left
             to
             any
             that
             are
             under
             him
             ,
             by
             the
             Apostle
             .
             This
             for
             the
             persons
             that
             should
             resist
             ,
             all
             are
             forbidden
             .
             Now
             consider
             the
             Cause
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             was
             there
             ever
             more
             cause
             of
             resistence
             then
             in
             those
             dayes
             ?
             were
             not
             the
             Kings
             then
             not
             onely
             conceived
             to
             be
             inclined
             so
             and
             so
             ,
             but
             even
             actually
             were
             enemies
             to
             Religion
             ,
             had
             overthrown
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             ?
             and
             therefore
             if
             any
             should
             from
             the
             Apostles
             reasons
             that
             he
             gives
             against
             Resistence
             in
             the
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             verses
             ,
             
               (
               For
               rulers
               are
               not
               a
               terrour
               to
               good
               works
               but
               evil
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               the
               minister
               of
               God
               to
               thee
               for
               good
               )
            
             reply
             ,
             That
             Rulers
             so
             long
             as
             they
             are
             not
             a
             terrour
             to
             the
             good
             ,
             but
             minister
             for
             our
             good
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             resisted
             :
             the
             consideration
             of
             those
             times
             leaves
             no
             place
             for
             such
             exception
             ,
             because
             the
             Powers
             then
             (
             which
             the
             Apostle
             forbids
             to
             resist
             )
             were
             nothing
             so
             ,
             but
             subverters
             of
             that
             which
             was
             good
             and
             just
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             replyed
             ,
             that
             prohibition
             was
             temporary
             and
             fit
             for
             those
             times
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             said
             by
             some
             .
             I
             answer
             ,
             1.
             
             This
             is
             a
             new
             exception
             never
             heard
             of
             (
             I
             think
             )
             but
             in
             these
             times
             .
             2.
             
             It
             is
             groundlesse
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Text
             ,
             for
             the
             reasons
             of
             the
             prohibition
             in
             the
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             verses
             ,
             are
             perpetuall
             ,
             from
             that
             order
             ,
             
             that
             good
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Powers
             are
             ordained
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             of
             force
             as
             long
             as
             there
             is
             government
             ,
             and
             will
             alwayes
             be
             reasons
             against
             resistence
             ;
             because
             resistence
             (
             though
             it
             be
             made
             against
             abused
             Powers
             as
             then
             they
             were
             )
             doth
             tend
             to
             the
             dissolution
             of
             that
             order
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             power
             it selfe
             is
             set
             up
             of
             God
             By
             which
             also
             that
             other
             distinction
             of
             theirs
             is
             made
             void
             ,
             when
             as
             they
             reply
             ,
             as
             they
             think
             ,
             acutely
             ,
             That
             they
             resist
             not
             the
             power
             ,
             but
             the
             abuse
             of
             the
             power
          
           
             It
             is
             also
             answered
             by
             some
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperours
             then
             were
             absolute
             Monarchs
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             to
             be
             resisted
             .
             I
             answer
             :
             They
             did
             indeed
             rule
             absolutely
             and
             arbitrarily
             ,
             which
             should
             have
             according
             to
             the
             principles
             of
             these
             dayes
             been
             a
             stronger
             motive
             to
             resist
             .
             But
             how
             did
             they
             make
             themselves
             of
             Subjects
             such
             absolute
             Monarchs
             ;
             was
             it
             not
             by
             force
             and
             change
             of
             the
             government
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             the
             right
             of
             the
             people
             and
             Senate
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Principles
             of
             these
             dayes
             )
             good
             against
             them
             with
             as
             much
             or
             more
             reason
             ,
             then
             the
             right
             of
             the
             people
             of
             this
             Land
             is
             against
             the
             succession
             of
             this
             Crown
             descending
             by
             three
             Conquests
             ?
             And
             this
             I
             speak
             not
             to
             win
             an
             Arbitrary
             power
             or
             such
             as
             Conquerours
             use
             ,
             unto
             this
             Crown
             ,
             but
             onely
             to
             shew
             that
             resistence
             can
             be
             no
             more
             made
             against
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             ,
             then
             it
             could
             against
             those
             Emperours
             .
             Nay
             ,
             with
             lesse
             reason
             against
             them
             ,
             then
             these
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             it
             is
             replyed
             ,
             That
             Christian
             Religion
             was
             then
             enacted
             against
             by
             Law
             ;
             but
             the
             Religion
             contended
             for
             is
             established
             by
             Law
             .
             I
             answer
             :
             But
             is
             the
             Religion
             established
             denied
             to
             any
             that
             now
             fight
             for
             it
             ?
             Shall
             the
             Apostles
             prohibition
             be
             good
             
             against
             Christians
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             actuall
             Tyrants
             persecuting
             that
             Religion
             ,
             and
             not
             against
             Subjects
             freely
             enjoying
             the
             Religion
             established
             ?
             Or
             may
             Protestants
             upon
             a
             jealousie
             resist
             a
             Protestant
             King
             professing
             the
             same
             Religion
             ,
             and
             promising
             to
             conserve
             it
             entire
             to
             them
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             prohibition
             does
             not
             onely
             concern
             Christians
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             people
             under
             those
             Emperours
             ,
             and
             not
             onely
             Religion
             was
             persecuted
             ,
             but
             Liberties
             also
             lost
             ,
             the
             people
             and
             Senate
             were
             enslaved
             by
             Edicts
             ,
             and
             Laws
             then
             inforced
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             (
             according
             to
             the
             principles
             of
             these
             dayes
             )
             might
             resist
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             Apostles
             prohibition
             ,
             and
             the
             Laws
             then
             forced
             upon
             them
             ;
             or
             else
             the
             State
             ,
             as
             they
             usually
             say
             ,
             had
             not
             meanes
             to
             provide
             for
             its
             safetie
             .
             Thus
             one
             phansie
             of
             theirs
             thwarts
             another
             ,
             because
             both
             are
             groundlesse
             .
             But
             more
             anon
             of
             those
             meanes
             of
             safety
             they
             suppose
             to
             be
             in
             every
             State
             ,
             by
             the
             power
             of
             Resistence
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             powerfull
             against
             Resistence
             ,
             in
             the
             prohibition
             and
             the
             reasons
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             which
             Conscience
             will
             clearly
             see
             ,
             it
             can
             have
             no
             warrant
             from
             Scripture
             for
             Resistence
             .
             Now
             let
             us
             try
             what
             Reason
             can
             enforce
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             III.
             
          
           
             For
             proving
             this
             power
             of
             resistence
             ,
             there
             is
             much
             speech
             used
             about
             the
             Fundamentalls
             of
             this
             government
             ,
             which
             because
             they
             lie
             low
             and
             unseen
             by
             vulgar
             eyes
             ,
             being
             not
             written
             Laws
             ,
             the
             people
             are
             easily
             made
             to
             beleeve
             they
             are
             such
             as
             they
             (
             that
             have
             power
             to
             build
             new
             Laws
             )
             upon
             them
             )
             say
             they
             are
             .
             And
             indeed
             none
             so
             fit
             to
             judge
             
             
             
             of
             them
             as
             they
             :
             Yet
             this
             we
             know
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             that
             can
             use
             his
             reason
             knows
             ,
             that
             the
             Fundamentalls
             must
             needs
             be
             such
             as
             will
             bear
             the
             setled
             government
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             not
             contradictory
             to
             the
             written
             established
             Laws
             :
             but
             both
             the
             government
             we
             see
             used
             in
             this
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             written
             Laws
             which
             we
             reade
             ,
             must
             have
             a
             correspondency
             and
             anology
             of
             reason
             to
             these
             Fundamentalls
             ,
             and
             these
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Well
             then
             ,
             they
             that
             plead
             for
             Power
             of
             resistance
             in
             the
             people
             ,
             lay
             the
             first
             ground-work
             of
             their
             Fundamentalls
             thus
             :
             Power
             is
             originally
             in
             and
             from
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             if
             when
             by
             election
             they
             have
             intrusted
             a
             Prince
             with
             the
             Power
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             discharge
             his
             trust
             ,
             then
             it
             falls
             to
             the
             people
             ;
             or
             ,
             as
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             to
             the
             two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             (
             the
             representative
             body
             of
             the
             people
             )
             to
             see
             to
             it
             ;
             they
             may
             reassume
             the
             power
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             bottom
             of
             their
             Fundamentalls
             as
             they
             are
             now
             discovered
             to
             the
             people
             .
             But
             here
             we
             may
             take
             notice
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             that
             however
             the
             Fundamentalls
             of
             this
             Government
             are
             much
             talked
             of
             ,
             this
             is
             according
             to
             them
             the
             Fundamentall
             in
             all
             Kingdomes
             and
             Governments
             ;
             for
             they
             say
             power
             was
             every where
             from
             the
             people
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             so
             this
             will
             serve
             no
             more
             for
             the
             power
             of
             resistance
             in
             England
             ,
             then
             in
             France
             ,
             or
             Turkey
             :
             but
             if
             this
             must
             be
             a
             Fundamentall
             ,
             it
             is
             such
             an
             one
             as
             upon
             it
             this
             Government
             cannot
             be
             built
             ,
             but
             Confusion
             and
             Anarchy
             may
             readily
             be
             raised
             ;
             as
             shall
             appeare
             by
             the
             clearing
             of
             these
             two
             particulars
             ,
             Whether
             the
             Power
             be
             so
             originally
             and
             chiefly
             from
             the
             people
             as
             they
             would
             have
             it
             ;
             then
             Whether
             they
             may
             upon
             such
             cause
             ,
             reassume
             that
             power
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             of
             the
             originall
             of
             power
             ,
             which
             they
             will
             have
             so
             from
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             from
             God
             onely
             by
             a
             kind
             of
             permissive
             approbation
             as
             we
             may
             see
             by
             the
             Observator
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             that
             plead
             for
             this
             power
             of
             resistance
             .
             We
             must
             here
             distinguish
             what
             the
             Writers
             of
             the
             other
             side
             seem
             to
             confound
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             
               the
               Power
            
             it selfe
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             a
             sufficiency
             of
             authority
             for
             command
             and
             coercion
             in
             the
             governing
             of
             a
             People
             )
             from
             the
             
               designing
               of
               the
               Person
            
             to
             bear
             that
             power
             ,
             and
             the
             
               qualification
            
             o●
             that
             power
             according
             to
             the
             divers
             wayes
             of
             executing
             it
             in
             severall
             forms
             of
             government
             and
             then
             we
             grant
             that
             the
             designing
             of
             the
             person
             is
             sometimes
             from
             the
             People
             by
             choyce
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Prince
             receiving
             qualification
             by
             joynt
             consent
             of
             himself
             and
             the
             people
             ,
             is
             limited
             by
             the
             Laws
             made
             with
             such
             consent
             ;
             but
             the
             power
             it self
             is
             of
             God
             originally
             and
             chiefly
             :
             which
             we
             prove
             by
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             by
             such
             places
             of
             Scripture
             as
             plainly
             shew
             an
             ordaining
             and
             appointing
             ,
             rather
             then
             a
             permission
             or
             approbation
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Apostle
             speaks
             it
             expressely
             ,
             
               The
               powers
               are
               of
               God
               ,
            
             Rom.
             13.
             1.
             and
             
               the
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               ,
            
             vers.
             2.
             S.
             Peter
             indeed
             saith
             ,
             
               every
               ordinance
               of
               Man
               ,
            
             1.
             Epist.
             2.
             but
             
               of
               man
            
             there
             ,
             and
             
               of
               God
            
             here
             is
             much
             differing
             ;
             there
             it
             is
             
               '
               anthr●●pine
               ,
            
             of
             Man
             ,
             
               subjective
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             every
             ordinance
             or
             power
             set
             up
             amongst
             men
             ;
             but
             here
             it
             is
             
               '
               apo
               theou
               ,
            
             of
             God
             ,
             
               causaliter
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             from
             him
             ,
             his
             ordinance
             ;
             and
             if
             in
             that
             
               '
               anthr●●pine
            
             there
             be
             implyed
             any
             creation
             or
             causality
             ,
             or
             invention
             of
             man
             ,
             it
             respects
             the
             qualification
             of
             the
             power
             according
             to
             the
             forms
             of
             severall
             governments
             and
             
             offices
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             are
             from
             the
             invention
             of
             man
             ;
             it
             does
             not
             make
             the
             power
             it self
             the
             creation
             of
             man
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             constitution
             and
             ordinance
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             men
             are
             not
             onely
             naturally
             bent
             to
             society
             ,
             but
             also
             are
             bound
             as
             they
             are
             reasonable
             creatures
             ,
             to
             set
             up
             and
             live
             under
             government
             as
             under
             an
             order
             of
             that
             providence
             by
             which
             the
             World
             is
             governed
             .
          
           
             II.
             He
             is
             called
             the
             
               Minister
               of
               God
               ,
            
             v.
             4.
             but
             if
             so
             from
             the
             People
             and
             no
             otherwise
             from
             God
             then
             they
             would
             have
             him
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             
               Minister
               Populi
            
             rather
             ;
             he
             is
             indeed
             their
             Minister
             for
             their
             good
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             People
             to
             be
             the
             end
             of
             this
             governing
             power
             ,
             not
             the
             fountain
             and
             originall
             of
             it
             :
             therfore
             the
             necessity
             of
             subjection
             urged
             in
             the
             fifth
             verse
             ,
             ha's
             a
             double
             ground
             ,
             
               The
               ordinance
               of
               God
               ,
            
             whose
             ministers
             Rulers
             are
             ,
             ther
             's
             the
             fountain
             and
             originall
             of
             Power
             to
             govern
             ;
             then
             
               the
               Peoples
               good
               ,
            
             upon
             which
             Rulers
             ought
             to
             attend
             ,
             that
             's
             an
             end
             of
             the
             Governing
             Power
             .
          
           
             III.
             To
             the
             same
             purpose
             speak
             those
             other
             places
             ,
             
               By
               me
               Kings
               reigne
               :
            
             and
             
               I
               have
               said
               ye
               are
               Gods
               ,
            
             Psal.
             82.
             in
             relation
             to
             which
             our
             Saviour
             saith
             ,
             Joh.
             10.
             
             
               They
               are
               called
               Gods
               to
               whom
               the
               word
               of
               God
               came
               ,
            
             that
             
               dixi
               ,
            
             that
             
               word
            
             is
             the
             command
             ,
             the
             issuing
             out
             as
             it
             were
             the
             commission
             for
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             a
             governing
             power
             among
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             These
             places
             cannot
             be
             satisfied
             with
             that
             poore
             part
             ,
             they
             on
             the
             other
             side
             leave
             to
             God
             in
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             power
             for
             the
             governing
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             approve
             it
             when
             the
             People
             ha's
             created
             or
             invented
             it
             .
             Indeed
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             qualification
             of
             this
             governing
             power
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             of
             executing
             
             it
             according
             to
             the
             severall
             forms
             of
             government
             ,
             we
             granted
             it
             before
             to
             be
             the
             invention
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             when
             such
             a
             qualification
             or
             form
             is
             orderly
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             we
             say
             it
             ha's
             Gods
             permissive
             approbation
          
           
             And
             therefore
             the
             imputation
             is
             causelesse
             which
             the
             Pleaders
             on
             the
             other
             side
             do
             heedelessely
             and
             ignorantly
             lay
             upon
             us
             Divines
             ;
             as
             if
             we
             cryed
             up
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             that
             onely
             government
             to
             be
             
               jure
               divino
               .
            
             For
             although
             Monarchy
             ha's
             this
             excellencie
             ,
             that
             the
             Government
             God
             set
             up
             over
             his
             people
             in
             the
             person
             of
             Moses
             ,
             the
             Judges
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             ,
             was
             Monarchicall
             ,
             yet
             we
             confesse
             that
             neither
             that
             ,
             nor
             Aristocracy
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             form
             is
             
               jure
               divino
               ;
            
             but
             we
             say
             the
             power
             it self
             ,
             or
             that
             sufficiency
             of
             Authoritie
             to
             govern
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             Monarchy
             or
             Aristocracy
             ,
             abstractly
             considered
             from
             the
             qualifications
             of
             either
             form
             ,
             is
             an
             efflux
             or
             constitution
             subordinate
             to
             that
             providence
             ,
             an
             ordinance
             of
             that
             
               Dixi
               ,
            
             that
             silent
             
               Word
            
             by
             which
             the
             world
             was
             at
             first
             made
             ,
             and
             is
             still
             governed
             under
             God
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             as
             this
             appeares
             by
             the
             former
             places
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             also
             suitable
             to
             Reason
             :
             Because
             God
             doth
             govern
             all
             creatures
             ,
             Reasonable
             as
             well
             as
             Unreasonable
             ,
             the
             inferiour
             or
             lower
             world
             he
             governs
             by
             the
             heavens
             or
             superiour
             bodies
             ,
             according
             to
             those
             influences
             and
             powers
             he
             ha's
             put
             into
             them
             ;
             and
             the
             reasonable
             creatures
             ,
             Men
             ,
             he
             governs
             too
             by
             others
             set
             up
             in
             his
             stead
             over
             them
             ;
             for
             which
             they
             are
             called
             
               Gods
               ,
            
             because
             in
             his
             stead
             over
             the
             people
             :
             and
             the
             powers
             are
             said
             to
             pe
             
               '
               apo
               theou
               tetagmenai
            
             Rom.
             13.
             1.
             not
             only
             
               '
               apo
               theou
               ,
            
             from
             God
             ;
             but
             also
             as
             orders
             ranked
             under
             him
             too
             ,
             subordinate
             to
             that
             providence
             by
             which
             all
             creatures
             are
             governed
             .
          
           
           
             These
             his
             Ministers
             he
             sometimes
             designed
             immediately
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             as
             Moses
             ,
             the
             Judges
             ,
             Saul
             ,
             David
             ,
             &c.
             
             Now
             he
             designes
             his
             Vicegerents
             on
             earth
             mediately
             ,
             as
             by
             election
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             by
             succession
             or
             inheritance
             ,
             by
             conquest
             ,
             &c.
             
             To
             conclude
             ,
             the
             Power
             it selfe
             of
             Government
             is
             of
             God
             ,
             however
             the
             person
             be
             designed
             ,
             or
             that
             Power
             qualified
             according
             to
             the
             severall
             forms
             of
             government
             by
             those
             Laws
             that
             are
             established
             ,
             or
             those
             grants
             that
             are
             procured
             for
             the
             peoples
             securitie
             .
             Thus
             much
             of
             the
             originall
             of
             Power
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             IV.
             
          
           
             NOw
             we
             come
             to
             the
             Forfeiture
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             call
             it
             ,
             of
             this
             Power
             .
             If
             the
             Prince
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             will
             not
             discharge
             his
             trust
             ,
             then
             it
             falls
             to
             the
             people
             or
             the
             two
             Houses
             (
             the
             representative
             body
             of
             the
             people
             )
             to
             see
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             reassume
             that
             Power
             ,
             and
             thereby
             to
             resist
             .
             This
             they
             conceive
             to
             follow
             upon
             the
             
               derivation
               of
               Power
            
             from
             the
             people
             by
             vertue
             of
             election
             and
             upon
             the
             
               stipulation
               or
               covenant
            
             of
             the
             Prince
             with
             the
             people
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             be
             necessary
             in
             regard
             of
             those
             
               meanes
               of
               safety
               ,
            
             which
             every
             State
             should
             have
             within
             it selfe
             .
             We
             will
             examine
             them
             in
             order
             ,
             and
             shall
             find
             the
             Arguments
             inconsequent
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             derivation
             of
             Power
             we
             answer
             ?
             First
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             from
             the
             people
             ,
             as
             they
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             and
             as
             before
             it
             was
             cleared
             ,
             then
             can
             there
             be
             no
             reassuming
             of
             this
             Power
             by
             the
             People
             ;
             that
             's
             plain
             by
             their
             own
             argument
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             if
             the
             people
             should
             give
             the
             power
             so
             absolutely
             as
             they
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             leaving
             nothing
             to
             God
             in
             it
             but
             approbation
             ,
             yet
             could
             they
             not
             therefore
             
             have
             right
             to
             take
             that
             power
             away
             .
             For
             many
             things
             which
             are
             altogether
             in
             our
             disposing
             before
             we
             part
             with
             them
             ,
             are
             not
             afterward
             in
             our
             power
             to
             recall
             ;
             especially
             such
             in
             which
             their
             redounds
             to
             God
             an
             interest
             by
             the
             donation
             ,
             as
             in
             things
             devoted
             ,
             though
             afterward
             they
             come
             to
             be
             abused
             .
             So
             although
             it
             were
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             give
             the
             power
             and
             God
             approves
             ;
             yet
             because
             the
             Lords
             hand
             also
             &
             his
             oyl
             is
             upon
             the
             person
             elected
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             is
             the
             Lords
             anointed
             and
             the
             Minister
             of
             God
             ,
             those
             hands
             of
             the
             people
             which
             were
             used
             in
             lifting
             him
             up
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             may
             not
             again
             be
             lifted
             up
             against
             him
             ,
             either
             to
             take
             the
             Crown
             from
             his
             head
             ,
             or
             the
             sword
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             .
             This
             will
             not
             a
             true-informed
             Conscience
             date
             to
             doe
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             How
             shall
             the
             Conscience
             be
             satisfied
             that
             this
             their
             argument
             ,
             grounded
             upon
             election
             and
             the
             derivation
             of
             power
             from
             the
             people
             can
             have
             place
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             Crown
             not
             onely
             descends
             by
             inheritance
             ,
             but
             also
             ha's
             so
             often
             been
             setled
             by
             Conquest
             in
             the
             lines
             of
             Saxons
             ,
             Danes
             ,
             and
             Normans
             ?
             In
             answer
             to
             this
             they
             looke
             beyond
             all
             these
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             the
             right
             is
             still
             good
             to
             the
             people
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             first
             election
             .
             I
             answer
             :
             So
             then
             that
             first
             election
             must
             be
             supposed
             here
             ,
             and
             supposed
             good
             against
             all
             other
             titles
             ,
             or
             else
             this
             power
             of
             resistence
             falls
             to
             the
             ground
             .
             It
             is
             probable
             indeed
             that
             Kings
             at
             first
             were
             by
             choyce
             here
             as
             elsewhere
             ;
             but
             can
             Conscience
             rest
             upon
             such
             remote
             probabilities
             for
             resistence
             ,
             or
             think
             that
             first
             election
             will
             give
             it
             power
             against
             Princes
             that
             do
             not
             claime
             by
             it
             .
             We
             tell
             them
             the
             Romane
             
             Emperours
             were
             not
             to
             be
             resisted
             ,
             Rom.
             13.
             2.
             
             They
             reply
             ,
             as
             we
             had
             it
             above
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             absolute
             Monarchs
             .
             But
             how
             came
             they
             of
             Subjects
             to
             be
             absolute
             Monarchs
             ?
             was
             it
             any
             otherwise
             then
             by
             force
             and
             arms
             ?
             the
             way
             that
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             Danes
             ,
             and
             Normans
             made
             themselves
             Masters
             of
             this
             people
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             the
             right
             of
             the
             people
             as
             good
             against
             them
             for
             the
             power
             of
             resistence
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             first
             election
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             the
             people
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             against
             their
             Kings
             after
             so
             many
             Conquests
             ?
             This
             I
             speak
             not
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Kings
             of
             this
             Land
             might
             rule
             as
             Conquerors
             :
             God
             forbid
             .
             But
             to
             shew
             this
             slender
             plea
             of
             the
             first
             election
             can
             no
             more
             take
             place
             against
             the
             Kings
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             then
             it
             could
             against
             the
             Romane
             Monarchs
             ,
             especially
             according
             to
             their
             argument
             ,
             that
             hold
             all
             power
             originally
             from
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             that
             (
             as
             we
             observed
             above
             )
             to
             be
             the
             Fundamentall
             of
             all
             government
             .
             Therefore
             whether
             Kings
             were
             in
             this
             Land
             at
             first
             by
             election
             or
             no
             ;
             we
             acknowledge
             what
             belongs
             to
             the
             duty
             of
             a
             Prince
             in
             doing
             justice
             and
             equitie
             :
             what
             Grants
             also
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             Priviledges
             have
             since
             those
             Conquests
             been
             procured
             ,
             or
             restored
             to
             the
             people
             :
             unto
             all
             those
             the
             King
             is
             bound
             .
             But
             yet
             not
             bound
             under
             forfeiture
             of
             his
             power
             to
             the
             people
             :
             which
             now
             comes
             to
             be
             examined
             in
             that
             capitulation
             or
             covenant
             he
             is
             said
             to
             enter
             with
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             therefore
             :
             That
             Capitulation
             or
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             the
             Oath
             which
             the
             Prince
             takes
             to
             confirme
             what
             he
             promiseth
             ,
             are
             so
             alledged
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             breach
             or
             non-performance
             on
             the
             Princes
             part
             were
             a
             forfeiture
             of
             his
             power
             .
             But
             we
             answer
             ,
             The
             words
             
               capitulation
            
             or
             
               covenant
            
             are
             now
             much
             used
             
             to
             make
             Men
             believe
             the
             Kings
             admittance
             to
             the
             Crown
             is
             altogether
             conditionall
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             meerly
             elective
             Kingdomes
             of
             Polonia
             ,
             Swedeland
             ,
             &c.
             whereas
             our
             King
             is
             King
             before
             he
             comes
             to
             the
             Coronation
             ,
             which
             is
             sooner
             or
             later
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             but
             alwaies
             to
             be
             in
             due
             time
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             that
             security
             His
             People
             receive
             by
             his
             taking
             the
             oath
             ,
             and
             he
             again
             mutually
             from
             them
             ,
             in
             which
             performance
             there
             is
             something
             like
             a
             covenant
             ,
             all
             but
             the
             forfeiture
             .
             The
             King
             there
             promises
             and
             binds
             himself
             by
             oath
             to
             performance
             .
             Could
             they
             in
             this
             covenant
             shew
             us
             such
             an
             agreement
             between
             the
             King
             and
             his
             People
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             he
             will
             not
             discharge
             His
             trust
             ,
             then
             it
             shall
             be
             lawfull
             for
             the
             States
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             by
             Arms
             to
             resist
             ,
             and
             provide
             for
             the
             safety
             thereof
             ,
             it
             were
             something
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             so
             much
             is
             imployed
             in
             the
             first
             election
             .
             We
             answer
             :
             We
             examined
             that
             slender
             plea
             of
             the
             first
             election
             above
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             thought
             to
             be
             a
             derivation
             of
             power
             .
             Now
             as
             it
             is
             thought
             to
             have
             a
             covenant
             in
             it
             :
             we
             say
             ,
             That
             usually
             in
             all
             Empires
             the
             higher
             we
             arise
             ,
             the
             freer
             we
             find
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
             still
             downwards
             the
             People
             have
             gained
             upon
             them
             :
             for
             at
             first
             when
             the
             People
             chose
             their
             Rulers
             ,
             they
             did
             as
             
               Justine
            
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             History
             observes
             ,
             resigne
             themselves
             to
             be
             governed
             by
             such
             ,
             of
             whose
             prudence
             and
             moderation
             they
             had
             experience
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             
               Arbitria
               Principum
               pro
               legibus
               erant
               ,
            
             the
             will
             and
             discretion
             of
             the
             Prince
             was
             Law
             unto
             the
             People
             ;
             but
             Men
             were
             Men
             though
             in
             Gods
             place
             ,
             and
             therefore
             for
             the
             restraint
             of
             that
             Power
             ,
             with
             consent
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             such
             Laws
             have
             been
             still
             procured
             by
             the
             People
             as
             might
             make
             for
             their
             security
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             from
             a
             promise
             the
             King
             makes
             for
             doing
             Justice
             (
             the
             duty
             of
             every
             Prince
             )
             for
             the
             continuing
             those
             Priviledges
             ,
             immunities
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             granted
             or
             restored
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             observing
             of
             those
             Laws
             that
             have
             been
             established
             with
             the
             Princes
             consent
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             oath
             (
             by
             which
             for
             the
             greater
             security
             of
             the
             People
             he
             binds
             himself
             to
             the
             performance
             of
             the
             premises
             )
             to
             infer
             a
             great
             obligation
             lyeth
             upon
             him
             ,
             is
             right
             :
             but
             to
             gather
             thence
             a
             forfeiture
             of
             his
             power
             upon
             the
             not
             performance
             ,
             is
             a
             plain
             but
             dangerous
             inconsequent
             Argument
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             such
             Argument
             may
             seem
             to
             have
             some
             force
             in
             States
             meerly
             elective
             and
             pactionall
             ,
             yet
             can
             it
             never
             be
             made
             to
             appear
             to
             any
             indifferent
             understanding
             ,
             that
             the
             like
             must
             obtain
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             .
             And
             to
             this
             purpose
             Phil.
             Pareus
             excuseth
             what
             his
             Father
             had
             written
             more
             harshly
             upon
             the
             13.
             to
             the
             Romans
             ,
             in
             the
             point
             of
             Resistence
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             elective
             and
             pactionall
             government
             ,
             not
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             England
             ,
             or
             such
             Monarchies
             .
             For
             where
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             never
             dyes
             ,
             where
             he
             is
             King
             before
             oath
             or
             coronation
             ,
             where
             he
             is
             not
             admitted
             upon
             any
             such
             capitulation
             as
             gives
             any
             power
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             or
             their
             representative
             body
             ,
             as
             is
             pretended
             to
             :
             Nay
             ,
             where
             that
             body
             cannot
             meet
             but
             by
             the
             will
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             is
             dissoluble
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ;
             that
             there
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             State
             ,
             such
             a
             power
             should
             be
             pretended
             to
             ,
             and
             used
             against
             the
             Prince
             as
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             that
             according
             to
             the
             fundamentalls
             of
             such
             a
             State
             ,
             can
             never
             appear
             reasonable
             to
             any
             indifferent
             judgement
             ,
             much
             lesse
             satisfie
             Conscience
             in
             the
             resistence
             that
             is
             now
             made
             by
             such
             a
             pretended
             power
             .
          
           
           
             What
             then
             shall
             we
             say
             ?
             Is
             the
             King
             not
             bound
             to
             perform
             ?
             Yes
             ,
             by
             all
             means
             .
             Or
             ha's
             he
             not
             a
             limited
             power
             according
             to
             the
             Lawes
             ?
             Yes
             .
             What
             then
             if
             he
             will
             take
             to
             himself
             more
             power
             ,
             or
             not
             perform
             what
             he
             is
             bound
             to
             ?
             Suppose
             that
             ;
             (
             though
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             we
             are
             not
             come
             to
             that
             .
             )
             Then
             may
             the
             Subjects
             use
             all
             fair
             means
             as
             are
             fit
             to
             use
             ,
             cryes
             to
             God
             ,
             petitions
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             denials
             of
             obedience
             to
             his
             unlawfull
             commands
             ,
             denials
             of
             subsidie
             ,
             ayd
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             are
             they
             left
             without
             all
             means
             to
             compell
             by
             force
             and
             resistence
             ?
             This
             however
             it
             may
             at
             first
             sight
             seem
             unreasonable
             to
             the
             people
             and
             very
             impolitick
             to
             the
             Statesman
             ,
             yet
             ha's
             Scripture
             forbidden
             it
             ,
             as
             before
             was
             plainly
             shewed
             ,
             and
             so
             doth
             Reason
             too
             ,
             as
             will
             apeare
             in
             the
             examination
             of
             their
             last
             proofe
             they
             make
             for
             re-assuming
             this
             power
             and
             resisting
             ,
             from
             that
             necessity
             of
             means
             of
             safety
             ,
             which
             every
             State
             is
             to
             have
             within
             it self
             :
             Of
             which
             now
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             V.
             
          
           
             IN
             the
             last
             place
             it
             is
             thus
             reasoned
             ,
             Were
             it
             not
             so
             that
             the
             two
             Houses
             might
             take
             and
             use
             this
             power
             ,
             the
             State
             should
             not
             have
             means
             to
             provide
             for
             its
             own
             safety
             ,
             when
             the
             King
             shall
             please
             to
             desert
             His
             Parliament
             ,
             deny
             His
             consent
             to
             their
             Bills
             ,
             abuse
             His
             power
             ,
             &c.
             So
             they
             .
          
           
             When
             right
             and
             Just
             will
             not
             defend
             a
             thing
             ,
             then
             Necessity
             is
             usually
             pleaded
             ;
             as
             if
             ,
             because
             
               Salus
               Populi
            
             in
             a
             good
             sense
             is
             
               Suprema
               Lex
               ,
            
             every
             thing
             must
             be
             honest
             which
             is
             
               Spartae
               Vtile
               ,
            
             imagined
             to
             conduce
             to
             the
             proposed
             end
             .
             We
             answer
             therefore
             ;
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             They
             have
             many
             weapons
             sharpened
             for
             this
             resistence
             at
             the
             Philistins
             forge
             ,
             arguments
             borrowed
             from
             the
             Romane
             schools
             ,
             among
             them
             this
             is
             one
             ,
             the
             very
             reason
             that
             is
             made
             for
             the
             Popes
             power
             of
             curbing
             or
             deposing
             Kings
             in
             case
             of
             Heresie
             .
             For
             if
             there
             be
             not
             that
             power
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             then
             in
             case
             the
             Civill
             Magistrate
             will
             not
             discharge
             his
             trust
             ,
             the
             Church
             ha's
             not
             means
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Catholick
             faith
             and
             its
             own
             safety
             .
             Well
             ,
             as
             we
             reply
             to
             them
             ,
             the
             Church
             has
             means
             of
             preserving
             the
             faith
             ,
             such
             as
             God
             ha's
             appointed
             ,
             though
             not
             that
             of
             one
             Visible
             head
             ,
             which
             though
             at
             first
             seems
             plausible
             ,
             for
             preserving
             the
             Unity
             of
             faith
             ,
             yet
             ha's
             experience
             shown
             it
             to
             be
             indeed
             the
             meanes
             to
             bring
             much
             mischief
             upon
             the
             Church
             :
             So
             to
             the
             other
             we
             say
             ,
             The
             State
             ha's
             meanes
             of
             preservation
             such
             as
             the
             Law
             ha's
             prescibed
             ,
             though
             not
             such
             as
             are
             here
             pretented
             to
             in
             this
             power
             of
             resistence
             ;
             which
             though
             seemingly
             plausible
             ,
             yet
             true
             Reason
             will
             conclude
             them
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             God
             knows
             ,
             we
             see
             it
             .
             Of
             this
             in
             the
             fourth
             answer
             more
             particularly
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             If
             every
             State
             ha's
             such
             means
             to
             provide
             for
             its
             safety
             ,
             What
             means
             of
             safety
             had
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             under
             the
             Romane
             Emperours
             in
             and
             after
             the
             Apostles
             times
             ?
             or
             the
             people
             then
             enslaved
             ,
             what
             means
             had
             they
             for
             their
             Liberties
             ?
             had
             they
             this
             of
             resistence
             ?
             Tertullian
             ,
             in
             his
             Apol.
             sayes
             ,
             the
             Christians
             had
             number
             and
             force
             sufficient
             to
             withstand
             ,
             but
             they
             had
             no
             warrant
             ;
             and
             the
             Apostle
             expressely
             forbids
             them
             and
             all
             other
             under
             the
             higher
             power
             ,
             to
             resist
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             replyed
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             above
             touched
             ,
             That
             
             things
             being
             so
             enacted
             by
             Law
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             lawfull
             for
             them
             to
             resist
             .
             I
             answer
             :
             But
             it
             is
             known
             that
             not
             onely
             those
             Edicts
             which
             concerned
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             but
             also
             all
             other
             that
             proceeded
             from
             those
             Emperours
             and
             enslaved
             the
             people
             ,
             were
             meerly
             arbitrary
             and
             enforced
             upon
             the
             Senate
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Senate
             did
             not
             discharge
             their
             trust
             in
             consenting
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             therefore
             according
             to
             the
             former
             position
             the
             people
             might
             resist
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             Apostles
             prohibition
             ,
             or
             else
             no
             means
             of
             safety
             left
             in
             that
             State
             .
          
           
             So
             would
             it
             be
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             if
             at
             any
             time
             a
             King
             that
             would
             rule
             arbitrarily
             ,
             as
             those
             Emperours
             did
             ,
             should
             by
             some
             meanes
             or
             other
             work
             out
             of
             the
             two
             Houses
             the
             better
             affected
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             Major
             part
             of
             them
             that
             remaine
             ,
             compasse
             his
             desires
             ;
             might
             the
             people
             then
             resist
             ?
             The
             Apostle
             forbids
             it
             to
             them
             as
             well
             as
             to
             the
             Romans
             in
             such
             a
             case
             :
             if
             so
             ,
             where
             are
             these
             means
             of
             safety
             by
             this
             power
             of
             resistance
             ?
             Or
             are
             these
             means
             of
             safety
             extinct
             in
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             Senate
             or
             the
             two
             Houses
             ?
             No
             ,
             the
             people
             will
             tell
             them
             they
             discharge
             not
             their
             trust
             ,
             they
             chose
             them
             not
             to
             betray
             them
             ,
             enslave
             them
             ;
             but
             according
             to
             the
             principles
             now
             taught
             them
             ,
             they
             might
             lay
             hold
             upon
             this
             power
             of
             resistence
             ;
             for
             their
             representative
             body
             claims
             it
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             we
             answer
             ,
             We
             cannot
             expect
             absolute
             means
             of
             safety
             and
             securitie
             in
             a
             State
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             are
             reasonable
             ;
             and
             such
             are
             provided
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             fundamentalls
             of
             this
             Government
             ,
             by
             that
             excellent
             temper
             of
             the
             three
             estates
             in
             Parliament
             there
             being
             a
             power
             of
             denying
             in
             each
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             
             no
             power
             of
             enacting
             in
             one
             or
             two
             of
             them
             without
             the
             third
             ;
             which
             as
             it
             is
             for
             the
             securitie
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             (
             for
             what
             might
             follow
             if
             the
             King
             and
             Lords
             without
             the
             Commons
             ,
             or
             these
             and
             the
             Lords
             without
             the
             King
             ,
             might
             determine
             ,
             the
             evills
             of
             these
             dayes
             do
             shew
             )
             so
             is
             this
             power
             of
             denying
             ,
             for
             the
             security
             of
             each
             State
             against
             other
             ,
             of
             the
             Commons
             against
             the
             King
             and
             Lords
             ,
             of
             the
             Lords
             against
             them
             :
             and
             must
             the
             King
             trust
             onely
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             trusted
             ?
             Must
             not
             he
             also
             have
             his
             securitie
             against
             the
             other
             ,
             which
             he
             cannot
             have
             but
             by
             Power
             of
             denying
             ?
             This
             is
             that
             Temper
             of
             the
             three
             Estates
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             due
             observing
             whereof
             ,
             in
             the
             moderate
             use
             of
             this
             power
             of
             denying
             ,
             is
             the
             reasonable
             means
             of
             this
             States
             safety
             :
             but
             now
             not
             onely
             the
             name
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             implyes
             the
             three
             Estates
             ,
             is
             restrained
             usually
             to
             the
             two
             Houses
             ,
             but
             also
             that
             Temper
             is
             dissolved
             .
             I
             need
             not
             speak
             it
             ,
             the
             distractions
             and
             convulsions
             of
             the
             whole
             Commonwealth
             ,
             as
             the
             distempers
             in
             a
             naturall
             body
             ,
             do
             sufficiently
             shew
             such
             a
             dissolution
             ,
             and
             what
             's
             the
             cause
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             replyed
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             for
             the
             reasonablenesse
             of
             these
             meanes
             of
             safety
             through
             that
             Power
             of
             resisttence
             and
             the
             final
             trust
             reposed
             in
             the
             representative
             body
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             That
             many
             see
             more
             then
             one
             and
             more
             safety
             in
             the
             judgement
             of
             many
             then
             of
             one
             .
             
             Answ.
             True
             .
             But
             1.
             
             Conscience
             might
             here
             demand
             for
             its
             satisfaction
             ,
             Why
             shovld
             an
             hundred
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             see
             more
             then
             three
             hundred
             ;
             or
             twenty
             in
             the
             Lords
             House
             ,
             more
             then
             sixty
             that
             are
             of
             indiffereent
             judgement
             and
             withdrawn
             ;
          
           
           
             2.
             
             Reason
             doth
             suppose
             ,
             That
             the
             Prince
             ,
             though
             one
             ,
             sees
             with
             the
             eyes
             of
             many
             ,
             yea
             with
             their
             eyes
             who
             are
             of
             different
             judgement
             from
             him
             ,
             for
             which
             his
             .
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             are
             his
             great
             Councell
             to
             present
             to
             his
             eyes
             the
             differences
             of
             things
             with
             the
             reasons
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             albeit
             he
             sometimes
             dissents
             from
             the
             Major
             or
             Prevailing
             part
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             convinced
             in
             his
             own
             judgement
             they
             seek
             themselves
             nor
             his
             or
             the
             Publike
             good
             ,
             or
             for
             other
             reasons
             that
             may
             perswade
             him
             against
             their
             Vote
             ,
             yet
             have
             all
             times
             thought
             good
             to
             have
             Kings
             ,
             and
             to
             reduce
             the
             judgement
             of
             many
             unto
             one
             .
             The
             Government
             which
             God
             made
             choice
             of
             to
             set
             up
             among
             his
             people
             was
             Monarchicall
             still
             ;
             first
             in
             Moses
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             Judges
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             Kings
             ;
             yea
             generally
             all
             Authors
             yeild
             ,
             and
             experience
             ha's
             taught
             it
             ,
             That
             Monarchy
             is
             a
             better
             government
             then
             Aristocracy
             ,
             because
             the
             Tyranny
             and
             Miscarriage
             of
             one
             ,
             sometime
             happening
             in
             a
             Monarchy
             is
             nothing
             so
             dangerous
             as
             Oligarchy
             ,
             Faction
             ,
             and
             Division
             usually
             incident
             to
             Aristocracy
             or
             the
             Government
             by
             many
             equalls
             .
             Again
             ,
             as
             all
             times
             have
             thought
             it
             reasonable
             to
             have
             Monarchy
             ,
             which
             settles
             the
             chief
             power
             and
             finall
             judgement
             in
             One
             ;
             so
             will
             there
             be
             alwayes
             sufficient
             reason
             to
             withhold
             the
             King
             from
             a
             wilfull
             deniall
             of
             his
             Consent
             to
             the
             free
             and
             unanimous
             Vote
             of
             his
             Houses
             :
             he
             cannot
             but
             see
             there
             will
             alwayes
             be
             some
             necessary
             good
             accrewing
             to
             him
             by
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             will
             keep
             him
             in
             all
             reason
             from
             doing
             so
             :
             and
             no
             cases
             can
             be
             put
             or
             inconveniences
             feared
             upon
             his
             Power
             of
             denying
             ,
             but
             greater
             and
             more
             eminent
             will
             appeare
             upon
             his
             not
             having
             it
             ,
             as
             ha's
             been
             insinuated
             ,
             and
             now
             do
             follow
             .
          
           
           
             Fourthly
             therefore
             and
             lastly
             we
             answer
             .
             Such
             power
             of
             resistence
             would
             be
             no
             fit
             means
             of
             safety
             to
             a
             State
             ,
             but
             prove
             a
             remedy
             worse
             then
             the
             disease
             .
             This
             is
             very
             plain
             by
             the
             drift
             of
             the
             Apostles
             reason
             which
             he
             gave
             against
             resistence
             ,
             in
             the
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             v.
             of
             the
             13.
             to
             the
             Rom.
             in
             which
             we
             may
             consider
             ,
             that
             ,
             although
             the
             Powers
             then
             were
             altogether
             unjust
             ,
             tyrannicall
             ,
             subverters
             of
             true
             Religion
             ,
             nothing
             answerable
             to
             the
             end
             for
             which
             the
             Governing
             Power
             is
             ordained
             ,
             yet
             doth
             the
             Apostle
             draw
             his
             reasons
             against
             the
             resisting
             of
             them
             ,
             from
             that
             good
             ,
             that
             justice
             ,
             that
             order
             for
             which
             God
             hath
             set
             up
             the
             higher
             Powers
             ;
             to
             insinuate
             ,
             that
             the
             resisting
             of
             the
             higher
             Powers
             ,
             even
             when
             they
             are
             so
             ,
             does
             tend
             to
             the
             overthrow
             of
             that
             order
             which
             is
             the
             life
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             ;
             and
             this
             not
             onely
             because
             there
             is
             still
             order
             under
             tyranny
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             because
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             good
             and
             lawfull
             to
             resist
             the
             power
             ,
             when
             abused
             ,
             it
             would
             open
             a
             way
             to
             the
             people
             upon
             the
             like
             pretences
             to
             resist
             and
             overthrow
             even
             Powers
             duely
             administred
             for
             the
             executing
             of
             wrath
             upon
             them
             that
             do
             evill
             .
          
           
             I
             enter
             this
             dicourse
             ,
             not
             to
             cast
             the
             least
             blemish
             upon
             Parliaments
             (
             which
             are
             an
             onely
             remedy
             for
             distempers
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             )
             not
             to
             reflect
             upon
             the
             intentions
             of
             those
             that
             are
             yet
             resident
             in
             that
             high
             Court
             ,
             (
             unto
             God
             the
             judge
             of
             all
             ,
             they
             stand
             or
             fall
             )
             not
             to
             raise
             jealousies
             ,
             but
             to
             settle
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             way
             of
             reasoning
             to
             shew
             according
             to
             the
             Apostles
             reasons
             what
             dangers
             and
             evills
             may
             ensue
             upon
             this
             power
             of
             resistence
             .
          
           
             For
             first
             of
             all
             ,
             This
             power
             of
             resistence
             ,
             if
             admitted
             and
             pursued
             may
             proceed
             to
             a
             change
             of
             Government
             ,
             
             the
             Principles
             that
             now
             are
             gone
             upon
             ,
             and
             have
             carried
             it
             so
             farre
             as
             we
             see
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             may
             also
             lead
             it
             on
             to
             that
             greatest
             of
             evils
             :
             And
             I
             have
             heard
             and
             seen
             it
             defended
             by
             the
             example
             of
             the
             Low-countreys
             ;
             how
             they
             excuse
             it
             throughly
             ,
             I
             examine
             not
             ,
             but
             this
             I
             am
             sure
             they
             can
             say
             ,
             That
             their
             Prince
             ,
             succeeding
             in
             the
             right
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundie
             was
             admitted
             upon
             other
             conditions
             then
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             are
             :
             also
             that
             a
             contrary
             religion
             was
             enforced
             upon
             them
             by
             a
             terrible
             Inquisition
             ,
             whereas
             they
             that
             do
             resist
             the
             higher
             .
             Powers
             here
             ,
             do
             freely
             enjoy
             their
             religion
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             Princes
             promise
             and
             protestation
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             This
             Power
             of
             resistence
             when
             used
             ,
             and
             pursued
             ,
             is
             accompanied
             with
             the
             evils
             of
             Civil
             warre
             :
             Former
             times
             shew
             it
             ,
             and
             how
             little
             was
             gained
             by
             it
             beside
             the
             expence
             of
             bloud
             ;
             as
             when
             all
             was
             referred
             to
             the
             rule
             and
             disposing
             of
             the
             12
             Peeres
             ,
             how
             long
             lasted
             it
             ?
             what
             security
             had
             the
             State
             by
             it
             ?
             and
             at
             this
             day
             we
             feel
             and
             groan
             under
             the
             evils
             brought
             upon
             us
             through
             this
             power
             of
             resistence
             ,
             the
             Law
             silenced
             ,
             the
             Property
             and
             Libertie
             of
             the
             subject
             every where
             invaded
             ;
             and
             the
             Lord
             knows
             when
             or
             how
             we
             shall
             be
             restored
             to
             them
             ,
             or
             better
             secured
             in
             them
             by
             this
             way
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             We
             see
             the
             danger
             ,
             (
             if
             as
             it
             is
             now
             said
             ,
             for
             the
             justifying
             of
             this
             power
             of
             resistence
             ,
             The
             King
             will
             not
             discharge
             his
             trust
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             fals
             to
             the
             representative
             body
             of
             the
             people
             to
             see
             to
             it
             ,
             so
             )
             the
             People
             being
             discontented
             ,
             and
             having
             gotten
             power
             shall
             say
             ,
             The
             Members
             of
             the
             two
             Houses
             do
             not
             discharge
             the
             trust
             committed
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             that
             for
             which
             they
             were
             chosen
             
             and
             sent
             for
             ,
             then
             may
             the
             multitude
             by
             this
             rule
             and
             principle
             now
             taught
             them
             ,
             take
             the
             Power
             to
             themselves
             ,
             it
             being
             claimed
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             say
             to
             them
             as
             Numb.
             16.
             
             
               Ye
               take
               too
               much
               upon
               you
               ,
            
             or
             as
             Cade
             ,
             and
             Tylar
             ,
             boast
             themselves
             Reformers
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             overthrow
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             fill
             all
             with
             rapine
             and
             confusion
             ,
             draw
             all
             to
             a
             Folkmoot
             ,
             and
             make
             every
             Shire
             a
             severall
             Government
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             Dangers
             and
             Evils
             not
             conceived
             in
             the
             phansie
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             reason
             tells
             us
             may
             follow
             ,
             and
             experience
             hath
             often
             ,
             and
             this
             day
             doth
             shew
             us
             ,
             do
             arise
             upon
             this
             Power
             of
             resistence
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             preventing
             of
             which
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             gave
             his
             reasons
             against
             resisting
             even
             of
             abused
             powers
             ,
             as
             we
             heard
             above
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             therefore
             ,
             Seeing
             some
             must
             be
             trusted
             in
             every
             State
             ,
             't
             is
             reason
             the
             highest
             and
             finall
             trust
             should
             be
             in
             the
             higher
             or
             supreme
             Power
             ,
             with
             whom
             next
             to
             himself
             God
             hath
             intrusted
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             all
             other
             that
             have
             power
             and
             trust
             ,
             having
             it
             under
             him
             as
             sent
             by
             him
             ;
             Good
             reason
             I
             say
             that
             the
             supreme
             Power
             (
             which
             is
             worth
             10000
             of
             the
             Subjects
             )
             should
             have
             the
             best
             security
             on
             its
             side
             ,
             for
             as
             much
             as
             Order
             ,
             the
             life
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             is
             so
             best
             preserved
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             endangered
             by
             Tyranny
             as
             by
             factions
             ,
             division
             ,
             tumults
             ,
             power
             of
             resistence
             on
             the
             Subjects
             part
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             according
             to
             the
             drift
             of
             the
             Apostles
             reasons
             against
             resistence
             ,
             as
             before
             they
             were
             laid
             down
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             now
             unto
             all
             that
             hath
             hitherto
             been
             said
             from
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             ,
             let
             Conscience
             adde
             the
             oath
             of
             Supremacy
             and
             Allegiance
             ,
             also
             the
             late
             
             Protestation
             ,
             and
             consider
             what
             duty
             lyes
             upon
             every
             subject
             by
             the
             former
             to
             defend
             the
             Kings
             person
             and
             Right
             against
             what
             Power
             soever
             ,
             and
             how
             by
             the
             latter
             he
             hath
             protested
             and
             undertaken
             before
             Almighty
             God
             in
             the
             first
             place
             to
             defend
             the
             same
             ;
             and
             then
             what
             can
             Conscience
             conclude
             from
             the
             Premises
             ?
             that
             the
             Prince
             hath
             his
             Power
             for
             the
             good
             of
             his
             people
             ?
             true
             ,
             but
             that
             Power
             cannot
             be
             prevalent
             for
             the
             good
             and
             protection
             of
             his
             people
             unlesse
             it
             be
             preferved
             to
             him
             intire
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             hath
             the
             Power
             of
             Deniall
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             command
             of
             Arms
             ;
             or
             that
             the
             Prince
             hath
             a
             limited
             Power
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             established
             ?
             true
             ,
             but
             if
             Conscience
             be
             perswaded
             he
             does
             not
             hold
             himselfe
             within
             those
             bounds
             so
             fixed
             ,
             can
             it
             be
             perswaded
             also
             that
             the
             people
             may
             reassume
             that
             Power
             they
             never
             had
             ?
             or
             take
             that
             sword
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             that
             God
             hath
             put
             into
             it
             ?
             No
             ,
             Conscience
             will
             look
             at
             that
             Power
             as
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             abuse
             of
             that
             Power
             as
             a
             judgement
             and
             scourge
             of
             God
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             will
             use
             not
             Arms
             to
             resist
             the
             Ordinance
             under
             pretence
             of
             resisting
             the
             abuse
             ,
             but
             cryes
             and
             prayers
             to
             God
             ,
             petitions
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             denialls
             of
             obedience
             to
             his
             unjust
             commands
             ,
             denialls
             of
             subsides
             ,
             aids
             ,
             and
             all
             faire
             means
             that
             are
             fit
             for
             Subjects
             to
             use
             ,
             and
             when
             done
             all
             ,
             if
             not
             succeed
             ,
             will
             rather
             suffer
             then
             resist
             :
             so
             would
             a
             truly
             informed
             Conscience
             resolve
             ,
             were
             the
             Prince
             indeed
             what
             he
             is
             supposed
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             did
             he
             do
             indeed
             as
             the
             people
             are
             made
             to
             fear
             and
             believe
             he
             will
             do
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             we
             have
             been
             in
             the
             examination
             of
             the
             Principle
             upon
             which
             they
             go
             that
             plead
             for
             resistence
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             found
             both
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             
             speak
             plainly
             against
             the
             resisting
             even
             of
             abused
             Powers
             ,
             professed
             enemies
             to
             Religion
             ,
             actuall
             subverters
             of
             the
             Peoples
             Liberties
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             against
             the
             resisting
             of
             a
             Prince
             that
             professeth
             the
             same
             Religion
             which
             we
             freely
             enjoy
             ,
             promiseth
             the
             maintaining
             of
             that
             and
             our
             Liberties
             ,
             onely
             upon
             a
             supposall
             He
             will
             not
             stand
             to
             His
             word
             ,
             will
             overthrow
             all
             .
          
           
             This
             however
             it
             may
             seem
             lesse
             reasonable
             to
             the
             Statist
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Policie
             ,
             permitting
             as
             little
             as
             he
             can
             to
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             or
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             State
             ;
             yet
             ought
             it
             to
             satisfie
             a
             Christian
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             which
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             a
             desire
             of
             being
             safe
             ,
             will
             not
             rest
             till
             it
             have
             a
             sure
             ground
             ,
             which
             here
             it
             hath
             against
             resistence
             laid
             downe
             by
             Scripture
             and
             Reasons
             even
             the
             Apostles
             reasons
             so
             powerfull
             against
             resistence
             .
          
           
             The
             summe
             of
             all
             is
             this
             ;
             Conscience
             hears
             the
             Apostle
             expressely
             forbid
             all
             under
             the
             higher
             Power
             to
             resist
             ,
             finds
             no
             other
             clear
             Scripture
             to
             limit
             it
             ,
             finds
             that
             the
             limitations
             given
             will
             not
             consist
             with
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             reasons
             of
             them
             (
             that
             are
             drawn
             from
             the
             election
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             the
             Covenant
             supposed
             therein
             ,
             from
             the
             necessity
             of
             means
             of
             safety
             in
             every
             State
             to
             provide
             for
             it self
             )
             were
             as
             strong
             in
             the
             Romane
             State
             as
             any
             ;
             nay
             ,
             are
             supposed
             by
             those
             that
             urge
             them
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             fundamentals
             of
             every
             State
             ;
             and
             so
             resistence
             is
             forbidden
             as
             well
             here
             ,
             as
             there
             in
             the
             Romane
             State
             ,
             which
             is
             also
             cleared
             by
             the
             Apostles
             reasons
             ,
             shewing
             the
             Power
             of
             resistence
             cannot
             be
             the
             meane
             of
             safety
             ,
             but
             strikes
             at
             Order
             and
             Power
             it self
             ,
             though
             made
             
             against
             tyrannicall
             and
             abused
             Powers
             ,
             as
             before
             often
             insinuated
             .
             Therefore
             Conscience
             will
             not
             dare
             to
             go
             against
             the
             Apostles
             expresse
             prohibition
             ,
             lest
             it
             fall
             into
             the
             judgement
             denounced
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             there
             shall
             be
             any
             Conscience
             as
             strongly
             carried
             away
             with
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             the
             Papists
             are
             with
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             thinking
             Religion
             may
             be
             defended
             any
             way
             ,
             &
             that
             upon
             supposall
             that
             their
             Prince
             is
             minded
             to
             change
             it
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             another
             humour
             of
             Popery
             )
             will
             not
             be
             perswaded
             that
             the
             resistence
             made
             upon
             the
             present
             supposall
             is
             unlawfull
             ,
             against
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             reason
             ;
             I
             am
             sure
             such
             a
             Conscience
             cannot
             be
             truly
             perswaded
             it
             is
             lawfull
             ,
             but
             must
             want
             that
             clear
             ground
             it
             ought
             to
             have
             ,
             especially
             in
             a
             matter
             so
             expresly
             against
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             and
             of
             such
             high
             concernment
             as
             damnation
             ;
             must
             needs
             runne
             blindly
             ,
             and
             headlong
             by
             a
             strange
             implicit
             Faith
             upon
             so
             great
             a
             hazard
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             VI
             .
          
           
             NOw
             we
             come
             to
             the
             Application
             of
             their
             principle
             to
             the
             present
             ,
             where
             we
             must
             enquire
             according
             to
             the
             second
             and
             third
             Generalls
             ,
             whether
             the
             resistence
             now
             made
             be
             such
             as
             is
             pretended
             to
             by
             them
             in
             such
             a
             case
             as
             they
             supposed
             ,
             and
             then
             whether
             Conscience
             can
             be
             truely
             perswaded
             the
             King
             is
             such
             and
             so
             minded
             as
             in
             the
             case
             He
             is
             supposed
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             The
             chief
             considerations
             of
             these
             two
             Generalls
             ,
             are
             matters
             of
             fact
             ;
             The
             principle
             was
             examined
             by
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             ,
             these
             admit
             the
             Judgement
             of
             sense
             ,
             and
             are
             cleared
             by
             what
             we
             heare
             and
             see
             ;
             
             
             
             which
             Judgement
             of
             sense
             is
             not
             so
             easily
             captivated
             by
             an
             implicit
             Faith
             as
             that
             of
             Reason
             is
             ;
             insomuch
             as
             Conscience
             here
             cannot
             be
             so
             blinded
             but
             it
             may
             see
             ,
             that
             (
             were
             the
             principall
             good
             on
             which
             they
             rest
             ,
             yet
             )
             this
             resistence
             which
             they
             make
             ,
             is
             not
             such
             as
             they
             pretend
             to
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             King
             ,
             whom
             they
             resist
             ;
             is
             not
             such
             as
             in
             the
             case
             they
             supposed
             him
             to
             be
             ,
             not
             such
             as
             ought
             to
             be
             resisted
             according
             to
             their
             own
             grants
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             generall
             was
             ,
             That
             the
             Resistence
             now
             made
             is
             not
             such
             as
             is
             pretended
             to
             by
             them
             that
             plead
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Conscience
             cannot
             be
             truly
             perswaded
             it
             may
             lawfully
             bear
             part
             in
             it
             ,
             or
             assist
             them
             that
             in
             the
             pursuit
             of
             it
             pretend
             one
             thing
             and
             do
             another
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             premised
             at
             the
             beginning
             that
             such
             a
             resistence
             should
             be
             
               omnibus
               ordinibus
               regni
               consentientibus
               ;
            
             agreed
             upon
             and
             undertaken
             by
             the
             generall
             and
             unanimous
             consent
             of
             the
             whole
             State
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             should
             be
             onely
             
               Legitima
               defensio
               ,
            
             a
             meer
             defensive
             resistence
             ;
             and
             these
             laid
             down
             ,
             not
             that
             I
             admit
             resistence
             however
             conditioned
             (
             for
             all
             that
             I
             have
             said
             before
             doth
             altogether
             condemn
             it
             )
             but
             according
             to
             their
             own
             grants
             that
             plead
             for
             it
             :
             To
             this
             purpose
             it
             is
             that
             they
             say
             the
             King
             is
             
               Vniversis
               minor
               ,
            
             lesse
             then
             the
             whole
             State
             ,
             and
             every body
             naturally
             defends
             it self
             .
             Therefore
             if
             a
             contention
             be
             between
             the
             Plead
             and
             the
             Body
             ,
             it
             must
             in
             all
             reason
             be
             the
             whole
             Body
             that
             is
             set
             against
             it
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             be
             such
             an
             appearing
             against
             the
             supreme
             Power
             ,
             as
             tends
             to
             resistence
             ,
             the
             consent
             and
             judgement
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             must
             be
             against
             him
             ,
             or
             else
             every
             prevailing
             faction
             might
             indanger
             the
             
             State
             by
             causing
             such
             changes
             and
             evils
             as
             now
             it
             's
             threatned
             with
             :
             This
             is
             the
             reason
             of
             this
             unreasonable
             power
             of
             resistence
             in
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             Well
             then
             how
             shall
             Conscience
             he
             perswaded
             that
             this
             resistence
             was
             agreed
             upon
             by
             an
             unanimous
             and
             free
             consent
             of
             the
             States
             assembled
             in
             the
             two
             Houses
             ,
             such
             as
             in
             this
             case
             may
             be
             called
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             ?
          
           
             He
             that
             knows
             how
             the
             
               Militia
            
             (
             in
             which
             this
             resistence
             chiefly
             began
             )
             was
             brought
             in
             ,
             with
             what
             opposition
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             Lords
             house
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             number
             there
             at
             length
             was
             voted
             ;
             also
             how
             the
             like
             proceedings
             of
             resistence
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             voted
             since
             ,
             are
             declared
             against
             ;
             by
             a
             greater
             number
             of
             each
             House
             then
             do
             remain
             in
             either
             ,
             such
             as
             have
             been
             cast
             out
             or
             withdrawn
             themselves
             upon
             dislike
             of
             these
             proceedings
             :
             can
             he
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             knows
             this
             (
             and
             who
             knows
             it
             not
             ,
             that
             hath
             eyes
             and
             eares
             ?
             )
             be
             in
             Conscience
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             such
             an
             unanimous
             ,
             free
             ,
             and
             generall
             consent
             ,
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             ?
          
           
             For
             though
             a
             Vote
             passed
             by
             a
             few
             upon
             the
             place
             ha's
             the
             power
             and
             condition
             of
             a
             Vote
             for
             the
             formality
             of
             Law
             ,
             yet
             ,
             if
             the
             question
             be
             ,
             Was
             this
             passed
             in
             full
             assemblies
             ;
             Was
             it
             freely
             and
             generally
             carried
             ;
             Did
             they
             all
             unanimously
             
               as
               one
               man
            
             consent
             unto
             it
             ?
             Conscience
             cannot
             be
             convinced
             there
             is
             such
             efficacy
             in
             the
             place
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             a
             few
             ,
             the
             whole
             ;
             or
             their
             agreement
             to
             be
             that
             judgement
             :
             of
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             ,
             that
             unanimous
             consent
             ,
             which
             must
             be
             in
             the
             case
             of
             resistence
             ,
             by
             their
             acknowledgement
             that
             plead
             for
             it
             .
             For
             were
             it
             in
             this
             case
             to
             be
             held
             for
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             
             which
             is
             passed
             by
             a
             few
             ,
             then
             would
             the
             State
             be
             unreasonably
             exposed
             to
             that
             danger
             (
             above
             mentioned
             )
             which
             every
             prevailing
             faction
             might
             bring
             upon
             it
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             is
             Conscience
             cannot
             be
             truely
             perswaded
             that
             this
             resistence
             is
             agreed
             upon
             with
             such
             a
             generall
             and
             unanimous
             consent
             ,
             as
             they
             themselves
             pretend
             to
             ,
             which
             pleade
             for
             this
             resistence
             ,
             so
             can
             it
             not
             be
             truely
             perswaded
             that
             this
             resistence
             is
             such
             for
             the
             meer
             defensive
             way
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             according
             to
             their
             grants
             and
             pretences
             that
             appear
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Conscience
             here
             will
             see
             how
             to
             resolve
             ,
             upon
             the
             triall
             of
             these
             two
             particulars
             ,
             Whether
             the
             King
             or
             they
             be
             upon
             the
             defensive
             part
             ?
             then
             ,
             Whether
             the
             managing
             of
             this
             warre
             or
             resistence
             on
             their
             parts
             ,
             be
             so
             void
             of
             hostile
             acts
             ,
             as
             the
             defensive
             way
             ,
             which
             they
             pretend
             to
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             ?
          
           
             Conscience
             will
             discern
             whether
             part
             is
             upon
             the
             defensive
             ,
             by
             inquiring
             ,
             First
             ,
             Who
             were
             first
             in
             Arms
             ?
             He
             that
             can
             number
             the
             succession
             of
             weeks
             and
             moneths
             in
             his
             Almanack
             may
             decide
             this
             .
             He
             shall
             find
             that
             armed
             men
             were
             thrust
             into
             Hull
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Arms
             seized
             against
             his
             will
             ,
             the
             
               Militia
            
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             drawn
             into
             Arms
             before
             the
             King
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             oppose
             but
             Proclamations
             :
             that
             subscriptions
             for
             Plate
             ,
             Money
             ,
             Horse
             ;
             that
             listing
             of
             souldiers
             for
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             appointing
             of
             Officer
             of
             the
             Army
             were
             begun
             upon
             their
             part
             ,
             before
             His
             Majesty
             did
             the
             like
             .
             Now
             resistence
             doth
             in
             the
             word
             it self
             and
             in
             their
             pretence
             presuppose
             a
             power
             and
             force
             first
             made
             against
             
             them
             ,
             where
             as
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             they
             were
             still
             upon
             the
             preventing
             and
             forehand
             with
             the
             Kin●
             ,
             still
             shewed
             him
             example
             for
             what
             he
             has
             done
             since
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Warre
             :
             yet
             must
             the
             people
             believe
             he
             raises
             the
             Warre
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             upon
             defence
             ;
             But
             Conscience
             will
             not
             be
             so
             forced
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             by
             inquiring
             what
             is
             the
             c●●se
             of
             these
             Arms
             ?
             What
             do
             they
             contend
             for
             ?
             And
             though
             it
             be
             clear
             ,
             that
             if
             Subjects
             be
             first
             in
             A●●s
             they
             cannot
             be
             upon
             the
             defensive
             ,
             yet
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             cause
             will
             more
             apparantly
             convince
             it
             ,
             when
             Conscience
             shall
             see
             it
             is
             not
             for
             what
             is
             pretended
             ,
             but
             for
             something
             the
             King
             ha's
             right
             to
             deny
             ,
             that
             this
             resistence
             is
             made
             .
             The
             preservation
             of
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             is
             pretended
             ,
             but
             can
             it
             be
             for
             either
             ?
             The
             King
             denyes
             them
             not
             :
             Their
             Religon
             they
             freely
             enjoy
             ;
             and
             was
             it
             ever
             known
             that
             Subjects
             should
             rise
             in
             Arms
             against
             their
             Prince
             for
             a
             Religion
             which
             he
             promiseth
             to
             maintain
             ?
             Or
             does
             Religion
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             a
             defense
             ,
             which
             it self
             condemnes
             ,
             a
             defence
             which
             would
             be
             a
             perpetuall
             scandall
             to
             it
             ?
             If
             therefore
             Religion
             be
             the
             pretence
             ,
             but
             no
             cause
             of
             Warre
             ,
             then
             is
             the
             Warre
             raised
             on
             their
             part
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             upon
             the
             defensive
             .
             Or
             can
             it
             be
             for
             antient
             Rights
             and
             undoubted
             Priviledges
             that
             they
             contend
             ?
             The
             King
             denyes
             them
             not
             ,
             promiseth
             all
             security
             so
             he
             may
             enjoy
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             God
             forbid
             that
             either
             He
             or
             they
             should
             suffer
             in
             their
             just
             Rights
             .
             But
             would
             any
             man
             ever
             have
             defended
             the
             revolt
             of
             the
             ten
             Tribes
             ,
             if
             Rehoboam
             had
             promised
             to
             conserve
             their
             Liberties
             ?
             What
             shall
             we
             then
             think
             of
             this
             geneall
             Revolt
             from
             Allegiance
             that
             ha's
             possessed
             well-near
             ten
             Tribes
             of
             twelve
             ?
             
             They
             suppose
             he
             will
             not
             make
             good
             his
             promises
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             will
             make
             all
             sure
             ,
             seize
             his
             Arms
             and
             Forts
             ,
             strip
             him
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             if
             begin
             to
             stirre
             for
             his
             own
             Right
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             then
             the
             people
             must
             be
             made
             to
             believe
             he
             makes
             warre
             against
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             intends
             to
             destroy
             their
             Liberties
             .
             But
             can
             any
             man
             in
             Conscience
             think
             his
             Majesty
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             breach
             was
             ever
             in
             such
             a
             Condition
             of
             strength
             as
             might
             threaten
             the
             Libertie
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             or
             destroy
             Parliaments
             ,
             when
             as
             it
             was
             long
             ere
             he
             could
             with
             much
             ado
             attain
             to
             any
             reasonable
             means
             of
             subsistence
             ,
             or
             to
             such
             a
             strength
             whereby
             he
             might
             seem
             to
             be
             able
             to
             defend
             himself
             ?
          
           
             To
             speak
             the
             truth
             ,
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             can
             be
             no
             other
             then
             the
             pretences
             of
             this
             Warre
             ,
             the
             King
             ha's
             fortified
             them
             so
             with
             many
             Acts
             of
             Grace
             passed
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             be
             in
             that
             danger
             which
             is
             pretended
             for
             the
             raising
             of
             this
             Warr
             .
             It
             must
             be
             something
             that
             his
             Majesty
             does
             indeed
             deny
             for
             which
             the
             contention
             is
             raised
             :
             That
             we
             shall
             find
             to
             be
             His
             Power
             of
             Arms
             ,
             and
             ordering
             the
             
               Militia
            
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             His
             Power
             of
             denying
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             His
             disposing
             of
             the
             offices
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ;
             Also
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             the
             Revenue
             of
             it
             .
             In
             the
             three
             former
             he
             challenges
             his
             right
             ,
             as
             his
             Predecessours
             had
             ;
             the
             other
             he
             is
             bound
             by
             Oath
             to
             maintaine
             as
             by
             Law
             they
             are
             established
             .
             Well
             ,
             if
             these
             be
             attempted
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesty
             will
             not
             be
             forced
             from
             them
             ,
             cannot
             yeild
             them
             up
             ,
             but
             it
             comes
             to
             Arms
             ,
             then
             will
             Conscience
             easily
             be
             convinced
             the
             King
             is
             upon
             the
             defensive
             ,
             for
             the
             maintaining
             of
             what
             he
             justly
             
             holds
             his
             right
             ,
             or
             is
             bound
             by
             Oath
             to
             defend
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             we
             hearken
             to
             the
             peoples
             voice
             ,
             for
             that
             commonly
             speaks
             the
             mind
             of
             their
             leaders
             ,
             we
             shall
             hear
             them
             usually
             call
             this
             Warre
             as
             they
             did
             that
             with
             the
             Scots
             ,
             The
             Bishops
             Warre
             .
             His
             Majesty
             has
             indeed
             alwayes
             declared
             against
             the
             altering
             of
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             by
             Bishops
             ,
             being
             such
             as
             it
             alwayes
             had
             since
             the
             first
             receiving
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             in
             this
             land
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             other
             Governments
             simply
             the
             best
             ,
             if
             reformed
             from
             abuses
             and
             corruptions
             that
             have
             grown
             upon
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             purging
             out
             of
             which
             His
             Majesty
             is
             alwayes
             ready
             to
             agree
             .
             But
             be
             it
             the
             Bishops
             Warre
             (
             though
             the
             abolishing
             of
             that
             Government
             be
             but
             one
             of
             the
             many
             inconveniences
             which
             this
             Power
             of
             resistence
             doth
             threaten
             this
             Land
             with
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             King
             has
             reason
             by
             Power
             of
             Arms
             to
             divert
             )
             whether
             is
             it
             so
             just
             in
             Subjects
             by
             Arms
             to
             force
             a
             change
             of
             Government
             which
             was
             alwayes
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             by
             Law
             established
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             King
             to
             defend
             the
             same
             as
             he
             is
             bound
             by
             Oath
             ?
             it
             is
             clear
             which
             of
             the
             two
             are
             upon
             the
             defensive
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             particular
             by
             which
             the
             defensive
             way
             of
             this
             resistance
             is
             to
             be
             examined
             ,
             was
             the
             managing
             of
             this
             Warre
             on
             their
             parts
             ,
             whether
             so
             void
             of
             acts
             of
             Hostility
             as
             that
             defensive
             way
             should
             be
             which
             they
             pretend
             to
             .
             Davids
             resistence
             made
             against
             .
             Saul
             is
             frequently
             alledged
             by
             them
             ,
             which
             example
             ,
             though
             it
             will
             not
             countenance
             their
             cause
             (
             as
             was
             shewed
             before
             )
             yet
             might
             it
             tell
             them
             their
             demeanor
             should
             be
             answerable
             .
             He
             offered
             no
             act
             of
             violence
             to
             Saul
             ,
             but
             still
             gave
             place
             and
             withdrew
             from
             him
             :
             the
             Spear
             indeed
             and
             the
             Cruse
             
             David
             tooke
             away
             from
             the
             Kings
             head
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             onely
             to
             shew
             Abners
             neglect
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             Command
             of
             Sauls
             Militia
             ,
             and
             to
             testifie
             his
             own
             integrity
             ,
             therefore
             he
             restored
             them
             before
             they
             were
             demanded
             ,
             1
             Sam
             26.
             
          
           
             But
             now
             the
             Kings
             Spear
             and
             his
             Cruse
             ,
             his
             Ammunition
             ,
             and
             His
             necessary
             Provisions
             are
             taken
             away
             ,
             intercepted
             ,
             not
             restored
             ,
             though
             often
             demanded
             ,
             used
             against
             Him
             with
             all
             advantage
             ;
             nay
             he
             is
             stript
             of
             the
             very
             Power
             and
             Command
             of
             Arms
             ,
             His
             Officers
             and
             Ministers
             thrust
             out
             ,
             and
             other
             substituted
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             His
             People
             drawn
             into
             Arms
             against
             Him
             .
          
           
             Also
             by
             these
             that
             are
             in
             resistence
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             His
             Loyall
             and
             Peaceable
             Subjects
             are
             assaulted
             ,
             despoiled
             of
             their
             Arms
             ,
             Goods
             ,
             Estates
             ;
             their
             Persons
             Imprisoned
             ,
             because
             they
             would
             according
             to
             their
             Allegiance
             assist
             Him
             in
             this
             extremity
             ,
             or
             would
             not
             ,
             contrary
             to
             their
             Conscience
             ,
             joyn
             with
             them
             against
             Him
             .
             What
             Conscience
             that
             will
             not
             follow
             this
             way
             with
             a
             stupid
             implicit
             faith
             can
             be
             perswaded
             that
             this
             Warre
             is
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             Subjects
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             an
             oppugnation
             of
             them
             ?
             or
             that
             it
             is
             a
             meer
             resistence
             or
             withstanding
             of
             a
             force
             first
             made
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             a
             violent
             illation
             or
             bringing
             in
             of
             force
             upon
             those
             that
             were
             disposed
             to
             Peace
             .
             Therefore
             no
             Conscience
             that
             ha's
             a
             sense
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             of
             that
             which
             is
             just
             and
             right
             between
             Man
             and
             Man
             ,
             can
             beare
             a
             part
             in
             this
             resistence
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             that
             sentence
             of
             damnation
             which
             the
             Apostle
             ha's
             laid
             upon
             it
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             VII
             .
          
           
             BUt
             in
             the
             last
             place
             ,
             if
             Conscience
             could
             be
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             lawfull
             upon
             such
             a
             case
             ,
             as
             they
             make
             ,
             to
             take
             Arms
             and
             resist
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             rising
             in
             Arms
             is
             such
             a
             defensive
             resistence
             ,
             as
             in
             such
             a
             case
             they
             seem
             to
             pretend
             to
             ,
             yet
             how
             will
             it
             be
             perswaded
             that
             the
             Case
             is
             now
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             is
             such
             as
             the
             people
             must
             be
             made
             to
             believe
             he
             is
             ,
             unles
             it
             will
             as
             desperately
             offend
             against
             the
             rule
             of
             Charitie
             ,
             in
             so
             concluding
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             it
             does
             against
             the
             rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Perswasion
             ,
             in
             admitting
             so
             uugrounded
             a
             principle
             as
             is
             now
             rested
             on
             for
             resistence
             :
             so
             that
             such
             a
             Conscience
             shall
             have
             in
             its
             perswasion
             neither
             certainty
             of
             Rule
             ;
             for
             the
             principle
             it
             goes
             on
             is
             false
             ;
             nor
             certainty
             of
             the
             Case
             ,
             for
             it
             knows
             not
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             conclude
             for
             resistence
             upon
             supposals
             of
             his
             intentions
             ,
             and
             in
             its
             judgement
             it
             will
             be
             altogether
             void
             of
             Charitie
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             it
             concerns
             all
             such
             as
             will
             resist
             upon
             the
             principles
             now
             taught
             to
             render
             their
             Prince
             odious
             to
             his
             people
             under
             the
             hatefull
             notions
             of
             Tyrant
             ,
             Subverter
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Laws
             ,
             a
             Person
             not
             to
             be
             trusted
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             as
             one
             seduced
             to
             such
             evil
             designes
             ,
             by
             wicked
             Counsel
             .
             But
             what
             ?
             Hath
             this
             King
             forbid
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             Religion
             established
             or
             left
             off
             to
             professe
             it
             himselfe
             ?
             hath
             he
             disclaimed
             his
             trust
             ,
             or
             not
             upon
             all
             occasions
             promised
             justice
             and
             libertie
             to
             his
             Subjects
             ?
          
           
             Yea
             !
             but
             they
             have
             cause
             to
             fear
             Popery
             will
             prevail
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             will
             not
             stand
             to
             his
             promises
             .
             It
             seems
             thy
             are
             men
             that
             would
             be
             loath
             to
             suffer
             for
             their
             Religion
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             ready
             to
             fly
             to
             Arms
             
             to
             secure
             themselves
             ;
             But
             shall
             subjects
             rise
             in
             Arms
             against
             their
             Prince
             upon
             such
             remote
             fears
             and
             jealousies
             as
             these
             will
             appear
             to
             be
             ?
             When
             can
             such
             be
             wanting
             in
             turbulent
             minds
             ?
             When
             shall
             the
             Prince
             be
             assured
             of
             safety
             ?
             This
             was
             the
             way
             that
             David
             himself
             was
             shaken
             out
             of
             his
             Throne
             ,
             and
             driven
             from
             Jerusalem
             by
             Absolom
             :
             This
             cunning
             Rebell
             steals
             away
             their
             hearts
             by
             raysing
             jealousies
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             an
             evill
             opinion
             of
             Davids
             government
             ,
             2.
             Sam.
             15.
             3.
             
             Some
             ground
             it
             seems
             ,
             he
             had
             for
             his
             treacherous
             plea
             ,
             through
             the
             negligence
             of
             those
             that
             were
             under
             David
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             his
             villanie
             to
             make
             use
             of
             it
             to
             the
             alienating
             of
             the
             People
             from
             their
             King
             .
             Accordingly
             let
             us
             now
             consider
             what
             slender
             grounds
             our
             People
             have
             for
             their
             fears
             and
             jealousies
             ,
             then
             what
             security
             they
             have
             and
             mightt
             have
             against
             them
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             how
             causelesse
             those
             jealousies
             are
             in
             themselves
             ,
             how
             unjust
             causes
             of
             this
             resistence
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             examine
             the
             fears
             and
             jealousies
             that
             have
             possessed
             the
             People
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             them
             to
             be
             raised
             upon
             these
             or
             the
             like
             grounds
             .
             Reports
             of
             Forraign
             Power
             to
             be
             brought
             in
             ,
             The
             Queens
             Religion
             ,
             The
             resort
             of
             Papists
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             His
             intercepting
             of
             means
             sent
             for
             the
             reliefe
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             from
             whence
             the
             People
             by
             their
             good
             teachers
             are
             made
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             He
             means
             to
             enslave
             this
             People
             ,
             re-establish
             Popery
             ,
             and
             does
             comply
             with
             the
             Rebels
             .
          
           
             In
             answer
             to
             all
             ,
             which
             I
             needed
             not
             to
             say
             more
             then
             what
             Michael
             the
             Arch-Angell
             to
             the
             Devill
             that
             arch-accuser
             ;
             
               The
               Lord
               rebuke
               thee
               ,
            
             Jude
             9.
             but
             in
             particular
             ;
             For
             such
             reports
             of
             invasion
             from
             
             abroad
             ,
             as
             were
             ,
             before
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             the
             
               Militia
               ,
            
             given
             out
             to
             keep
             the
             people
             amused
             ,
             the
             easier
             to
             draw
             them
             into
             a
             Posture
             of
             Defence
             as
             was
             pretended
             ,
             all
             such
             are
             discovered
             by
             time
             to
             have
             been
             vain
             ;
             if
             there
             be
             now
             any
             forraign
             ayd
             ,
             towards
             the
             King
             (
             as
             all
             Christian
             Kings
             cannot
             but
             think
             themselves
             concerned
             in
             the
             cause
             )
             it
             will
             be
             as
             just
             for
             him
             to
             use
             them
             against
             subjects
             now
             in
             Arms
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             unjust
             in
             the
             Barons
             to
             call
             in
             the
             French
             against
             their
             naturall
             King
             .
             
          
           
             For
             the
             Queens
             Majesty
             ;
             Her
             Religion
             is
             no
             new
             cause
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             a
             sufficient
             cause
             of
             Jealousie
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             have
             had
             it
             from
             her
             first
             entrance
             ;
             I
             would
             to
             God
             it
             were
             otherwise
             with
             her
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             please
             the
             Lord
             to
             open
             her
             eyes
             that
             she
             may
             see
             the
             truth
             and
             light
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             :
             onely
             this
             I
             must
             say
             ,
             this
             is
             not
             the
             way
             to
             draw
             her
             to
             it
             ,
             if
             she
             look
             at
             it
             in
             the
             doctrines
             and
             practises
             of
             these
             times
             she
             is
             not
             like
             to
             fall
             in
             love
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             resort
             of
             Papists
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             entertaining
             them
             ;
             He
             hath
             often
             declared
             what
             caution
             he
             desired
             to
             use
             therein
             ,
             till
             necessitie
             hath
             driven
             him
             to
             admit
             of
             some
             few
             into
             his
             Army
             ,
             which
             also
             he
             answered
             lately
             .
             Let
             me
             adde
             this
             concerning
             the
             justnesse
             of
             it
             ,
             If
             he
             hath
             entertained
             any
             into
             this
             service
             ,
             he
             may
             justly
             make
             use
             of
             them
             .
             We
             see
             what
             manner
             of
             men
             were
             gathered
             to
             David
             in
             his
             distresse
             ,
             1.
             Sam.
             22.
             2.
             and
             how
             false
             Ziba
             bringing
             provision
             to
             the
             King
             when
             he
             fled
             from
             Absolom
             ,
             was
             entertained
             and
             rewarded
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             the
             King
             (
             when
             afterward
             he
             knew
             how
             Ziba
             had
             abused
             him
             to
             gain
             his
             own
             ends
             )
             would
             not
             reverse
             the
             sentence
             pronounced
             in
             his
             favour
             ;
             If
             
             therefore
             in
             this
             distresse
             after
             much
             forbearance
             our
             King
             hath
             admitted
             the
             help
             of
             some
             Recusants
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             alledged
             as
             a
             cause
             of
             the
             resistence
             now
             made
             against
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             resistence
             was
             a
             cause
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Papist
             will
             shew
             himself
             a
             good
             subject
             ,
             it
             is
             just
             and
             reasonable
             that
             the
             King
             when
             he
             is
             put
             to
             it
             ,
             may
             admit
             of
             his
             help
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             shame
             it
             is
             for
             them
             that
             professe
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             to
             force
             him
             to
             it
             ;
             a
             scandall
             that
             would
             not
             easily
             be
             wiped
             off
             from
             our
             Religion
             ,
             were
             it
             to
             stand
             or
             fall
             ,
             by
             the
             doctrines
             of
             this
             giddie
             Age
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             His
             Majestie
             hath
             written
             enough
             for
             the
             clearing
             himselfe
             from
             those
             false
             and
             odious
             imputations
             laid
             upon
             him
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             Irish
             businesse
             .
             I
             have
             onely
             thus
             much
             to
             say
             ,
             concerning
             any
             thing
             intended
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             Ireland
             ;
             It
             was
             great
             pittie
             they
             should
             want
             it
             there
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             more
             pittifull
             ,
             the
             King
             should
             be
             forced
             to
             make
             use
             of
             it
             here
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             long
             since
             our
             neighbour
             Nation
             brought
             an
             Army
             into
             the
             Northern
             parts
             of
             this
             kingdome
             to
             the
             great
             detriment
             of
             the
             inhabitants
             there
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             excused
             by
             invincible
             necessitie
             ,
             which
             drove
             them
             hither
             .
             The
             necessitie
             his
             Majestie
             was
             driven
             to
             is
             sufficiently
             known
             ,
             and
             might
             excuse
             him
             ,
             in
             taking
             his
             own
             where
             he
             meets
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             drawing
             it
             from
             his
             service
             abroad
             to
             that
             which
             more
             nearly
             concerned
             him
             at
             home
             .
             And
             when
             his
             Arms
             ,
             Moneys
             ,
             and
             Provisions
             are
             seised
             on
             wherever
             they
             be
             found
             intended
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             imployed
             against
             him
             in
             a
             Warre
             ,
             the
             Lord
             knows
             how
             unnecessary
             ;
             shall
             it
             not
             be
             lawfull
             for
             him
             to
             take
             some
             part
             of
             them
             where
             he
             finds
             it
             for
             his
             necessary
             defence
             ?
          
           
           
             Indeed
             the
             distresse
             of
             Ireland
             by
             the
             help
             of
             wicked
             Pamphlets
             hath
             been
             used
             as
             a
             great
             engine
             to
             weaken
             the
             Kings
             reputation
             with
             his
             people
             ;
             but
             upon
             whose
             account
             the
             heavie
             reckoning
             of
             that
             neglected
             Cause
             will
             be
             laid
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             disturbance
             of
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             any
             man
             in
             Conscience
             may
             easily
             discern
             ,
             that
             sees
             what
             sufficient
             and
             reasonable
             means
             might
             have
             been
             had
             for
             the
             security
             of
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             redresse
             of
             all
             just
             greivances
             before
             this
             time
             .
             Which
             is
             the
             next
             thing
             considerable
             :
             What
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             done
             and
             profered
             to
             exempt
             these
             scruples
             of
             fears
             and
             jealousies
             out
             of
             his
             peoples
             minds
          
           
             For
             Religion
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             a
             new
             Frame
             they
             contend
             for
             ,
             I
             must
             acknowledge
             he
             declares
             against
             all
             such
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             desire
             the
             continuance
             of
             that
             true
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             professed
             without
             interruption
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Queens
             dayes
             ,
             and
             established
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             that
             he
             undertakes
             to
             maintain
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             protested
             in
             the
             head
             of
             his
             Army
             to
             defend
             .
             For
             matter
             of
             Church-government
             and
             discipline
             he
             hath
             offered
             any
             just
             reformation
             ,
             even
             with
             a
             respect
             to
             tender
             consciences
             in
             point
             of
             Ceremony
             ,
             hath
             often
             called
             his
             two
             Houses
             to
             the
             work
             in
             drawing
             up
             the
             grievances
             to
             some
             head
             .
             For
             priviledges
             of
             Parliaments
             and
             libertie
             of
             Subjects
             he
             hath
             given
             them
             the
             like
             promises
             with
             the
             deepest
             Protestations
             ;
             and
             by
             an
             excellent
             moderation
             ,
             amidst
             the
             pressures
             and
             necessities
             of
             Warre
             ,
             hath
             shown
             what
             respect
             he
             hath
             to
             the
             property
             and
             libertie
             of
             the
             Subject
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             For
             his
             choyse
             of
             Officers
             of
             State
             ,
             he
             hath
             promised
             to
             admit
             any
             just
             exception
             ,
             and
             
             thereupon
             to
             relinquish
             the
             person
             ;
             and
             as
             an
             assurance
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             hath
             so
             farre
             condescended
             as
             to
             take
             away
             Starre-chamber
             ,
             High-commission
             ,
             Bishops
             votes
             ,
             &c.
             and
             to
             grant
             the
             Continuance
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             constant
             return
             of
             a
             Trieniall
             ;
             And
             now
             after
             all
             these
             promises
             and
             protestations
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             reall
             expressions
             of
             Grace
             ,
             can
             any
             man
             in
             conscience
             think
             there
             was
             yet
             place
             left
             for
             Propositions
             of
             such
             necessary
             concernment
             ,
             that
             except
             they
             be
             granted
             this
             Kingdome
             must
             be
             imbroyled
             in
             a
             Civill
             warre
             ,
             and
             the
             releif
             of
             Ireland
             neglected
             ?
             I
             speak
             not
             this
             to
             cast
             any
             blemish
             upon
             the
             wisdome
             of
             the
             great
             Councel
             ,
             or
             upon
             their
             desires
             and
             endeavors
             to
             gain
             a
             greater
             security
             to
             the
             Publick
             :
             but
             I
             would
             to
             God
             ,
             the
             King
             were
             once
             thought
             worthy
             to
             be
             trusted
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Consciences
             of
             his
             Subjects
             were
             more
             respected
             ,
             which
             cannot
             so
             easily
             be
             commanded
             into
             a
             resistence
             ,
             being
             very
             tender
             in
             the
             points
             of
             damnation
             ,
             and
             taught
             out
             of
             Gods
             Word
             not
             to
             raise
             so
             much
             as
             an
             evil
             thought
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             much
             lesse
             to
             lift
             up
             an
             armed
             hand
             .
             
          
           
             Every
             mans
             Conscience
             now
             is
             solicited
             to
             adhere
             either
             to
             the
             King
             in
             this
             great
             cause
             ,
             or
             to
             joyn
             with
             Subjects
             in
             making
             resistence
             :
             To
             draw
             it
             from
             Allegiance
             ,
             tongues
             are
             set
             on
             fire
             of
             hell
             ,
             which
             blast
             his
             Majesties
             Actions
             and
             Declarations
             ;
             and
             books
             written
             by
             hellish
             spirits
             ,
             enemies
             to
             peace
             and
             quietnesse
             ,
             are
             suffered
             to
             issue
             forth
             into
             every
             corner
             of
             the
             land
             to
             possesse
             the
             people
             ,
             That
             his
             promises
             are
             but
             words
             ,
             his
             acts
             of
             Grace
             were
             forced
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             stand
             to
             them
             :
             It
             seems
             then
             he
             must
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             be
             compelled
             to
             be
             willing
             .
             But
             let
             us
             see
             
             whether
             a
             Conscience
             that
             destres
             to
             be
             safe
             can
             be
             so
             perswaded
             in
             judging
             the
             actions
             and
             intentions
             of
             him
             (
             to
             whom
             it
             owes
             the
             highest
             duty
             under
             God
             )
             as
             first
             to
             conclude
             He
             intends
             not
             as
             He
             promises
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             to
             resolve
             for
             resistence
             ?
             No
             ,
             it
             will
             direct
             it self
             by
             the
             rule
             of
             Charity
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             not
             rashly
             to
             conclude
             upon
             the
             Heart
             which
             it
             knoweth
             not
             ,
             or
             to
             think
             any
             evill
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             difference
             be
             betwixt
             two
             ,
             as
             in
             this
             cause
             ,
             it
             will
             hold
             the
             rule
             of
             indifferency
             ,
             impartially
             to
             consider
             the
             actions
             of
             both
             .
          
           
             Conscience
             therefore
             that
             it
             may
             be
             informed
             of
             His
             Majesties
             intentions
             ,
             will
             it
             look
             upon
             him
             at
             such
             a
             distance
             as
             London
             ,
             and
             reade
             him
             onely
             in
             those
             horrid
             relations
             that
             issue
             thence
             ,
             and
             conceive
             of
             Him
             as
             they
             report
             Him
             to
             the
             People
             ?
             or
             will
             it
             consider
             some
             failings
             that
             necessity
             ha's
             inforced
             ,
             or
             other
             accidentall
             occurrences
             have
             occasioned
             ,
             and
             from
             these
             conclude
             intentions
             in
             Him
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             His
             Promises
             and
             Protestations
             ?
             This
             would
             be
             too
             partiall
             ,
             too
             uncharitable
             :
             Conscience
             ought
             alwayes
             to
             be
             tender
             in
             judging
             upon
             other
             Mens
             intentions
             ,
             especially
             those
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             those
             to
             be
             concluded
             as
             evill
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             made
             a
             ground
             for
             resistence
             ,
             which
             runs
             the
             hazard
             of
             Damnation
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             2.
             Chron.
             c.
             21.
             10.
             
             Libnah
             is
             said
             to
             revolt
             from
             the
             King
             of
             Judah
             because
             he
             had
             forsaken
             the
             Lord
             ;
             a
             Text
             that
             is
             objected
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             should
             have
             been
             answered
             in
             the
             first
             part
             :
             but
             it
             is
             impertinent
             as
             all
             the
             rest
             are
             ,
             for
             it
             neither
             proves
             the
             principle
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             lawfull
             for
             the
             People
             to
             revolt
             when
             the
             King
             forsakes
             Religion
             ,
             but
             shews
             that
             such
             revolt
             is
             a
             punishment
             from
             God
             upon
             such
             
             a
             King
             ,
             though
             a
             sinne
             in
             the
             people
             :
             Nor
             doth
             it
             come
             home
             to
             the
             Case
             :
             for
             there
             the
             King
             had
             forsaken
             :
             here
             is
             onely
             supposall
             that
             he
             will
             ,
             and
             that
             groundlesse
             and
             unconscionable
             too
             .
          
           
             For
             as
             there
             was
             enough
             in
             David
             to
             clear
             those
             jealousies
             upon
             which
             that
             rebellion
             of
             the
             People
             following
             Absolom
             was
             grounded
             ,
             so
             is
             there
             on
             the
             Kings
             part
             ,
             to
             direct
             Conscience
             against
             this
             desperate
             uncharitable
             judgement
             ,
             if
             it
             look
             at
             those
             many
             Acts
             of
             Grace
             as
             new
             additions
             to
             that
             security
             ,
             by
             which
             this
             State
             ha's
             so
             long
             stood
             ,
             and
             from
             them
             conclude
             ,
             He
             would
             not
             in
             a
             faire
             way
             deny
             any
             thing
             reasonable
             :
             If
             it
             consider
             those
             many
             promises
             strengthened
             with
             the
             deepest
             Protestations
             ,
             enforced
             with
             desires
             of
             successe
             from
             God
             according
             to
             His
             just
             intentions
             ;
             and
             all
             these
             ,
             as
             proceeding
             from
             a
             King
             ,
             under
             such
             affliction
             ,
             in
             such
             danger
             ,
             after
             such
             successe
             and
             experience
             of
             Gods
             protection
             ,
             approving
             thereby
             the
             reality
             and
             sincerity
             of
             his
             heart
             :
             What
             Conscience
             can
             here
             conclude
             contrary
             intentions
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             think
             it
             blasphemeth
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ?
          
           
             Furthermore
             ,
             as
             Conscience
             will
             not
             be
             uncharitable
             when
             it
             judgeth
             upon
             the
             intentions
             of
             another
             mans
             heart
             ,
             so
             neither
             will
             it
             be
             partiall
             when
             it
             judgeth
             between
             two
             ,
             unto
             which
             of
             them
             it
             should
             incline
             :
             and
             therefore
             he
             that
             is
             abused
             to
             believe
             amisse
             of
             his
             King
             ,
             and
             solicited
             to
             enter
             this
             way
             of
             resistence
             ,
             is
             highly
             concerned
             first
             to
             consider
             ,
             Whether
             they
             also
             that
             are
             the
             main
             directors
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             he
             would
             adhere
             ,
             to
             discharge
             their
             trust
             they
             are
             called
             to
             ,
             I
             say
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             will
             resigne
             up
             his
             faith
             to
             men
             ,
             and
             receive
             their
             ,
             
             dictates
             as
             the
             immediate
             rule
             of
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             must
             consider
             whether
             all
             be
             just
             and
             honest
             that
             is
             done
             in
             that
             way
             ?
             Whether
             to
             divest
             the
             King
             of
             the
             Power
             of
             Arms
             and
             to
             use
             them
             against
             him
             ,
             be
             to
             defend
             his
             Person
             ,
             Rights
             ,
             and
             Dignity
             ?
             Whether
             the
             forcing
             of
             the
             Subjects
             property
             ,
             to
             the
             advancing
             of
             this
             resistence
             ,
             and
             the
             imprisoning
             of
             their
             persons
             for
             deniall
             ,
             be
             the
             maintaining
             of
             the
             Right
             and
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
             ?
             Whether
             the
             suffering
             of
             so
             many
             Sects
             to
             vent
             their
             Doctrines
             with
             such
             liberty
             ,
             and
             to
             commit
             unsufferable
             outrages
             upon
             the
             publike
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             such
             licentiousnesse
             ,
             be
             a
             defending
             of
             Religion
             and
             the
             established
             worship
             of
             this
             Church
             ?
             All
             these
             duties
             every
             Subject
             respectively
             is
             bound
             to
             discharge
             ,
             and
             the
             neglect
             of
             them
             his
             Majesty
             has
             chiefly
             charged
             upon
             those
             that
             he
             conceives
             the
             chief
             Directors
             and
             Actours
             in
             this
             resistance
             made
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             in
             Conscience
             ought
             seriously
             to
             consider
             it
          
           
             The
             necessity
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             is
             pretended
             to
             defend
             the
             not-defending
             of
             the
             premises
             ;
             when
             as
             no
             necessity
             may
             excuse
             any
             failings
             on
             the
             Kings
             part
             ,
             as
             if
             his
             promises
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             stands
             obliged
             to
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             did
             not
             suppose
             they
             for
             their
             parts
             also
             should
             perform
             :
             I
             know
             not
             how
             some
             particular
             men
             may
             be
             engaged
             and
             contract
             a
             necessity
             of
             resisting
             ,
             or
             seeking
             safety
             by
             Arms
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             no
             man
             in
             Conscience
             can
             think
             it
             a
             necessity
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             to
             have
             all
             confounded
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             Christian
             to
             run
             the
             hazard
             of
             damnation
             by
             resisting
             .
             My
             Conscience
             tells
             me
             ,
             and
             Qwill
             theirs
             one
             day
             tell
             them
             ,
             how
             much
             they
             have
             
             to
             answer
             for
             not
             improving
             that
             grace
             and
             willingnesse
             ,
             they
             had
             experience
             of
             in
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             might
             still
             have
             found
             in
             him
             ,
             to
             the
             speedy
             and
             happy
             Reformation
             of
             this
             Church
             and
             State
             ▪
             I
             pray
             God
             to
             give
             them
             Consciences
             truly
             inlightned
             ,
             and
             bowels
             truely
             compassionate
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             speedily
             and
             feelingly
             be
             sensible
             of
             the
             miseries
             this
             Land
             groanes
             under
             ,
             and
             faithfully
             examine
             how
             far
             they
             are
             answerable
             for
             them
             ,
             by
             rejecting
             such
             reasonable
             means
             of
             security
             ,
             as
             they
             might
             have
             〈◊〉
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             this
             State
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             if
             there
             be
             any
             one
             that
             will
             run
             the
             hazard
             of
             this
             resistence
             ,
             I
             desire
             he
             would
             first
             set
             his
             Conscience
             before
             the
             Tribunall
             of
             God
             ,
             where
             it
             must
             appear
             ,
             and
             consider
             whether
             it
             will
             excuse
             him
             there
             ,
             when
             he
             ha's
             shed
             the
             blood
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             expended
             his
             own
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             I
             verily
             supposed
             and
             believed
             my
             Prince
             would
             change
             Religion
             ,
             overthrow
             our
             Liberties
             .
             I
             must
             tell
             him
             it
             will
             not
             be
             safe
             for
             him
             to
             present
             such
             a
             Conscience
             at
             that
             Barre
             ,
             a
             Conscience
             that
             wanted
             the
             rule
             of
             Faith
             to
             warrant
             and
             perswade
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             resistence
             upon
             such
             a
             supposall
             ,
             a
             Conscience
             that
             wanted
             the
             certainty
             of
             perswasion
             that
             the
             Princes
             Heart
             (
             which
             God
             onely
             knows
             )
             was
             so
             inclined
             ,
             a
             Conscience
             that
             wanted
             the
             Judgement
             of
             Charity
             ,
             in
             concluding
             such
             intentions
             in
             the
             King
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             His
             Promises
             and
             deepest
             Protestations
             made
             in
             the
             time
             of
             His
             trouble
             ,
             without
             which
             Charity
             all
             is
             nothing
             though
             he
             layes
             down
             (
             as
             he
             thinks
             )
             his
             Life
             for
             Religion
             .
             Such
             a
             Conscience
             I
             must
             needs
             conclude
             sinfull
             ,
             and
             liable
             to
             that
             which
             the
             Apostle
             threatens
             vnto
             Resistence
             ,
             Damnation
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41219e-270
           
             1.
             Cor.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             82
             ,
          
           
             Ps.
             18.
             35.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A41219e-710
           
             Rom.
             13.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             14.
             
          
           
             2.
             Chron.
             26.
             
          
           
             K.
             Iohn
             .
          
           
             Eccles.
             10.