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           TWO
           
             Great
             Questions
          
           DETERMINED
           BY
           THE
           PRINCIPLES
           OF
           Reason
           .
           &
           Divinity
           .
        
         
           I.
           Whether
           the
           Right
           to
           Succession
           ,
           in
           Haereditary
           Kingdoms
           ,
           be
           Eternal
           and
           Unalterable
           ?
           Neg.
           
        
         
           II.
           Whether
           some
           certain
           Politick
           Reasons
           may
           not
           be
           sufficient
           Grounds
           of
           
             Divorce
             ?
             Affirm
          
           .
        
         
           
             —
             It
             was
             Enacted
             and
             Provided
             out
             of
             the
             Warrant
             of
             Ancient
             Laws
             ,
             That
             if
             any
             should
             Affirm
             ,
             That
             the
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             cannot
             Limit
             and
             Bind
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             the
          
           Succession
           
             thereof
             ,
             every
             such
             Person
             should
             be
             Guilty
             of
             High-Treason
             .
          
           Camb.
           Hist.
           of
           Qu.
           Eliz.
           Ann.
           1571
           ,
           &
           1572.
           
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           Erasm.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Janeway
          
           ,
           in
           Queens-Head-Alley
           ,
           in
           
             Pater
             =
             Noster
             =
             Row
          
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
        
         
           
             
               The
               first
               Question
               ,
               WHether
               the
               Right
               to
               SUCCESSION
               in
               Hereditary
               Kingdoms
               be
               Eternal
               and
               Unalterable
               ?
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
            
             That
             the
             Power
             and
             Authority
             which
             Princes
             ,
             or
             Supreme
             Magistrates
             have
             ,
             is
             derived
             to
             them
             from
             God
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             by
             these
             several
             wayes
             ,
             immediate
             Deputation
             ,
             Hereditary
             Succession
             ,
             and
             Election
             .
             
               page
               1
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
            
             That
             a
             Disposition
             in
             a
             Prince
             ,
             proceeding
             from
             Opinion
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             to
             both
             the
             Spiritual
             and
             Temporal
             dammage
             and
             destruction
             of
             a
             Nation
             ,
             maketh
             a
             Forfeiture
             of
             Right
             to
             Succession
             .
             
               p.
               6
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               III.
            
             That
             the
             Forfeiture
             is
             made
             to
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             ;
             that
             it
             is
             none
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             taken
             Advantage
             of
             whilst
             He
             continues
             a
             Subject
             ;
             but
             that
             a
             Prince
             once
             possest
             of
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             cannot
             be
             Deposed
             :
             that
             the
             same
             Reasons
             which
             Warrant
             to
             take
             the
             Forfeiture
             of
             Him
             whilst
             Heir
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             taken
             then
             ,
             are
             afterwards
             of
             no
             force
             against
             Him.
             
               p.
               11
            
          
           
           
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
            
             That
             Mens
             throwing
             themselves
             wholly
             on
             Providence
             ,
             for
             averting
             these
             Mischiefs
             ,
             without
             making
             use
             of
             rational
             and
             moral
             means
             to
             prevent
             them
             ,
             is
             unreasonable
             and
             absurd
             .
             
               page
               17
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Second
               Question
               ,
               WHether
               some
               certain
               Politick
               Reasons
               may
               not
               be
               alone
               sufficient
               Grounds
               of
               DIVORCE
               ?
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
            
             Of
             Marriage
             ,
             its
             Institution
             ,
             Ends
             and
             Obligation
             ,
             of
             its
             special
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             in
             the
             state
             of
             Christianity
             .
             
               p.
               19
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
            
             What
             is
             Divorce
             ?
             What
             are
             sufficient
             Reasons
             of
             Divorce
             ;
             And
             the
             Words
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             St.
             
               Mat.
               5.
               31
               ,
               32.
               
               &
            
             Chap.
             
               19.
               9.
            
             and
             elsewhere
             about
             Divorce
             ,
             only
             for
             the
             Cause
             of
             Adultery
             and
             Fornication
             ,
             considered
             and
             explained
             .
             
               p.
               23
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               III.
            
             Whether
             the
             Case
             of
             Princes
             Marriages
             be
             the
             same
             with
             private
             Mens
             ;
             and
             whether
             they
             are
             not
             sometimes
             extraordinarily
             Indulged
             and
             Dispenced
             with
             by
             God.
             
               p.
               30
            
          
        
         
           
             ERRATA
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Pag.
                   3.
                   
                   Lin.
                   15.
                   before
                
                 the
                 insert
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 
                   For
                
                 
                   Posterity
                   ,
                   
                     p.
                     5.
                     1.
                     3.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   Read
                
                 
                   Paternity
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Immediately
                   ,
                   
                     p.
                     5.
                     1.
                     16.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   Mediately
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   either
                   ,
                   
                     p.
                     27.
                     1.
                     34.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   neither
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   a
                   Vowed
                   ,
                   
                     p.
                     28.
                     1.
                     33.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   an
                   avowed
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           TWO
           Great
           Questions
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             Question
             .
             Whether
             the
             Right
             to
             Succession
             in
             Hereditary
             Kingdoms
             ,
             be
             Eternal
             and
             Unalterable
             ?
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Power
                   and
                   Authority
                   which
                   Princes
                   ,
                   or
                   Supreme
                   Magistrates
                   have
                   ,
                   is
                   derived
                   to
                   them
                   from
                   God
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   ,
                   by
                   these
                   several
                   Wayes
                   ,
                
                 Immediate
                 Deputation
                 ,
                 Hereditary
                 Succession
                 ,
                 and
                 Election
                 .
              
            
             
               BEing
               about
               to
               Discourse
               of
               a
               Point
               both
               difficult
               and
               dangerous
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               The
               Right
               of
               Succession
               to
               Supreme
               Authority
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               not
               limited
               by
               Conditions
               ,
               and
               subject
               to
               Alterations
               ?
               I
               shall
               in
               the
               following
               Dispute
               use
               such
               Caution
               in
               Arguing
               ,
               and
               that
               too
               ,
               from
               no
               worse
               Topicks
               than
               Principles
               of
               Reason
               and
               Divinity
               ,
               as
               may
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               prove
               some
               means
               of
               Satisfaction
               ,
               but
               none
               of
               Distaste
               .
               And
               because
               this
               Question
               about
               the
               Alterability
               of
               Succession
               to
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               ,
               will
               receive
               great
               Light
               from
               a
               Discussion
               of
               what
               is
               the
               Nature
               of
               that
               Right
               which
               
               Princes
               have
               to
               Succession
               ,
               and
               the
               Nature
               of
               that
               Right
               be
               Cleared
               ,
               by
               a
               Consideration
               of
               him
               who
               gives
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               what
               Ends
               ;
               I
               shall
               in
               the
               first
               place
               state
               ,
               from
               what
               Fountain
               ,
               Power
               ,
               and
               Authority
               ,
               it
               is
               Derived
               ;
               by
               what
               Ways
               ,
               and
               to
               what
               End.
               
            
             
               First
               ,
               I
               take
               it
               for
               granted
               ,
               that
               no
               man
               Naturally
               and
               
                 of
                 Himself
              
               ,
               has
               a
               Right
               Inherent
               in
               Himself
               to
               exercise
               Rule
               and
               Government
               over
               others
               ;
               and
               all
               men
               as
               to
               a
               
                 state
                 of
                 Nature
              
               to
               be
               Born
               in
               the
               same
               Degree
               of
               equality
               with
               one
               another
               ;
               but
               yet
               ,
               that
               most
               Men
               are
               Born
               in
               a
               state
               of
               Subjection
               to
               some
               other
               ,
               comes
               thus
               to
               pass
               ;
               because
               Man
               ,
               being
               at
               the
               Will
               ,
               Disposal
               ,
               and
               Command
               of
               His
               Creatour
               ,
               who
               gave
               Him
               Life
               and
               Existence
               ,
               and
               continues
               it
               to
               him
               ,
               shall
               be
               likewise
               at
               the
               Command
               of
               whomsoever
               the
               Creatour
               shall
               
                 transfer
                 a
                 Right
                 to
              
               of
               Government
               and
               Command
               ;
               and
               only
               of
               Him
               :
               So
               that
               supposing
               God
               not
               to
               have
               transfer'd
               His
               Right
               of
               Dominion
               over
               Man
               ,
               or
               any
               part
               of
               it
               to
               any
               else
               ,
               every
               Man
               is
               born
               in
               the
               same
               condition
               and
               relation
               of
               Equality
               ,
               (
               for
               though
               Son-ship
               doth
               Oblige
               to
               many
               Offices
               of
               Gratitude
               and
               Duty
               ,
               yet
               not
               to
               such
               a
               Subjection
               as
               we
               are
               handling
               )
               and
               consequently
               ,
               no
               one
               is
               Naturally
               a
               Servant
               or
               Subject
               ,
               nor
               any
               one
               a
               Prince
               ,
               till
               God
               hath
               Invested
               some
               Person
               with
               an
               Authority
               of
               Governing
               such
               a
               number
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               shall
               be
               born
               of
               them
               .
               The
               Inference
               then
               is
               plain
               ,
               that
               if
               men
               should
               be
               
                 naturally
                 equal
              
               ,
               and
               no
               one
               subject
               to
               other
               ,
               did
               not
               God
               Depute
               some
               one
               Person
               to
               Exercise
               part
               of
               his
               Authority
               and
               Government
               over
               others
               ;
               then
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               not
               Equal
               ,
               is
               the
               effect
               of
               God's
               Appointment
               ;
               and
               so
               all
               Pre-eminence
               of
               Power
               and
               Authority
               ,
               is
               primarily
               derived
               from
               Him.
               And
               that
               this
               immediate
               conclusion
               from
               right
               Reason
               ,
               is
               Consonant
               to
               God's
               Word
               (
               and
               so
               must
               all
               such
               of
               necessity
               be
               )
               I
               shall
               quote
               but
               one
               place
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Rom.
              
               13.
               1.
               
               
                 Let
                 every
                 Soul
                 be
                 subject
                 to
                 the
                 Higher
                 Powers
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Power
                 but
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 Powers
                 that
                 be
                 are
                 Ordained
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               This
               being
               laid
               for
               a
               Foundation
               ,
               that
               all
               Authority
               is
               derived
               from
               God
               ;
               the
               next
               Doubt
               is
               ,
               how
               we
               shall
               
               know
               to
               whom
               He
               does
               derive
               it
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               give
               Him
               due
               Obedience
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               imposed
               on
               by
               Usurpers
               ?
               And
               this
               will
               best
               be
               known
               ,
               if
               we
               consider
               the
               several
               ways
               ,
               by
               which
               God
               Derives
               this
               Power
               to
               Men
               :
               For
               we
               may
               infallibly
               conclude
               ,
               that
               He
               has
               no
               Authority
               from
               God
               ,
               who
               did
               not
               receive
               it
               by
               those
               ways
               by
               which
               God
               Confers
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               He
               is
               God's
               Minister
               to
               whom
               we
               see
               Providence
               has
               Derived
               it
               by
               some
               such
               way
               ,
               as
               He
               makes
               use
               of
               to
               that
               purpose
               :
               and
               they
               are
               these
               ;
               
                 
                   
                     His
                     own
                  
                   Immediate
                   Choice
                   and
                   Deputation
                   .
                
                 
                   Hereditary
                   and
                   Natural
                   Succession
                   
                     of
                     Kindred
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   Election
                   
                     by
                     the
                     Common
                     Votes
                     and
                     Suffrages
                     of
                     any
                     People
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               Of
               the
               first
               sort
               ,
               were
               
                 Moses
                 ,
                 Saul
              
               ,
               and
               David
               ;
               of
               the
               second
               ,
               were
               Solomon
               ,
               and
               
                 Rehoboam
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               the
               last
               was
               Jeroboam
               ;
               though
               God
               had
               also
               foretold
               to
               Him
               by
               His
               Prophet
               ,
               that
               He
               should
               be
               King
               over
               Ten
               Tribes
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               v.
               20.
               of
               the
               12.
               
               Chap.
               of
               the
               1
               of
               
                 Kings
                 ,
                 All
                 Israel
              
               ,
               when
               they
               had
               heard
               that
               Jeroboam
               was
               come
               again
               ,
               (
               out
               of
               Egypt
               )
               sent
               and
               called
               Him
               to
               the
               Congregation
               ,
               and
               
                 made
                 Him
                 King
              
               over
               Israel
               .
               Of
               these
               three
               ways
               of
               being
               Inaugurate
               into
               the
               Supreme
               Power
               ,
               the
               First
               is
               more
               Noble
               and
               Glorious
               ,
               for
               as
               much
               as
               in
               that
               ,
               a
               particular
               Approbation
               of
               the
               Person
               by
               God
               Himself
               ,
               is
               the
               Reason
               of
               his
               Advance
               ;
               but
               He
               who
               Succeeds
               as
               next
               of
               Blood
               ,
               owes
               it
               to
               his
               good
               Fortune
               ;
               and
               He
               who
               is
               Elected
               by
               the
               People
               ,
               often
               to
               some
               Policy
               ,
               whereby
               He
               Ingratiated
               himself
               ;
               but
               sometimes
               to
               his
               Vertues
               :
               and
               of
               the
               two
               last
               ,
               
                 Hereditary
                 Succession
              
               and
               Election
               ;
               the
               former
               is
               more
               Preferrable
               ,
               for
               the
               inconveniences
               it
               avoides
               ,
               which
               Elections
               subject
               a
               Nation
               to
               :
               And
               besides
               ,
               one
               time
               with
               another
               ,
               it
               has
               produced
               as
               many
               Examples
               of
               Vertue
               and
               Ability
               to
               Govern
               ,
               as
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               The
               Right
               of
               Government
               then
               being
               once
               by
               God
               Immediately
               Transfer'd
               to
               any
               one
               ,
               after
               His
               Decease
               (
               unless
               God
               immediately
               by
               Himself
               Transfer
               it
               to
               any
               
               other
               ,
               or
               the
               Prince
               do
               )
               Naturally
               doth
               pass
               to
               the
               very
               next
               of
               Blood
               and
               Kin
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               these
               Reasons
               :
               Because
               He
               who
               received
               Authority
               from
               God
               to
               Govern
               a
               People
               ,
               received
               it
               to
               this
               end
               ,
               to
               procure
               that
               peoples
               Good
               and
               Welfare
               ,
               to
               the
               utmost
               of
               His
               Knowledg
               ;
               which
               He
               would
               never
               do
               ,
               if
               he
               took
               not
               care
               that
               the
               evils
               of
               Anarchy
               ,
               (
               to
               prevent
               which
               God
               had
               Crowned
               Him
               ,
               )
               might
               likewise
               be
               prevented
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               by
               translating
               His
               Authority
               at
               His
               Death
               to
               some
               other
               ,
               who
               might
               sustain
               the
               Government
               when
               He
               was
               incapable
               of
               bearing
               it
               Himself
               ;
               and
               on
               this
               Reason
               is
               founded
               the
               Axiom
               in
               our
               common
               Law
               ,
               
                 Rex
                 nunquam
                 moritur
              
               .
               Now
               because
               Government
               doth
               not
               only
               intend
               the
               Peoples
               good
               ,
               but
               imply
               the
               great
               Honour
               and
               Dignity
               of
               Him
               who
               bears
               it
               ;
               the
               Prince
               cannot
               be
               supposed
               to
               wish
               so
               great
               a
               Dignity
               (
               if
               he
               declare
               not
               himself
               to
               the
               contrary
               )
               to
               any
               less
               than
               Him
               who
               may
               be
               reasonably
               supposed
               most
               inward
               in
               His
               Affections
               the
               next
               of
               Kin
               ;
               and
               therefore
               if
               He
               die
               ,
               His
               silence
               shall
               be
               taken
               for
               Consent
               that
               the
               very
               next
               in
               Blood
               is
               the
               Person
               to
               whom
               for
               love
               and
               custom
               sake
               He
               Propagates
               His
               Right
               :
               (
               by
               the
               very
               next
               of
               Blood
               meaning
               that
               Person
               ,
               who
               is
               esteemed
               so
               by
               the
               Vulgar
               Account
               of
               that
               Nation
               ;
               Opinions
               as
               to
               nearness
               of
               Blood
               ,
               among
               different
               People
               ,
               differing
               )
               and
               that
               Princes
               may
               exercise
               their
               Authority
               in
               provision
               for
               the
               Future
               after
               their
               Decease
               ,
               and
               consequently
               appoint
               a
               Successor
               ,
               is
               evident
               from
               hence
               ,
               because
               the
               Laws
               any
               one
               of
               them
               makes
               ,
               are
               not
               supposed
               to
               cease
               to
               be
               so
               immediately
               upon
               his
               Death
               ,
               but
               to
               retain
               their
               full
               force
               for
               ever
               after
               ,
               unless
               a
               like
               Authority
               repeals
               them
               .
            
             
               Before
               I
               proceed
               further
               ,
               I
               must
               speak
               to
               an
               Objection
               ,
               which
               possibly
               may
               be
               raised
               ;
               That
               to
               found
               the
               Right
               of
               Succession
               to
               Government
               in
               being
               lineally
               Descended
               or
               next
               of
               Blood
               and
               Kin
               ,
               or
               appointed
               by
               Testament
               ,
               to
               Succeed
               to
               some
               one
               ,
               who
               Originally
               ,
               tracing
               the
               Line
               of
               Princes
               backwards
               ,
               derives
               His
               Authority
               from
               one
               who
               Immediately
               received
               it
               ,
               and
               was
               
                 Deputed
                 to
                 it
                 by
                 God
              
               ,
               is
               to
               destroy
               the
               Right
               of
               most
               or
               all
               Princes
               ,
               who
               cannot
               
               derive
               their
               Authority
               from
               such
               a
               Predecessor
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               is
               to
               take
               away
               the
               old
               and
               common
               Notion
               of
               Supreme
               Authority
               ,
               being
               naturally
               founded
               in
               Posterity
               :
               I
               Answer
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               of
               Opinion
               ,
               that
               Paternity
               or
               Father-hood
               never
               did
               give
               a
               Right
               of
               Soveraignty
               over
               Children
               ;
               that
               before
               God
               Actually
               and
               Immediately
               constituted
               Governours
               ,
               and
               that
               ,
               not
               upon
               the
               Account
               of
               Fatherhood
               ,
               or
               Men
               Chose
               some
               to
               themselves
               ,
               or
               voluntarily
               upon
               certain
               Considerations
               submitted
               themselves
               ,
               there
               were
               no
               such
               Persons
               in
               the
               World
               as
               Kings
               ,
               or
               Persons
               possest
               of
               Soveraign
               Authority
               ,
               or
               pretending
               to
               be
               so
               merely
               as
               Fathers
               :
               and
               that
               if
               no
               Prince
               can
               trace
               His
               Authority
               backwards
               to
               him
               who
               received
               it
               from
               
                 God
                 Himself
                 immediately
              
               ,
               yet
               he
               may
               to
               him
               who
               received
               it
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               condition
               of
               
                 Hereditary
                 Succession
              
               for
               the
               Future
               ,
               from
               God
               Immediatly
               ,
               either
               by
               the
               Election
               of
               men
               ,
               for
               as
               much
               as
               that
               first
               Predecessor
               could
               not
               Reign
               without
               the
               Consent
               of
               People
               (
               which
               is
               the
               same
               thing
               as
               Choice
               )
               or
               else
               to
               him
               who
               took
               the
               Advantage
               of
               a
               Forfeiture
               of
               their
               Liberty
               by
               some
               Offence
               ,
               and
               so
               in
               compensation
               righted
               himself
               by
               enforcing
               their
               Subjection
               ;
               which
               is
               as
               good
               a
               Title
               to
               Dominion
               as
               any
               ,
               especially
               if
               by
               After-Acts
               and
               Compacts
               settled
               and
               confirmed
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               that
               Election
               of
               Princes
               doth
               Transfer
               as
               full
               and
               ample
               Power
               and
               Right
               to
               Government
               as
               any
               other
               way
               whatsoever
               ,
               (
               which
               being
               prov'd
               ,
               though
               all
               Princes
               may
               Succeed
               to
               such
               an
               One
               as
               primarily
               was
               Elected
               by
               the
               People
               ,
               will
               take
               away
               all
               Defect
               on
               that
               account
               )
               I
               Argue
               thus
               ,
               that
               where
               God
               doth
               not
               immediatly
               provide
               for
               the
               safety
               and
               welfare
               of
               any
               People
               by
               giving
               them
               Laws
               ,
               or
               a
               sufficiently
               authorised
               Law-giver
               ;
               there
               God
               ,
               and
               Nature
               ,
               and
               Reason
               do
               permit
               and
               encourage
               that
               People
               ,
               to
               procure
               their
               own
               welfare
               ,
               by
               what
               honest
               means
               are
               most
               conducive
               to
               it
               in
               their
               judgment
               ,
               by
               choosing
               or
               pitching
               upon
               a
               Person
               or
               Persons
               to
               exercise
               over
               them
               Gods
               Power
               and
               Authority
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               publick
               Good
               ;
               and
               the
               Person
               so
               Elected
               Acts
               by
               Gods
               Authority
               not
               the
               Peoples
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               
                 all
                 Power
              
               
               is
               solely
               Gods
               ,
               and
               therefore
               no
               one
               can
               Act
               lawfully
               as
               a
               Governour
               by
               any
               Authority
               but
               by
               Gods
               ,
               though
               this
               Authority
               may
               be
               conveyed
               to
               Him
               instrumentally
               by
               a
               Predecessor
               or
               the
               People
               ;
               and
               as
               a
               Successor
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               Acts
               not
               by
               the
               Authority
               of
               His
               Predecessor
               who
               had
               none
               
                 Originally
                 of
                 Himself
              
               ,
               and
               therefore
               could
               not
               properly
               give
               any
               ,
               (
               for
               He
               Governed
               not
               by
               His
               own
               Authority
               ,
               but
               by
               Gods
               ;
               and
               therefore
               His
               Successor
               Acts
               not
               by
               His
               Authority
               who
               had
               none
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               but
               by
               Gods
               ,
               which
               the
               other
               conveyed
               to
               Him
               )
               so
               neither
               may
               an
               Elected
               Prince
               be
               said
               to
               govern
               by
               the
               Peoples
               Authority
               by
               whom
               he
               was
               Elected
               ,
               but
               by
               Gods
               ,
               who
               empowred
               these
               People
               by
               right
               of
               Nature
               and
               Reason
               ,
               to
               Depute
               or
               Name
               one
               to
               the
               Government
               in
               order
               to
               the
               publick
               Good
               ,
               when
               he
               himself
               did
               not
               :
               And
               such
               a
               Prince
               is
               subject
               or
               accountable
               to
               none
               but
               God
               :
               But
               if
               in
               any
               Nation
               the
               Prince
               ,
               or
               He
               who
               bears
               the
               Title
               of
               such
               ,
               and
               appears
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               is
               accountable
               to
               any
               else
               ,
               they
               to
               whom
               He
               is
               accountable
               are
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               ,
               and
               He
               only
               in
               Name
               ,
               not
               really
               a
               Prince
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   That
                   a
                   Disposition
                   in
                   a
                
                 Prince
                 ,
                 
                   proceeding
                   from
                
                 Opinion
                 
                   or
                   otherwise
                   ,
                   to
                   both
                   the
                
                 Spiritual
                 and
                 Temporal
                 
                   Dammage
                   ,
                   and
                   Destruction
                   of
                   a
                   Nation
                   ,
                   maketh
                   a
                
                 Forfeiture
                 
                   of
                   Right
                   to
                   Succession
                
                 .
              
            
             
               HAving
               Discours'd
               of
               the
               Principle
               from
               whence
               all
               Humane
               Power
               is
               Derived
               ,
               Namely
               God
               ;
               and
               of
               the
               several
               wayes
               by
               which
               He
               Conveys
               this
               Authority
               to
               Men
               ;
               that
               Right
               and
               Succession
               ,
               depends
               either
               on
               the
               Prince's
               Will
               to
               bestow
               it
               on
               whomsoever
               He
               pleases
               ,
               whether
               next
               of
               Kin
               or
               not
               ;
               or
               ,
               in
               case
               of
               Law.
               to
               tye
               it
               precisely
               to
               the
               next
               of
               Kin
               (
               which
               still
               
               is
               the
               Princes
               Will
               ,
               because
               his
               Law
               )
               it
               may
               depend
               on
               the
               nearness
               of
               Alliance
               ,
               Or
               ,
               on
               popular
               Election
               ;
               the
               Question
               lies
               thus
               ,
               whether
               a
               Prince
               having
               Right
               to
               Succession
               ,
               by
               those
               Laws
               which
               tye
               it
               up
               precisely
               to
               the
               next
               in
               Blood
               or
               Kin
               ,
               may
               not
               Lawfully
               and
               Rightfully
               ,
               for
               some
               Reasons
               be
               Deprived
               of
               Succession
               without
               Injury
               done
               to
               Him
               ,
               and
               both
               Forfeit
               and
               lose
               his
               Right
               to
               Succession
               ?
               And
               this
               we
               shall
               be
               able
               more
               clearly
               to
               Decide
               ,
               after
               having
               Considered
               what
               Qualifications
               are
               necessarily
               requisite
               in
               a
               Prince
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               these
               ;
               
                 
                   First
                   ,
                   
                     To
                     intend
                     and
                     Design
                     the
                     utmost
                     Good
                     of
                     His
                     People
                     both
                  
                   Spiritual
                   and
                   Temporal
                   .
                
                 
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     Intending
                     and
                     Designing
                     Well
                     ,
                     He
                     be
                     not
                     accidentally
                     Disposed
                     either
                     by
                  
                   Opinion
                   
                     or
                     otherwise
                     to
                     both
                     the
                  
                   Spiritual
                   and
                   Temporal
                   
                     Destruction
                     of
                     His
                     People
                     ,
                     though
                     contrary
                     to
                     His
                     intent
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               Now
               ,
               I
               Assert
               ,
               that
               either
               the
               want
               of
               the
               First
               of
               these
               ,
               or
               addition
               of
               the
               last
               ,
               is
               sufficient
               Reason
               and
               Ground
               to
               cut
               off
               ,
               and
               alter
               Succession
               ,
               and
               makes
               Forfeiture
               of
               Right
               to
               it
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               taken
               without
               Injury
               or
               Wrong
               to
               the
               Person
               
                 so
                 Affected
              
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               Proof
               of
               this
               position
               ,
               I
               shall
               first
               shew
               ,
               that
               Hereditary
               Right
               to
               Succession
               is
               not
               
                 of
                 it self
                 in
                 its
                 own
                 Nature
                 Eternal
                 or
                 Unalterable
              
               ;
               and
               Secondly
               ,
               that
               the
               above
               mentioned
               Disposition
               in
               a
               Prince
               ,
               makes
               a
               perfect
               forfeiture
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               used
               by
               some
               as
               an
               Argument
               ,
               to
               prove
               that
               a
               Right
               to
               Succeed
               to
               the
               Soveraign
               and
               Monarchical
               Authority
               in
               Hereditary
               Kingdoms
               is
               unalterable
               and
               Sacred
               ,
               because
               Monarchy
               ,
               say
               they
               ,
               is
               of
               
                 Divine
                 Right
              
               ,
               and
               the
               apparent
               Heir
               to
               it
               ,
               having
               his
               Right
               from
               God
               ,
               His
               Right
               is
               immoveable
               .
               I
               Answer
               ,
               that
               I
               acknowledg
               not
               only
               Monarchy
               ,
               but
               
                 all
                 other
                 Forms
              
               of
               Government
               to
               be
               of
               
                 Divine
                 Right
              
               :
               because
               there
               is
               
                 no
                 Power
              
               but
               is
               ordained
               of
               God
               ;
               (
               so
               the
               Sanhedrim
               or
               great
               Council
               among
               the
               Jewes
               being
               an
               Aristocracy
               was
               
                 by
                 God
              
               Constituted
               
               to
               be
               ,
               and
               continued
               for
               a
               long
               while
               the
               Soveraign
               Authority
               on
               Earth
               over
               them
               )
               But
               deny
               ,
               that
               any
               person
               ,
               who
               by
               Ordinary
               Course
               or
               Rule
               ,
               has
               a
               Right
               to
               Succession
               ,
               has
               it
               
                 from
                 God
              
               ;
               for
               Succession
               is
               Determinable
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               on
               Earth
               ,
               and
               then
               ,
               He
               who
               has
               Right
               to
               Succession
               ,
               has
               it
               by
               
                 Vertue
                 of
                 those
                 Laws
              
               and
               Determinations
               of
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               which
               might
               otherwise
               have
               setled
               it
               ;
               and
               not
               
                 from
                 God
              
               ;
               who
               appointed
               not
               Him
               to
               Succeed
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ,
               gave
               Him
               no
               right
               to
               Succession
               ,
               but
               he
               has
               it
               from
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               on
               Earth
               ;
               in
               which
               Authority
               is
               comprehended
               a
               Power
               of
               appointing
               a
               Successor
               ,
               as
               I
               before
               shewed
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               of
               giving
               the
               Right
               of
               Succession
               to
               some
               Person
               who
               can
               receive
               that
               Right
               from
               none
               but
               Him
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               deprived
               of
               it
               by
               Him
               ,
               because
               he
               gave
               it
               .
               But
               supposing
               (
               which
               I
               need
               not
               )
               that
               He
               has
               his
               right
               to
               Succession
               
                 from
                 God
              
               ,
               I
               deny
               that
               he
               has
               therefore
               an
               unalterable
               Right
               ,
               because
               He
               has
               his
               Right
               from
               whence
               He
               is
               to
               have
               his
               Power
               ,
               
                 from
                 God
              
               ;
               for
               neither
               Right
               nor
               any
               thing
               else
               is
               
                 therefore
                 unchangably
              
               appropriated
               to
               any
               Man
               ,
               because
               
                 God
                 gave
                 it
              
               ;
               for
               what
               he
               gives
               us
               ,
               He
               gives
               on
               certain
               Conditions
               ,
               on
               the
               non-observance
               of
               which
               ,
               the
               thing
               given
               may
               be
               impropriated
               and
               taken
               from
               us
               ;
               so
               Life
               ,
               which
               I
               think
               a
               Man
               may
               as
               properly
               call
               his
               own
               as
               any
               thing
               ,
               is
               given
               on
               
                 Condition
                 of
                 obeying
              
               God
               ,
               else
               our
               life
               is
               Forfeited
               ,
               and
               our
               right
               to
               it
               lost
               .
               So
               that
               right
               to
               Succession
               is
               not
               unalterable
               supposing
               it
               is
               Gods
               Gift
               ;
               but
               contrariwise
               ,
               is
               
                 therefore
                 alterable
              
               because
               it
               is
               
                 Gods
                 Gift
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               bestowed
               and
               granted
               on
               certain
               Conditions
               to
               be
               performed
               ,
               which
               not
               performed
               do
               Forfeit
               it
               :
               So
               that
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               Heir
               to
               Succession
               having
               no
               other
               Reason
               for
               His
               Right
               to
               Succession
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               than
               there
               is
               for
               Government
               in
               general
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               safety
               and
               welfare
               of
               Prince
               and
               People
               ;
               if
               he
               be
               so
               Disposed
               as
               to
               destroy
               the
               
                 Reason
                 of
                 Government
              
               ,
               He
               likewise
               loses
               the
               
                 Reason
                 of
                 Right
                 to
                 Succession
              
               in
               government
               ;
               because
               no
               one
               has
               right
               to
               succeed
               in
               Government
               who
               destroys
               the
               very
               Reason
               of
               it
               ,
               why
               there
               
               should
               be
               any
               Government
               at
               all
               ,
               even
               the
               safety
               of
               the
               People
               which
               was
               the
               Foundation
               and
               Reason
               of
               his
               Right
               ;
               and
               he
               who
               hath
               no
               Reason
               for
               a
               Right
               hath
               no
               Right
               at
               all
               ;
               and
               being
               yet
               a
               Subject
               ,
               (
               for
               the
               very
               words
               ,
               Heir
               ,
               and
               having
               Right
               to
               Succeed
               ,
               imply
               ,
               that
               He
               is
               not
               in
               
                 actual
                 Possession
              
               of
               the
               Soveraignty
               ,
               and
               therefore
               in
               subjection
               (
               for
               between
               them
               there
               is
               no
               Medium
               )
               He
               may
               incur
               the
               Forfeiture
               of
               every
               thing
               he
               has
               
                 as
                 a
                 Subject
              
               ,
               and
               so
               he
               has
               the
               Right
               of
               Succession
               ;
               for
               ,
               though
               the
               Heir
               to
               one
               Kingdom
               may
               be
               Soveraign
               in
               another
               ,
               yet
               is
               
                 a
                 Subject
              
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               to
               which
               he
               is
               Heir
               ,
               because
               he
               
                 receives
                 Right
              
               from
               another
               ;
               and
               such
               an
               one
               is
               less
               than
               
                 Him
                 who
                 gives
              
               it
               ,
               and
               therefore
               subject
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               be
               a
               Subject
               ,
               and
               byassed
               from
               the
               publick
               good
               ,
               he
               is
               accountable
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               Censured
               with
               Disinheritance
               .
               And
               this
               the
               Heir
               has
               no
               great
               reason
               to
               resent
               in
               such
               a
               Case
               ;
               For
               if
               he
               be
               Conscientiously
               Disposed
               to
               both
               the
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               Ruine
               of
               the
               Subjects
               ,
               He
               then
               will
               exact
               Obedience
               to
               many
               things
               which
               they
               will
               in
               Conscience
               know
               to
               be
               Sins
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ,
               be
               Obliged
               not
               to
               Obey
               ;
               and
               so
               that
               Prince
               ,
               had
               better
               never
               have
               Assumed
               the
               Regal
               Authority
               ,
               than
               in
               his
               own
               Opinion
               be
               slighted
               and
               disrespected
               ,
               because
               Disobeyed
               in
               what
               He
               Commands
               (
               though
               really
               it
               be
               no
               Disrespect
               to
               be
               disobeyed
               in
               things
               not
               within
               his
               Command
               ,
               but
               the
               dishonour
               lies
               in
               enjoyning
               them
               )
               and
               be
               forced
               to
               turn
               the
               Persecutor
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               to
               Vindicate
               the
               Honour
               of
               himself
               and
               Commands
               ,
               and
               leave
               his
               Name
               to
               stink
               upon
               Earth
               .
            
             
               But
               neither
               is
               the
               Person
               
                 so
                 Disinherited
              
               at
               all
               Injured
               ;
               for
               ,
               Injury
               implies
               
                 Violence
                 to
                 Right
              
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               prov'd
               he
               Forfeited
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ,
               That
               Proceeding
               just
               ;
               the
               whole
               Argument
               I
               will
               thus
               sum
               up
               :
               He
               who
               is
               a
               Subject
               ,
               (
               and
               so
               is
               every
               Heir
               to
               the
               Supreme
               Power
               as
               Heir
               ,
               as
               I
               hinted
               before
               )
               is
               in
               a
               capacity
               of
               offending
               the
               Supreme
               Power
               ,
               and
               then
               of
               being
               punished
               :
               He
               may
               offend
               against
               the
               present
               Soveraigns
               Authority
               and
               care
               of
               providing
               for
               the
               future
               welfare
               of
               his
               
               people
               ,
               by
               intending
               and
               purposing
               to
               do
               such
               things
               as
               would
               hereafter
               prove
               extreamly
               Damageable
               and
               Destructive
               to
               the
               Nation
               ;
               and
               if
               He
               offend
               in
               this
               kind
               ,
               a
               more
               proper
               Punishment
               cannot
               be
               applied
               to
               Him
               than
               such
               an
               one
               as
               will
               prevent
               those
               Mischiefs
               ,
               the
               designing
               of
               which
               brings
               Him
               to
               punishment
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               Disinheritance
               ;
               for
               Civil
               Punishments
               ought
               not
               properly
               to
               be
               Vindicative
               ,
               but
               remedies
               for
               preventing
               Mischief
               :
               Or
               ,
               if
               His
               Intentions
               and
               Designs
               are
               not
               evident
               by
               any
               Hint
               or
               
                 Prospect
                 He
                 has
                 given
                 of
                 them
                 by
                 Words
                 or
                 Actions
                 ,
              
               yet
               if
               his
               Prepossessions
               ,
               which
               Himself
               owns
               ,
               are
               such
               as
               Naturally
               and
               Necessarily
               tend
               and
               lead
               him
               to
               such
               Designs
               and
               Intentions
               ,
               as
               being
               most
               nearly
               conjoyned
               with
               them
               ,
               though
               outwardly
               He
               makes
               no
               Declaration
               of
               His
               intentions
               ;
               He
               is
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               Reason
               can
               judg
               ,
               most
               dangerously
               Affected
               ,
               and
               uncapable
               to
               attain
               the
               end
               of
               Government
               ,
               the
               general
               Welfare
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               will
               hereafter
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               Men
               can
               see
               ,
               do
               that
               ,
               which
               will
               be
               Destructive
               to
               their
               Welfare
               ,
               the
               end
               of
               Government
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               it
               were
               the
               
                 same
                 thing
              
               if
               they
               had
               none
               :
               Now
               ,
               He
               who
               destroys
               the
               
                 end
                 of
                 Government
              
               ,
               doth
               as
               ill
               as
               destroying
               
                 Government
                 it self
              
               ,
               but
               since
               that
               ought
               to
               be
               Eternal
               ,
               for
               the
               same
               Reason
               it
               ever
               had
               a
               beginning
               ,
               He
               Forfeits
               His
               Right
               
                 to
                 it
              
               ,
               who
               is
               disposed
               to
               a
               Nations
               
                 extreme
                 Hazard
              
               or
               Destruction
               ,
               to
               
                 prevent
                 all
                 which
              
               is
               the
               
                 only
                 Reason
              
               he
               should
               Succeed
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               should
               be
               
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 at
                 all
              
               ;
               which
               if
               He
               will
               not
               only
               not
               prevent
               ,
               but
               is
               the
               Person
               who
               brings
               it
               about
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Reason
               He
               should
               Succeed
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               he
               has
               made
               a
               Forfeiture
               of
               His
               Right
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               III.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   That
                   the
                
                 Forfeiture
                 
                   is
                   made
                   to
                   the
                
                 Supreme
                 Authority
                 ;
                 
                   That
                   it
                   is
                
                 none
                 
                   unless
                   it
                   be
                   taken
                   Advantage
                   of
                   ,
                   whilst
                
                 He
                 continues
                 a
                 Subject
                 ;
                 
                   but
                   that
                   a
                   Prince
                   once
                
                 Possest
                 
                   of
                   the
                   Supreme
                   Power
                
                 ,
                 cannot
                 be
                 Deposed
                 ;
                 
                   That
                   the
                
                 same
                 Reasons
                 ,
                 
                   which
                   Warrant
                   to
                   take
                   the
                
                 Forfeiture
                 
                   of
                   Him
                   ,
                   whilst
                
                 Heir
                 ,
                 
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   taken
                   then
                   ,
                   are
                   afterwards
                   of
                
                 no
                 Force
                 
                   against
                   Him.
                
                 
              
            
             
               I
               Above
               put
               the
               Power
               of
               Designing
               a
               Successor
               ,
               either
               
                 at
                 Pleasure
              
               ,
               or
               else
               by
               some
               
                 fixed
                 standing
                 Rule
                 and
                 Law
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               if
               the
               Designed
               Successor
               make
               Forfeiture
               of
               his
               Right
               ,
               it
               can
               be
               to
               none
               but
               Him
               who
               conveyed
               it
               to
               Him
               ,
               
                 His
                 Superiour
              
               ,
               for
               none
               else
               could
               Convey
               it
               to
               him
               ;
               And
               for
               another
               Reason
               ,
               the
               Forfeiture
               must
               be
               made
               to
               the
               
                 Supreme
                 Authority
              
               ,
               because
               the
               Care
               of
               the
               Future
               Welfare
               and
               Safety
               of
               the
               Subjects
               ,
               against
               which
               He
               was
               Disposed
               ,
               belongs
               properly
               to
               the
               
                 Supreme
                 Magistrate
              
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               power
               of
               
                 preventing
                 future
                 Mischiefs
              
               and
               taking
               the
               Forfeiture
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               way
               to
               prevent
               ,
               doth
               reside
               solely
               in
               Him.
               For
               although
               it
               cannot
               be
               denied
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               People
               are
               mainly
               Concerned
               in
               a
               matter
               of
               that
               Weight
               ,
               as
               is
               their
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               Welfare
               ,
               and
               so
               might
               seem
               sufficiently
               warranted
               
                 of
                 themselves
              
               to
               provide
               for
               their
               own
               safety
               ,
               as
               is
               every
               one
               Naturally
               ;
               Yet
               may
               they
               use
               only
               such
               Means
               as
               
                 are
                 to
                 them
                 Lawful
              
               ,
               and
               as
               may
               not
               prove
               
                 as
                 Great
              
               or
               
                 greater
                 Inconveniences
              
               than
               the
               thing
               they
               would
               avoid
               ;
               and
               what
               such
               are
               ,
               I
               shall
               presently
               shew
               .
            
             
               Every
               one
               Naturally
               hath
               a
               Power
               and
               Right
               to
               
               preserve
               himself
               ,
               not
               only
               by
               Avoiding
               ,
               or
               
                 Flying
                 from
              
               that
               which
               actually
               Assaults
               Him
               ,
               but
               by
               standing
               and
               
                 defending
                 Himself
              
               against
               it
               ,
               Nay
               ,
               by
               Offending
               and
               Assaulting
               that
               ;
               for
               the
               others
               Violence
               being
               Arbitrary
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               exercised
               by
               One
               who
               had
               no
               Right
               or
               Authority
               so
               to
               do
               ,
               was
               Unjust
               ,
               and
               might
               therefore
               not
               only
               be
               Resisted
               ,
               but
               returned
               in
               the
               
                 same
                 Degree
              
               according
               to
               the
               just
               and
               natural
               Laws
               of
               Retaliation
               .
               and
               that
               even
               Immediately
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               private
               hand
               of
               the
               
                 Person
                 Assaulted
              
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               the
               imminent
               danger
               could
               not
               admit
               of
               the
               delay
               of
               expecting
               a
               
                 publick
                 Determination
              
               :
               but
               in
               case
               ,
               one
               be
               not
               actually
               Assaulted
               (
               I
               speak
               of
               private
               Persons
               ,
               )
               it
               is
               not
               lawful
               either
               to
               Kill
               or
               Bind
               Him
               ,
               who
               you
               suspect
               will
               be
               the
               Aggressor
               ,
               but
               to
               
                 fly
                 from
              
               him
               is
               Lawful
               ,
               Or
               ,
               to
               endeavour
               to
               perswade
               
                 him
                 who
                 bears
                 Authority
                 over
                 Him
                 ,
              
               to
               take
               away
               His
               Arms
               ,
               or
               confine
               him
               ,
               or
               make
               him
               give
               Security
               for
               his
               keeping
               the
               Peace
               ;
               by
               
                 this
                 way
              
               of
               prevention
               ,
               for
               any
               one
               to
               provide
               for
               his
               own
               safety
               ,
               is
               not
               only
               Lawful
               ,
               but
               Prudent
               and
               Commendable
               :
               So
               in
               case
               a
               Nation
               fear
               the
               
                 future
                 Practices
              
               of
               Him
               who
               is
               now
               Heir
               ,
               they
               may
               forecast
               a
               prevention
               ,
               by
               engaging
               and
               obtaining
               of
               Him
               ,
               under
               whose
               Authority
               He
               is
               ,
               to
               
                 tye
                 him
                 up
              
               by
               such
               Rules
               and
               Laws
               ,
               as
               will
               put
               it
               without
               his
               Power
               to
               Effect
               the
               dreaded
               Mischief
               ;
               or
               by
               utterly
               and
               totally
               removing
               Him
               out
               of
               that
               Place
               and
               Capacity
               ,
               in
               which
               alone
               he
               can
               hurt
               them
               :
               But
               they
               themselves
               have
               not
               
                 sufficient
                 Authority
                 to
                 tye
                 Him
                 up
                 by
                 Laws
                 ,
              
               or
               Disinherit
               Him
               ,
               and
               therefore
               cannot
               do
               it
               without
               Injury
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               so
               come
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               will
               suffer
               him
               ,
               whom
               you
               suspect
               will
               Murther
               You
               ,
               to
               bear
               Arms
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               confine
               Him
               ;
               if
               He
               Assaults
               you
               ,
               being
               a
               
                 private
                 Man
              
               ,
               you
               have
               the
               power
               of
               defending
               your self
               ;
               but
               if
               the
               Supreme
               Magistrate
               will
               appoint
               a
               Successor
               over
               a
               Nation
               ,
               who
               that
               Nation
               has
               good
               reason
               to
               suspect
               will
               endanger
               their
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               ,
               and
               Corrupt
               them
               in
               their
               Religion
               ,
               to
               the
               hazard
               of
               their
               Souls
               ,
               they
               have
               done
               all
               that
               lawfully
               they
               may
               ,
               for
               preventing
               
               that
               Successiòn
               ;
               but
               Violently
               and
               of
               their
               
                 own
                 Authority
              
               (
               which
               is
               none
               )
               to
               go
               about
               to
               Disinherit
               ,
               or
               Alter
               the
               Succession
               ,
               upon
               pretence
               that
               the
               Injury
               done
               to
               him
               is
               not
               comparable
               to
               the
               Mischiefs
               and
               
                 Injuries
                 prevented
              
               ;
               (
               which
               though
               true
               enough
               ,
               and
               there
               want
               nothing
               but
               a
               
                 competent
                 Authority
              
               to
               alter
               the
               Succession
               without
               Injury
               ,
               to
               the
               Person
               Disinherited
               )
               yet
               still
               ,
               it
               remaining
               an
               Injury
               because
               they
               do
               it
               who
               have
               not
               
                 sufficient
                 Authority
              
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               breach
               of
               the
               Lawes
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               which
               allows
               not
               
                 evil
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 that
                 good
                 may
                 come
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 evil
                 be
                 prevented
                 :
              
               And
               supposing
               my self
               to
               speak
               to
               Christians
               ,
               I
               hope
               the
               Laws
               of
               our
               Religion
               will
               be
               judged
               to
               Oblige
               them
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               any
               
                 Civil
                 Lawes
              
               whatsoever
               ,
               for
               Christians
               ought
               to
               
                 suffer
                 Injury
              
               rather
               than
               do
               any
               .
            
             
               Having
               then
               proved
               this
               Forfeiture
               to
               be
               made
               to
               the
               
                 Supreme
                 Authority
              
               ,
               that
               the
               Care
               and
               Power
               of
               preventing
               those
               '
               foreboded
               Mischiefs
               resides
               only
               in
               it
               ,
               the
               Subject
               ought
               in
               Prudence
               ,
               and
               Duty
               to
               himself
               ,
               to
               endeavour
               their
               prevention
               by
               
                 moving
                 the
                 Supreme
                 Authority
                 to
                 prevent
                 them
                 ,
              
               but
               not
               otherwise
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               foresees
               no
               remedy
               ,
               ought
               to
               Arm
               his
               Conscience
               from
               Corruption
               in
               Religion
               and
               the
               Spiritual
               Danger
               ,
               and
               his
               resolution
               to
               suffer
               under
               the
               Temporal
               ,
               and
               bear
               Injury
               when
               it
               cannot
               without
               Sin
               be
               prevented
               or
               Opposed
               :
               And
               this
               submission
               is
               not
               only
               necessarily
               enforced
               from
               the
               Principles
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               but
               grounded
               upon
               
                 Civil
                 and
                 Sate-Policy
              
               ;
               for
               if
               it
               were
               in
               the
               
                 Peoples
                 Power
              
               to
               Disinherit
               whom
               they
               would
               ,
               no
               Person
               could
               ever
               Succeed
               ,
               from
               whom
               the
               Multitude
               might
               not
               have
               Assurance
               of
               being
               
                 Complyed
                 with
              
               ,
               in
               what
               they
               pleased
               ;
               and
               Mens
               desires
               being
               sometimes
               Extravagant
               and
               Sinful
               ,
               great
               Inconveniences
               must
               needs
               ensue
               too
               the
               Government
               by
               the
               allowance
               of
               them
               ;
               frequently
               to
               a
               Successor
               might
               be
               Disinherited
               by
               the
               Faction
               or
               
                 ill
                 Disposition
              
               of
               the
               most
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               false
               and
               scandalous
               Imputations
               ,
               which
               they
               can
               hear
               and
               believe
               ,
               but
               not
               disprove
               ;
               or
               
                 on
                 purpose
              
               ,
               which
               is
               sometimes
               very
               Be-witching
               ,
               
                 to
                 shew
                 their
                 Power
              
               :
               and
               this
               must
               needs
               make
               a
               Government
               
               unsetled
               ,
               and
               dispose
               it
               to
               
                 Anarchy
                 ,
                 Ruin
              
               and
               Destruction
               .
               Now
               ,
               upon
               reflection
               of
               the
               inconveniences
               of
               a
               Power
               in
               the
               People
               to
               Disinherit
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               which
               sometimes
               may
               happen
               for
               want
               of
               
                 that
                 Power
              
               in
               them
               ,
               when
               the
               Ordinary
               Supreme
               Authority
               which
               hath
               Power
               will
               not
               exercise
               it
               upon
               a
               
                 due
                 Occasion
              
               ;
               some
               Men
               may
               possibly
               fall
               into
               a
               Rage
               ,
               accusing
               their
               ill
               Fortune
               which
               unavoidably
               subjects
               them
               to
               Misery
               on
               both
               sides
               ;
               and
               Him
               ,
               who
               
                 having
                 Power
              
               will
               not
               use
               it
               to
               secure
               them
               from
               the
               dangers
               they
               fear
               ;
               but
               if
               they
               consider
               that
               He
               who
               refuses
               to
               Gratify
               them
               in
               this
               ,
               cannot
               be
               imagined
               not
               to
               
                 wish
                 &
                 intend
              
               his
               Peoples
               good
               as
               much
               as
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               several
               wayes
               formerly
               has
               procured
               it
               ,
               they
               have
               no
               reason
               to
               be
               disaffected
               to
               Him
               for
               this
               ,
               since
               the
               Cause
               of
               his
               refusal
               to
               comply
               ,
               must
               be
               either
               that
               he
               is
               
                 not
                 so
                 apprehensive
              
               of
               the
               danger
               they
               Dread
               ,
               and
               sees
               
                 no
                 Reason
              
               so
               to
               be
               ;
               or
               if
               he
               be
               as
               apprehensive
               as
               they
               ,
               yet
               perhaps
               he
               thinks
               it
               not
               
                 within
                 his
                 Power
              
               to
               deprive
               the
               
                 next
                 Legal
                 Heir
              
               of
               Succeeding
               without
               injury
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               He
               judges
               his
               personal
               Affection
               or
               Disposition
               to
               any
               Opinion
               or
               Religion
               ,
               cannot
               alter
               and
               take
               away
               his
               Right
               ;
               and
               either
               ,
               or
               both
               these
               being
               the
               Motives
               which
               with-hold
               Him
               from
               proceeding
               as
               he
               is
               desired
               ,
               and
               both
               pertaining
               to
               Conscience
               ,
               which
               he
               must
               satisfy
               as
               well
               as
               other
               Men
               ;
               besides
               ,
               the
               Consideration
               of
               
                 the
                 Kings
                 Heart
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 Hand
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               and
               particularly
               directed
               and
               turned
               by
               His
               Providence
               ,
               His
               Subjects
               ought
               to
               submit
               to
               and
               Acquiesce
               in
               his
               Pleasure
               ;
               and
               so
               no
               remedy
               ,
               but
               Succeed
               he
               must
               ,
               and
               the
               Forfeiture
               ,
               not
               being
               taken
               Advantage
               of
               whilst
               he
               remained
               a
               Subject
               ,
               after
               He
               is
               once
               
                 Possest
                 of
                 the
                 Supreme
                 Authority
              
               ,
               cannot
               then
               be
               taken
               :
               For
               ,
               although
               that
               Disposition
               which
               Forfeited
               his
               Right
               to
               Succession
               when
               He
               was
               Heir
               ,
               may
               seem
               to
               Forfeit
               his
               Right
               to
               
                 Actual
                 Possession
              
               ,
               because
               no
               one
               has
               a
               Right
               to
               be
               Possest
               of
               that
               which
               he
               had
               no
               Right
               to
               
                 take
                 into
                 His
                 Possession
              
               ;
               yet
               the
               Condition
               of
               this
               Forfeiture
               is
               such
               ,
               that
               ,
               
                 not
                 being
                 taken
              
               ,
               the
               Supreme
               Magistrate
               is
               supposed
               
                 not
                 to
                 have
                 judged
                 it
                 a
                 Forfeiture
                 .
              
               ;
               and
               
               it
               belonging
               properly
               to
               his
               Cognizance
               to
               determine
               ,
               whether
               it
               were
               or
               no
               ,
               what
               he
               
                 judged
                 was
                 no
                 Forfeiture
              
               that
               he
               did
               not
               
                 take
                 for
                 one
              
               ,
               and
               what
               He
               did
               
                 not
                 take
              
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               Dead
               ,
               no
               one
               can
               
                 take
                 for
                 Him
              
               ,
               if
               to
               no
               one
               he
               Delegated
               Authority
               so
               to
               do
               ;
               and
               if
               a
               Forfeiture
               is
               made
               to
               a
               Superiour
               ,
               and
               the
               Supreme
               Magistrate
               neither
               by
               himself
               nor
               Delegate
               did
               take
               it
               ,
               no
               one
               being
               Superiour
               to
               the
               Succeeding
               Heir
               ,
               no
               one
               may
               take
               it
               ,
               either
               by
               forcible
               hindring
               him
               to
               Succeed
               ,
               or
               
                 Warring
                 against
              
               ,
               or
               Deposing
               Him
               when
               He
               is
               possest
               ;
               for
               the
               
                 Crown
                 once
                 worn
                 taking
                 away
                 all
                 Defects
                 ,
              
               as
               say
               the
               Lawyers
               ,
               and
               that
               passing
               over
               to
               the
               Heir
               immediately
               upon
               the
               expiration
               of
               the
               Predecessor
               ,
               all
               
                 Previous
                 Forfeitures
              
               or
               
                 present
                 Indispositions
              
               are
               of
               no
               force
               against
               Him
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               none
               on
               Earth
               Sufficiently
               Authorised
               to
               take
               advantage
               of
               them
               .
               God
               indeed
               ,
               if
               he
               pleases
               ,
               by
               Interposing
               his
               
                 Immediate
                 Command
              
               ,
               may
               depose
               Him
               ;
               I
               mean
               not
               on
               the
               account
               of
               His
               
                 Supreme
                 Intendency
              
               over
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               (
               for
               so
               He
               may
               depose
               a
               Prince
               though
               he
               be
               not
               so
               evilly
               affected
               )
               but
               according
               to
               the
               rules
               of
               Justice
               and
               Reason
               ,
               as
               an
               Offender
               against
               Him
               whose
               Substitute
               he
               is
               ,
               by
               overthrowing
               the
               
                 Ends
                 of
                 Government
              
               :
               but
               this
               God
               rarely
               doth
               ;
               for
               although
               Saul
               for
               his
               grievous
               Offences
               were
               rejected
               by
               God
               ,
               yet
               suffered
               he
               Him
               to
               live
               and
               dye
               a
               King
               without
               proceeding
               to
               actual
               Deposition
               ,
               although
               Samuel
               had
               told
               Him
               from
               God
               ,
               that
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Israel
               was
               rent
               from
               him
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               from
               his
               Tribe
               and
               Family
               .
            
             
               If
               it
               be
               Objected
               ,
               That
               though
               the
               Predecessor
               by
               a
               particular
               application
               of
               his
               Will
               did
               not
               take
               the
               forfeiture
               ,
               because
               he
               did
               not
               see
               it
               ,
               or
               believed
               it
               not
               ;
               Yet
               generally
               he
               must
               be
               supposed
               to
               Will
               and
               Design
               the
               taking
               it
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               he
               Wills
               and
               Designs
               the
               Publick
               wellfare
               ;
               and
               so
               ,
               though
               not
               by
               a
               
                 Special
                 Act
              
               ,
               Yet
               by
               his
               
                 General
                 Intention
              
               of
               the
               Peoples
               good
               He
               must
               be
               supposed
               to
               have
               taken
               the
               advantage
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               I
               answer
               ,
               That
               this
               will
               not
               stand
               good
               in
               Policy
               ,
               as
               it
               may
               do
               in
               many
               other
               things
               ;
               because
               such
               a
               belief
               would
               put
               it
               in
               the
               
                 Peoples
                 Power
              
               at
               their
               pleasure
               to
               
               Disinherit
               and
               Dethrone
               whomsoever
               they
               would
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               they
               might
               frequently
               upon
               Distaste
               ,
               pretend
               him
               to
               have
               made
               a
               Forfeiture
               ,
               who
               made
               none
               ,
               and
               so
               depose
               him
               under
               the
               Colour
               of
               the
               Predecessor's
               Implicite
               and
               General
               Will
               to
               Disinherit
               him
               :
               and
               this
               is
               so
               great
               an
               Inconvenience
               and
               Danger
               to
               the
               Publick
               ,
               that
               it
               's
               far
               more
               eligible
               to
               run
               the
               hazard
               of
               Sometimes
               having
               a
               
                 bad
                 Prince
              
               ,
               than
               of
               having
               
                 good
                 ones
              
               turned
               off
               
                 as
                 bad
              
               ,
               or
               of
               suffering
               such
               ill
               Consequences
               as
               War
               ,
               and
               Bloodshed
               ,
               and
               an
               Unsettled
               Kingdom
               ,
               which
               must
               attend
               an
               attempt
               to
               depose
               
                 even
                 bad
                 Ones
              
               ,
               since
               there
               is
               no
               one
               but
               has
               some
               Adherents
               .
               The
               Scriptures
               command
               Servants
               Obedience
               not
               only
               to
               Gentle
               ,
               but
               froward
               Masters
               ,
               Applaud
               Suffering
               Wrongfully
               ;
               and
               the
               Primitive
               Christians
               did
               so
               ,
               even
               when
               they
               were
               strong
               enough
               to
               resist
               ,
               and
               the
               Souldiers
               were
               content
               to
               be
               decimated
               ,
               and
               to
               lay
               down
               their
               Armes
               ,
               to
               be
               wrongfully
               put
               to
               Death
               ,
               that
               is
               for
               a
               cause
               not
               deserving
               Death
               ,
               for
               professing
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ;
               which
               plainly
               proves
               that
               both
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               Primitive
               Christians
               ,
               who
               were
               as
               well
               Catechised
               in
               the
               Principles
               of
               Religion
               as
               we
               can
               pretend
               to
               be
               ,
               thought
               it
               an
               Article
               of
               their
               Faith
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               not
               lawful
               for
               Subjects
               to
               Depose
               or
               Resist
               the
               cruelest
               Tyrants
               ,
               though
               endeavouring
               their
               Spiritual
               destruction
               by
               obliging
               them
               to
               Idolatry
               ,
               and
               their
               Temporal
               by
               Proscribing
               them
               ,
               by
               Imprisoning
               and
               Murthering
               them
               if
               they
               refused
               :
               and
               this
               we
               call
               
                 Passive
                 Obedience
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               submitting
               to
               the
               Supreme
               Authority's
               pleasure
               even
               when
               we
               are
               Injured
               rather
               then
               Rebel
               against
               Him.
               And
               thus
               much
               to
               shew
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Heir
               be
               not
               Disinherited
               
                 whilst
                 He
                 remains
                 so
              
               ,
               it
               will
               afterwards
               be
               too
               late
               ,
               and
               in
               reason
               and
               justice
               Impossible
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   That
                   Mens
                
                 Throwing
                 themselves
                 wholly
                 upon
                 Providence
                 
                   for
                   Averting
                   these
                   Mischiefs
                   ,
                   without
                   making
                   use
                   of
                
                 Rational
                 ,
                 and
                 Moral
                 Means
                 to
                 
                   prevent
                   them
                   ,
                   is
                   Unreasonable
                   ,
                   and
                   Absurd
                   .
                
              
            
             
               THe
               Country-man
               in
               the
               Fable
               who
               called
               upon
               Hercules
               ,
               to
               draw
               His
               Cart
               out
               of
               the
               Mire
               in
               which
               it
               was
               set
               ,
               was
               bid
               to
               apply
               His
               own
               Shoulders
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               thrust
               ,
               if
               he
               would
               have
               it
               out
               .
               Many
               there
               are
               ,
               who
               Idely
               rely
               upon
               Providence
               to
               save
               them
               from
               the
               Dangers
               they
               foresee
               ,
               but
               will
               not
               step
               a
               foot
               themselves
               ,
               or
               use
               the
               least
               Industry
               and
               Care
               for
               preventing
               those
               Evils
               ;
               and
               because
               nothing
               comes
               to
               pass
               without
               Gods
               Permission
               ,
               imagine
               therefore
               that
               nothing
               is
               done
               without
               His
               Appointment
               ;
               and
               on
               this
               account
               leave
               it
               wholly
               to
               him
               to
               Provide
               for
               their
               Safety
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               
                 careless
                 Opinion
              
               I
               much
               dislike
               ;
               because
               it
               often
               brings
               Men
               into
               Misery
               ,
               by
               making
               them
               to
               neglect
               those
               Means
               for
               their
               Safety
               which
               God
               frequently
               puts
               into
               
                 their
                 own
                 hands
              
               ,
               and
               so
               they
               are
               undone
               for
               want
               of
               Care
               ,
               for
               presuming
               God
               will
               Save
               them
               without
               the
               least
               of
               their
               Caution
               and
               Circumspection
               .
               Nay
               ,
               sometimes
               there
               may
               be
               some
               ,
               whose
               
                 Honours
                 ,
                 Lives
              
               and
               Fortunes
               ,
               must
               stand
               or
               fall
               with
               a
               present
               Condition
               of
               a
               Nation
               ;
               who
               know
               in
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               and
               are
               sure
               ,
               if
               the
               Times
               turn
               ,
               unless
               they
               will
               turn
               with
               them
               (
               which
               't
               is
               Reasonable
               many
               times
               to
               believe
               they
               may
               not
               )
               they
               must
               lose
               both
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               ,
               and
               the
               Spiritual
               Welfare
               of
               all
               the
               Subjects
               be
               Endangered
               ;
               yet
               they
               are
               not
               content
               
                 not
                 to
                 endeavour
                 the
                 Disinheriting
              
               a
               Successor
               ,
               with
               whom
               all
               this
               Mischief
               comes
               in
               ,
               upon
               a
               Scruple
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               Disinheriting
               is
               Un-lawful
               ;
               are
               not
               content
               
               fairly
               
                 to
                 give
                 way
              
               to
               such
               a
               Successor
               without
               Opposition
               ;
               but
               are
               His
               
                 best
                 Friends
                 ,
                 Court
              
               and
               Complement
               Him
               most
               at
               every
               turn
               ,
               and
               take
               occasion
               from
               their
               Opinion
               of
               the
               unlawfulness
               to
               Disinherit
               Him
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               
                 strongest
                 maintainers
              
               of
               Him
               ;
               which
               is
               both
               Imprudent
               and
               unreasonable
               Flattery
               ;
               drudging
               for
               one
               who
               Laughs
               at
               their
               Sedulousness
               to
               their
               own
               Ruin.
               In
               any
               Nation
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               any
               in
               such
               a
               case
               so
               mad
               ,
               they
               must
               not
               think
               themselves
               e're
               the
               Honester
               and
               Wiser
               for
               Courting
               their
               own
               Destructions
               ;
               submit
               one
               would
               ,
               where
               it
               was
               
                 unlawful
                 to
                 resist
              
               ,
               but
               not
               invite
               Him
               who
               was
               to
               do
               one
               a
               Mischeif
               .
            
             
               T
               is
               to
               be
               Confessed
               ,
               that
               Disinheriting
               a
               Prince
               ,
               perverting
               the
               Lineal
               Succession
               ,
               is
               a
               dangerous
               Precedent
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               ill
               Consequences
               it
               may
               draw
               with
               it
               ;
               the
               Right
               of
               Succession
               ought
               to
               be
               Sacred
               ,
               and
               not
               toucht
               or
               medled
               with
               ,
               but
               with
               the
               greatest
               Reverence
               and
               Caution
               ,
               and
               upon
               weighty
               Considerations
               ;
               but
               when
               once
               People
               have
               prevailed
               on
               a
               Prince
               ,
               to
               Disinherit
               a
               Legal
               Heir
               for
               
                 real
                 and
                 great
                 Causes
              
               ,
               they
               may
               often
               afterwards
               prove
               humoursom
               ;
               and
               sometime
               for
               
                 no
                 Causes
              
               ,
               or
               
                 not
                 equal
              
               ,
               exact
               and
               require
               the
               doing
               of
               it
               ,
               because
               they
               have
               an
               
                 Example
                 and
                 Precedent
              
               :
               This
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               is
               a
               great
               inconvenience
               ,
               but
               is
               unavoidable
               ;
               because
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               Men
               are
               Men
               ,
               they
               will
               be
               subject
               to
               Faults
               ;
               but
               yet
               I
               suppose
               it
               not
               Impossible
               ,
               but
               such
               Laws
               and
               Rules
               may
               be
               stated
               and
               provided
               ,
               whereby
               to
               procede
               in
               such
               Cases
               ,
               as
               would
               much
               Alleviate
               this
               inconvenience
               :
               But
               shall
               leave
               that
               to
               Wiser
               Heads
               to
               Determine
               what
               they
               must
               be
               .
               And
               so
               much
               of
               the
               First
               Question
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Second
             Question
             .
             Whether
             some
             certain
             Politick
             Reasons
             may
             not
             be
             alone
             sufficient
             Grounds
             of
             Divorce
             ?
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   Of
                   Marriage
                   ,
                   its
                
                 Institution
                 ,
                 Ends
                 ,
                 and
                 Obligation
                 :
                 
                   Of
                   its
                   special
                
                 Rights
                 and
                 Privileges
                 
                   in
                   the
                   State
                   of
                
                 Christianity
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               Am
               very
               Sensible
               ,
               this
               Second
               Question
               carries
               so
               much
               the
               more
               Difficulty
               than
               the
               First
               ,
               as
               it
               has
               been
               less
               Controverted
               ,
               and
               consequently
               less
               Understood
               ;
               that
               it
               lies
               under
               a
               far
               greater
               Disadvantage
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               many
               more
               Actually
               Interested
               and
               concerned
               in
               it
               ;
               the
               
                 Right
                 of
                 Marriage
              
               being
               more
               Mens
               ,
               than
               is
               
                 Right
                 to
                 Succession
              
               and
               Heir-ship
               in
               Government
               ,
               and
               they
               generally
               Prejudicated
               in
               their
               Opinions
               about
               it
               ;
               And
               lastly
               ,
               so
               much
               the
               harder
               Case
               ,
               as
               it
               concerns
               the
               Dispossession
               of
               those
               who
               are
               Actually
               in
               Possession
               of
               a
               Right
               ,
               and
               so
               owned
               to
               be
               ;
               but
               the
               other
               only
               the
               prevention
               of
               Succeeding
               into
               such
               Actual
               Possession
               .
               But
               in
               order
               to
               its
               Discussion
               ,
               I
               will
               proceed
               in
               the
               same
               Method
               I
               used
               in
               the
               First
               ,
               that
               by
               inquiring
               into
               its
               Institution
               ,
               Rights
               ,
               and
               Ends
               ,
               we
               may
               better
               judg
               of
               the
               true
               Causes
               of
               its
               Dissolution
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Institution
               of
               Marriage
               seems
               not
               to
               have
               been
               Occasional
               and
               by
               accident
               ,
               as
               the
               appointment
               of
               most
               things
               by
               God
               was
               ,
               but
               Cotemporary
               with
               the
               very
               Creation
               ,
               and
               Formation
               of
               man
               it self
               ;
               so
               that
               He
               was
               no
               sooner
               shaped
               into
               the
               form
               of
               Body
               which
               we
               see
               he
               has
               ,
               but
               he
               seemed
               to
               be
               Incompleat
               and
               Solitary
               ,
               till
               such
               a
               Companion
               were
               given
               him
               ;
               for
               the
               use
               and
               enjoyment
               of
               which
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               another
               end
               ,
               Procreation
               ,
               His
               Body
               both
               in
               its
               inward
               and
               outward
               Fabrick
               ,
               provision
               and
               design
               of
               Nature
               appeared
               to
               have
               been
               purposely
               Framed
               ,
               and
               by
               it self
               ,
               as
               to
               that
               end
               ,
               to
               be
               useless
               and
               imperfect
               :
               Nay
               ,
               Marriage
               must
               have
               been
               Instituted
               ,
               and
               Pre-ordained
               ,
               even
               before
               Mans
               Creation
               ;
               for
               if
               God
               ,
               when
               He
               said
               ,
               
                 Let
                 Us
                 make
                 Man
              
               ,
               had
               an
               
                 Exemplar
                 or
                 Idea
              
               before
               Him
               ,
               of
               what
               manner
               of
               Creature
               He
               was
               about
               to
               make
               ,
               He
               then
               both
               saw
               ,
               that
               the
               Creature
               He
               should
               make
               according
               to
               that
               Pattern
               ,
               would
               want
               such
               a
               Companion
               ,
               because
               of
               his
               inability
               to
               procreate
               without
               Her
               ;
               and
               yet
               ,
               for
               which
               Procreation
               his
               Body
               appeared
               purposely
               Designed
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               its
               
                 proper
                 ,
                 natural
              
               ,
               and
               convenient
               Composure
               for
               it
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               further
               ,
               Designedly
               and
               
                 on
                 Purpose
              
               made
               him
               such
               a
               Creature
               ,
               as
               should
               have
               such
               a
               Companion
               in
               order
               to
               Procreation
               ,
               because
               else
               ,
               all
               that
               Aptitude
               and
               Structure
               which
               now
               serves
               to
               that
               end
               ,
               would
               have
               been
               useless
               ;
               and
               God
               have
               done
               ,
               what
               He
               and
               Nature
               never
               do
               ,
               
                 something
                 in
                 vain
              
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               Institution
               ,
               or
               Reason
               of
               Ordaining
               Marriage
               ,
               depending
               on
               its
               End
               ;
               and
               its
               Immediate
               ,
               and
               Natural
               End
               ,
               being
               Procreation
               and
               Propagation
               of
               a
               Species
               of
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               Man's
               Body
               apt
               and
               suitable
               for
               such
               Procreation
               ,
               at
               the
               Moment
               of
               His
               formation
               Compleated
               ;
               it
               follows
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               Moment
               of
               his
               formation
               Compleated
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               an
               apt
               ,
               and
               fit
               Creature
               for
               the
               End
               of
               Marriage
               ,
               Procreation
               ,
               the
               Institution
               of
               Marriage
               ,
               if
               not
               before
               ,
               yet
               then
               Commenc'd
               ;
               because
               the
               Natural
               Frame
               of
               Man
               ,
               did
               Necessarily
               suppose
               such
               a
               thing
               as
               Marriage
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               its
               Institution
               was
               Original
               and
               Natural
               ,
               not
               Occasional
               :
               it
               was
               designed
               by
               
               Nature
               ,
               it self
               ,
               and
               therefore
               needed
               not
               to
               be
               Instituted
               with
               any
               formal
               
                 Ceremony
                 ,
                 Law
              
               ,
               or
               Circumstance
               whatsoever
               .
               I
               confess
               ,
               that
               a
               secondary
               end
               of
               Marriage
               ,
               namely
               
                 mutual
                 Society
                 ,
                 help
                 and
                 Comfort
                 ,
              
               seems
               to
               have
               been
               Occasional
               :
               for
               after
               God
               had
               made
               Man
               ,
               and
               placed
               Him
               in
               the
               Garden
               ,
               He
               said
               ,
               Gen.
               2.
               18.
               
               
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 good
                 that
                 Man
                 should
                 be
                 alone
                 ,
                 that
                 He
                 would
                 make
                 Him
                 an
                 Help
                 meet
                 for
                 Him
              
               ;
               as
               if
               ,
               upon
               consideration
               of
               his
               Solitariness
               ,
               as
               having
               no
               Creature
               capable
               of
               Conversing
               with
               Him
               ,
               He
               resolved
               for
               remedy
               of
               that
               evil
               ,
               to
               give
               Him
               a
               Wife
               :
               and
               Adam
               in
               the
               23
               ver
               .
               of
               that
               Chap.
               gives
               another
               Reason
               ,
               why
               a
               Man
               should
               
                 leave
                 his
                 Father
                 and
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 cleave
                 to
                 his
                 Wife
              
               ;
               because
               she
               was
               taken
               out
               of
               Him
               ,
               was
               
                 Bone
                 of
                 his
                 Bone
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Flesh
                 of
                 his
                 Flesh
              
               ;
               not
               that
               this
               was
               the
               
                 only
                 Reason
              
               of
               Marriage
               ,
               because
               Woman
               was
               taken
               out
               of
               Man
               ;
               but
               that
               it
               should
               be
               a
               
                 strong
                 Motive
              
               of
               Love
               and
               Inclination
               to
               Woman
               ,
               because
               she
               was
               a
               piece
               of
               Man
               himself
               ,
               and
               therefore
               He
               should
               prefer
               Her
               before
               the
               Dear
               Relations
               of
               Father
               and
               Mother
               .
               By
               which
               very
               words
               ,
               
                 Father
                 and
                 Mother
              
               ,
               Adam
               seems
               to
               have
               understood
               the
               end
               of
               Marriage
               to
               be
               Procreation
               ,
               and
               what
               Procreation
               was
               ;
               else
               He
               could
               not
               have
               known
               what
               the
               words
               Father
               and
               Mother
               signify
               ;
               unless
               you
               will
               suppose
               those
               Words
               not
               Adams
               ,
               but
               the
               Holy
               Pen-mans
               by
               a
               Prolepsis
               .
               From
               what
               has
               been
               said
               ,
               't
               is
               clear
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 two
                 great
                 Ends
              
               of
               Marriage
               are
               Procreation
               ,
               and
               
                 mutual
                 help
              
               ;
               and
               that
               He
               who
               Marries
               ,
               is
               Obliged
               to
               intend
               none
               other
               but
               those
               Ends.
               
            
             
               Having
               shewed
               ,
               that
               the
               Institution
               of
               Marriage
               was
               Cotemporary
               with
               Mans
               first
               Creation
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 natural
                 Disposition
                 and
                 Frame
              
               of
               Mans
               Body
               ,
               was
               its
               very
               Institution
               
                 in
                 Nature
                 it self
              
               ,
               without
               
                 further
                 Ceremony
                 ,
                 Law
              
               ,
               or
               Circumstance
               ,
               that
               Adams
               Marriage
               was
               Consummate
               ,
               and
               Perfect
               without
               such
               ;
               yet
               now
               since
               the
               World
               is
               Increased
               ,
               there
               is
               something
               more
               requisit
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Contracting
               ,
               and
               Solemnization
               of
               Matrimony
               .
               For
               when
               there
               were
               none
               in
               the
               VVorld
               but
               one
               Man
               and
               one
               VVoman
               ,
               and
               both
               naturally
               loving
               one
               another
               ,
               Circumstance
               and
               Ceremony
               were
               needless
               ,
               since
               they
               are
               
               significative
               only
               of
               our
               minds
               to
               others
               ,
               but
               there
               being
               no
               others
               but
               themselves
               ,
               and
               their
               minds
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               one
               another
               ,
               from
               the
               very
               inclinations
               and
               dispositions
               of
               Nature
               ,
               as
               Man
               and
               Woman
               in
               general
               ,
               and
               there
               being
               no
               other
               VVoman
               for
               Him
               to
               take
               ,
               or
               Man
               for
               Her
               ;
               I
               say
               ,
               neither
               Nature
               nor
               Reason
               could
               require
               Circumstance
               and
               Ceremony
               as
               convenient
               or
               useful
               :
               but
               now
               they
               must
               be
               used
               as
               signs
               and
               tokens
               of
               Consent
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               
                 particular
                 Man
                 and
                 Woman
              
               do
               agree
               to
               Marriage
               ,
               and
               to
               prevent
               Defrauding
               one
               onother
               by
               denying
               the
               Marriage
               ,
               (
               which
               ,
               if
               done
               in
               secret
               between
               themselves
               only
               ,
               either
               might
               )
               and
               to
               prevent
               any
               ones
               wronging
               of
               either
               ,
               by
               intruding
               upon
               the
               Right
               of
               either
               ;
               which
               is
               better
               secured
               and
               known
               ,
               by
               being
               Publick
               and
               Solemn
               ,
               and
               Acted
               before
               VVitness
               .
               Further
               ,
               because
               all
               words
               do
               not
               equally
               express
               Consent
               ,
               but
               some
               more
               ,
               some
               less
               ;
               't
               is
               likewise
               convenient
               ,
               a
               
                 determined
                 form
              
               of
               words
               ,
               whereby
               to
               express
               Consent
               validly
               ,
               should
               be
               Authorised
               ,
               and
               so
               all
               refuge
               to
               Equivocation
               ,
               and
               
                 dubious
                 Interpretation
              
               of
               former
               Promises
               might
               be
               avoided
               .
               And
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               that
               the
               Persons
               consenting
               to
               Marriage
               ,
               might
               have
               the
               stronger
               Obligation
               to
               stand
               to
               their
               Promise
               ,
               it
               was
               thought
               fit
               ,
               they
               should
               mutually
               Promise
               each
               other
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               lies
               in
               their
               Power
               ,
               
                 before
                 God
                 Himself
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Presence
               and
               Hearing
               of
               one
               of
               his
               Ministers
               .
            
             
               So
               then
               ,
               the
               Ends
               and
               Reasons
               of
               Marriage
               ,
               is
               
                 Procreation
                 and
                 mutual
                 Help
              
               ;
               an
               inducing
               Motive
               is
               the
               
                 natural
                 Love
              
               Man
               and
               VVoman
               bare
               to
               each
               other
               ,
               as
               being
               originally
               Flesh
               of
               one
               anothers
               Flesh
               ;
               the
               Essence
               or
               Actual
               Contract
               of
               it
               consists
               in
               Consent
               ,
               and
               several
               
                 outward
                 Circumstances
              
               ,
               are
               requisite
               for
               its
               Confirmation
               
                 ad
                 extra
              
               ,
               and
               may
               not
               ordinarily
               be
               neglected
               without
               fault
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               wholesome
               and
               useful
               Appointments
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               been
               the
               longer
               on
               this
               Head
               ,
               because
               the
               Notion
               of
               any
               thing
               being
               first
               clearly
               and
               at
               large
               laid
               down
               ,
               't
               is
               easier
               after
               to
               pass
               a
               judgment
               on
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               I
               may
               pass
               by
               nothing
               which
               concerns
               it
               ,
               I
               
               shall
               Observe
               what
               Advantages
               and
               Privileges
               Christianity
               has
               raised
               it
               to
               ,
               beyond
               what
               it
               has
               in
               Nature
               ,
               or
               in
               Judaism
               .
               It
               is
               become
               the
               Representation
               of
               that
               Holy
               Union
               ,
               Love
               and
               Obedience
               ,
               which
               is
               betwixt
               Christ
               and
               His
               Church
               ,
               and
               therefore
               is
               accounted
               now
               a
               more
               honourable
               Estate
               than
               formerly
               ;
               forasmuch
               as
               neither
               the
               Jewes
               nor
               Heathens
               tied
               themselves
               up
               to
               
                 strict
                 Marriages
              
               ,
               but
               using
               Polygamy
               ,
               did
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               prostitute
               and
               dishonour
               the
               Marriage-Bed
               ,
               which
               became
               thus
               common
               to
               many
               ;
               but
               now
               the
               Marriage
               of
               two
               Persons
               during
               Life
               ,
               is
               enobled
               and
               recommended
               by
               that
               Similitude
               of
               Christ
               and
               His
               Church
               ;
               the
               first
               owning
               
                 no
                 other
              
               Spouse
               ,
               the
               last
               
                 no
                 other
              
               Lord
               :
               Besides
               ,
               that
               Marriage
               is
               not
               now
               so
               easily
               dissoluble
               as
               among
               the
               Jewes
               ,
               nor
               for
               such
               slight
               Reasons
               ;
               and
               lastly
               ,
               there
               lies
               now
               an
               Obligation
               on
               each
               ,
               to
               Procure
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               they
               can
               ,
               not
               only
               the
               others
               Temporal
               ,
               but
               Spiritual
               Comfort
               and
               VVelfare
               .
               And
               so
               much
               for
               the
               Nature
               ,
               Institution
               ,
               and
               Duties
               of
               Marriage
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
               What
               is
               DIVORCE
               ?
            
             
               
                 
                   What
                   are
                
                 Sufficient
                 
                   Reasons
                   of
                   Divorce
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Words
                   of
                   Our
                   Saviour
                   ?
                   St.
                
                 Matth.
                 5.
                 31
                 ,
                 32.
                 and
                 Chap.
                 19.
                 vers
                 .
                 9.
                 
                   and
                   elsewhere
                   ,
                   about
                   Divorce
                   ,
                   only
                   for
                   the
                   cause
                   of
                
                 Adultery
                 and
                 Fornication
                 ,
                 
                   Considered
                   and
                   Explained
                
                 .
              
            
             
               MArriage
               ,
               although
               so
               strait
               an
               Union
               as
               nothing
               more
               ,
               yet
               admits
               of
               a
               Dissolution
               ,
               commonly
               called
               Divorce
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               a
               Separation
               of
               both
               Man
               and
               VVoman
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               return
               into
               the
               very
               condition
               of
               Liberty
               ,
               and
               
                 Singleness
                 of
                 Life
              
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               
               were
               before
               their
               Marriage
               ;
               but
               this
               ,
               not
               lightly
               ,
               but
               on
               great
               weighty
               and
               high
               Considerations
               :
               And
               this
               is
               by
               the
               By
               to
               be
               observed
               ,
               that
               every
               Separation
               of
               Man
               and
               VVoman
               after
               Matrimony
               outwardly
               Solemnized
               between
               them
               is
               not
               properly
               Divorce
               ;
               for
               Divorce
               is
               only
               a
               Separation
               of
               Persons
               ,
               who
               according
               to
               
                 the
                 intent
              
               of
               outward
               Solemnization
               ,
               were
               
                 really
                 and
                 perfectly
              
               in
               a
               state
               of
               Marriage
               ,
               and
               that
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               return
               into
               a
               state
               of
               
                 utter
                 Disobligation
              
               or
               
                 Non
                 relation
              
               one
               to
               the
               other
               :
               but
               a
               Separation
               of
               Persons
               not
               perfectly
               Married
               ,
               or
               of
               Persons
               Married
               if
               
                 not
                 for
                 ever
              
               ,
               so
               as
               both
               shall
               remain
               disengaged
               ,
               is
               not
               properly
               Divorce
               .
               When
               therefore
               two
               Persons
               are
               Separated
               and
               Disjoyned
               ,
               because
               the
               one
               is
               
                 naturally
                 Impotent
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               in
               Body
               
                 not
                 Perfect
              
               Man
               or
               VVoman
               ,
               (
               for
               by
               
                 natural
                 Impotency
              
               ,
               Age
               ,
               VVeakness
               ,
               or
               Barreness
               is
               not
               to
               be
               understood
               ;
               for
               they
               are
               to
               be
               born
               with
               ;
               but
               an
               imperfect
               or
               monstrous
               Body
               .
               )
               Such
               Separation
               I
               say
               ,
               is
               not
               properly
               Divorce
               ,
               because
               none
               are
               Divorced
               but
               Husband
               and
               Wife
               ;
               and
               such
               were
               not
               they
               :
               For
               since
               none
               are
               Husband
               and
               Wife
               ,
               but
               they
               who
               are
               perfectly
               Married
               ;
               and
               the
               
                 firm
                 Contract
              
               of
               Marriage
               depend
               not
               only
               on
               the
               Consent
               of
               the
               Parties
               ,
               and
               Solemnization
               ,
               but
               on
               a
               supposition
               that
               they
               are
               what
               they
               are
               taken
               to
               be
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               perfect
               Man
               or
               Woman
               ;
               (
               for
               Marriage
               supposes
               the
               joyning
               of
               such
               together
               )
               if
               either
               be
               
                 naturally
                 Impotent
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               not
               perfectly
               Man
               or
               VVoman
               ,
               the
               other
               is
               imposed
               on
               ,
               and
               the
               Consent
               of
               that
               Person
               to
               have
               married
               
                 a
                 Man
                 or
                 Woman
              
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               adjudged
               Valid
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               imply
               that
               Persons
               Consent
               to
               Oblige
               to
               Cohabitation
               ,
               with
               one
               who
               is
               
                 not
                 Man
                 or
                 Woman
              
               ,
               whom
               alone
               that
               Person
               
                 did
                 Consent
                 and
                 intend
              
               to
               have
               in
               Marriage
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               such
               are
               not
               joyned
               together
               by
               
                 God
                 and
                 Nature
              
               ,
               since
               Nature
               Abhors
               such
               a
               Conjunction
               ;
               but
               without
               more
               adoe
               ,
               are
               Actually
               Single
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               If
               for
               other
               Reasons
               ,
               a
               Man
               and
               VVoman
               
                 perfectly
                 so
              
               ,
               and
               Married
               ,
               do
               Part
               ;
               that
               parting
               is
               not
               a
               real
               Divorce
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               be
               Disengaged
               from
               each
               other
               ;
               for
               thus
               St.
               Paul
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               7.
               10
               ,
               11.
               
               
                 And
                 unto
                 the
                 Marryed
                 I
              
               
               
                 Command
                 ;
                 yet
                 not
                 I
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Lord
                 ;
                 Let
                 not
                 the
                 Wife
                 depart
                 from
                 Her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 but
                 and
                 if
                 she
                 Dapart
                 ,
                 let
                 her
                 remain
                 unmarried
                 ,
                 or
                 be
                 reconciled
                 to
                 her
                 Husband
                 ;
                 and
                 let
                 not
                 the
                 Husband
                 put
                 away
                 his
                 Wife
                 :
              
               In
               which
               place
               St.
               Paul
               first
               Exhorts
               ,
               that
               there
               be
               no
               Separation
               between
               Man
               and
               Wife
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               not
               Disagree
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               part
               from
               one
               another
               ;
               but
               if
               such
               a
               Case
               ever
               happens
               ;
               that
               their
               Separation
               for
               such
               a
               Reason
               ,
               is
               not
               Divorce
               ,
               doth
               not
               dis-unite
               them
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               VVoman
               continues
               the
               Mans
               VVife
               still
               ,
               notwithstanding
               this
               Separation
               ,
               and
               ought
               not
               to
               marry
               any
               one
               else
               ,
               but
               that
               a
               Reconciliation
               should
               be
               Endeavoured
               ,
               and
               both
               return
               to
               each
               other
               :
               but
               by
               the
               last
               words
               ,
               
                 Let
                 not
                 the
                 Husband
                 put
                 away
                 his
                 Wife
                 ,
              
               is
               not
               to
               be
               understood
               ,
               as
               if
               a
               Man
               might
               
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 ,
                 for
                 no
                 Cause
                 ,
                 Totally
              
               Divorce
               his
               VVife
               ;
               for
               even
               our
               Saviour
               allows
               Adultery
               and
               Fornication
               to
               be
               a
               sufficient
               Cause
               ;
               Matth.
               5.
               32.
               and
               19.
               9.
               
               &c.
               In
               the
               first
               place
               in
               these
               VVords
               ,
               
                 I
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 that
                 whosoever
                 shall
                 put
                 away
                 his
                 Wife
                 ,
                 saving
                 for
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 Fornication
                 ,
                 causeth
                 Her
                 to
                 commit
                 Adultery
                 ;
                 and
                 whosoever
                 shall
                 Marry
                 her
                 that
                 is
                 Divorced
                 ,
                 committeth
                 Adultery
                 :
              
               In
               the
               last
               place
               thus
               ,
               
                 I
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 whosoever
                 shall
                 put
                 away
                 his
                 Wife
                 ,
                 except
                 it
                 be
                 for
                 Fornication
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 Marry
                 another
                 ,
                 Committeth
                 Adultery
                 ;
                 and
                 wboso
                 Marrieth
                 her
                 which
                 is
                 put
                 away
                 ,
                 doth
                 Commit
                 Adultery
                 :
              
               which
               Exception
               of
               the
               Case
               of
               Adultery
               ,
               plainly
               Proves
               ,
               that
               Divorce
               for
               
                 some
                 Cause
              
               is
               Lawful
               ,
               namely
               for
               that
               .
            
             
               But
               because
               these
               Places
               are
               generally
               understood
               in
               that
               
                 rigid
                 Sence
              
               ,
               which
               the
               VVords
               without
               due
               Attention
               ,
               seem
               to
               bear
               ,
               as
               if
               
                 no
                 other
              
               Cause
               whatsoever
               but
               Adultery
               and
               Fornication
               in
               the
               VVoman
               ,
               is
               sufficient
               Cause
               of
               a
               Total
               Divorce
               ,
               and
               so
               't
               is
               impossible
               that
               my
               
                 Policick
                 Reasons
              
               should
               be
               sufficient
               Cause
               ;
               I
               shall
               clear
               the
               Sence
               and
               Meaning
               of
               the
               VVords
               ,
               First
               ,
               Observing
               ,
               that
               even
               Adultery
               it self
               is
               partly
               a
               
                 Politick
                 Reason
              
               of
               Divorce
               ;
               forasmuch
               as
               Marriage
               is
               Instituted
               for
               Propagation
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               mischiev'd
               ,
               and
               hindred
               by
               nothing
               more
               ,
               than
               promiscuous
               Embraces
               ;
               and
               thence
               Accrues
               great
               Dammage
               to
               a
               Common-Wealth
               ,
               and
               its
               
                 politick
                 Good.
              
               Besides
               ,
               if
               
               the
               VVoman
               do
               sometimes
               prove
               with
               Child
               ,
               it
               being
               possibly
               anothers
               ,
               it
               shall
               however
               be
               obtruded
               on
               the
               Mothers
               Husband
               to
               Maintain
               :
               She
               then
               who
               is
               found
               Guilty
               of
               this
               high
               Crime
               ,
               shall
               be
               Finally
               Dismist
               ,
               as
               one
               who
               perverts
               and
               hinders
               the
               end
               of
               Marriage
               ,
               and
               endamages
               the
               publick
               if
               she
               have
               not
               Children
               ;
               and
               if
               she
               have
               ,
               greatly
               injures
               her
               Husband
               ,
               both
               by
               disposing
               of
               her self
               to
               another
               ,
               who
               was
               Rightfully
               only
               His
               ,
               and
               probably
               burthens
               Him
               with
               what
               ought
               naturally
               to
               be
               anothers
               Charge
               .
               But
               to
               clear
               the
               Sence
               of
               the
               
                 above
                 Cited
                 Places
              
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               19.
               of
               St.
               Mat.
               Ver.
               3.
               we
               have
               the
               Pharisees
               coming
               to
               our
               Lord
               ,
               and
               tempting
               him
               ,
               by
               proposing
               a
               Branch
               of
               
               Moses's
               Law
               ,
               to
               try
               whether
               he
               would
               contradict
               it
               ;
               and
               then
               they
               had
               sufficient
               reason
               of
               Accusation
               against
               him
               they
               thought
               .
               They
               Asked
               him
               ;
               Whether
               it
               were
               Lawful
               for
               a
               Man
               to
               put
               away
               his
               Wife
               
                 for
                 Every
                 Cause
              
               ,
               according
               to
               what
               is
               written
               in
               Deut.
               24.
               1.
               
               
                 When
                 a
                 Man
                 hath
                 taken
                 a
                 Wife
                 ,
                 and
                 Marryed
                 Her
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 come
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 find
                 no
                 favour
                 in
                 his
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 because
                 He
                 hath
                 found
                 some
                 Uncleanness
                 in
                 Her
                 ,
                 then
                 let
                 him
                 write
                 her
                 a
                 Bill
                 of
                 Divorcement
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 it
                 her
                 in
                 her
                 Hand
                 ,
                 and
                 send
                 her
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 House
                 .
              
               The
               Law
               gave
               License
               to
               put
               away
               Wives
               
                 for
                 Every
                 Cause
              
               ,
               for
               every
               Dislike
               ;
               for
               
                 not
                 finding
                 Favour
              
               in
               their
               Husbands
               eyes
               ,
               for
               
                 no
                 greater
                 cause
              
               than
               not
               pleasing
               their
               Humour
               :
               What
               thinkest
               Thou
               ,
               Is
               it
               Lawful
               or
               Agreeable
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               
                 Equity
                 and
                 Reason
              
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               to
               the
               strict
               Letter
               of
               the
               Law
               ?
               And
               this
               Their
               Question
               he
               thus
               in
               effect
               Answers
               :
               That
               such
               Reasons
               as
               these
               ,
               for
               which
               Moses
               allowed
               the
               Jewes
               to
               put
               away
               their
               Wives
               ,
               were
               not
               Reasonable
               nor
               Equitable
               ,
               but
               Extorted
               from
               him
               by
               them
               ,
               whose
               hardness
               of
               Heart
               would
               be
               content
               with
               nothing
               less
               ;
               and
               therefore
               it
               was
               better
               the
               Law
               should
               be
               Remitted
               ,
               and
               so
               their
               hardness
               become
               more
               pardonable
               ,
               as
               not
               being
               an
               Offence
               against
               any
               
                 Positive
                 Law
              
               ,
               but
               allowed
               of
               :
               But
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               Divorce
               shall
               not
               be
               Lawful
               for
               any
               of
               those
               
                 Petty
                 Reasons
              
               ,
               but
               for
               
                 no
                 less
              
               than
               Adultery
               ,
               which
               the
               Law
               judged
               
               so
               Heinous
               ,
               as
               to
               punish
               with
               
                 Death
                 it self
              
               ;
               but
               ,
               as
               all
               Rigors
               in
               the
               Gospel
               are
               Mitigated
               ,
               so
               now
               Adultery
               shall
               be
               punishable
               only
               with
               Divorce
               ;
               or
               else
               ,
               because
               the
               Jews
               now
               cannot
               put
               any
               Man
               to
               Death
               ,
               have
               lost
               
                 Jus
                 vitae
                 &
                 necis
              
               ;
               they
               shall
               punish
               it
               by
               Divorce
               ,
               which
               remains
               in
               their
               power
               .
               The
               whole
               Scope
               and
               Design
               of
               which
               Answer
               ,
               I
               judge
               to
               be
               This
               ;
               That
               the
               Jewish
               Rigor
               and
               Moroseness
               of
               Divorcing
               their
               Wives
               for
               
                 every
                 petty
                 Dislike
              
               he
               did
               not
               only
               not
               approve
               ,
               but
               hereafter
               would
               not
               have
               Adultery
               it self
               punisht
               so
               severely
               as
               formerly
               ,
               with
               Death
               ,
               but
               only
               with
               Divorce
               ;
               and
               that
               Divorce
               was
               punishment
               great
               enough
               for
               Adultery
               ;
               and
               that
               
                 nothing
                 less
              
               than
               Adultery
               does
               deserve
               to
               be
               ,
               &
               must
               in
               the
               Gospel-state
               be
               punished
               with
               Divorce
               .
               And
               that
               this
               Answer
               does
               not
               suppose
               ,
               but
               that
               
                 Offences
                 as
                 great
                 as
              
               Adultery
               ,
               may
               deserve
               it
               as
               well
               as
               Adultery
               ;
               nor
               deny
               ,
               but
               
                 some
                 Offences
                 may
                 be
                 as
                 great
                 as
              
               Adultery
               ,
               I
               have
               this
               Reason
               to
               think
               ;
               because
               ,
               in
               the
               6th
               .
               Verse
               ,
               Christ
               sayes
               of
               Man
               and
               Wife
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
                 are
                 no
                 more
                 Twain
                 ,
                 but
                 One
                 Flesh
                 ,
              
               and
               that
               
                 Man
                 should
                 not
                 put
                 asunder
                 what
                 God
                 had
                 joyned
                 together
              
               ;
               which
               being
               generally
               spoken
               
                 of
                 all
              
               Husbands
               and
               Wives
               ;
               (
               for
               ,
               All
               God
               hath
               Joyned
               together
               )
               one
               might
               conclude
               ,
               that
               because
               All
               Husbands
               and
               Wives
               are
               joyned
               together
               
                 by
                 God
              
               ,
               and
               no
               man
               must
               put
               asunder
               what
               God
               has
               joyned
               ;
               therefore
               it
               is
               not
               Lawful
               to
               put
               them
               asunder
               for
               any
               Cause
               whatsoever
               ,
               no
               not
               for
               Adultery
               ,
               because
               God
               did
               once
               joyn
               them
               together
               ;
               which
               being
               contradictory
               to
               the
               Permission
               he
               gives
               afterwards
               ,
               for
               the
               cause
               of
               Adultery
               ,
               plainly
               shews
               ,
               those
               words
               are
               not
               to
               be
               understood
               in
               a
               
                 strict
                 and
                 literal
              
               Sence
               ,
               which
               excludes
               even
               the
               cause
               of
               Adultery
               .
               And
               therefore
               it
               is
               reasonable
               to
               suspect
               ,
               That
               
                 it
                 s
                 not
                 being
                 Lawful
                 to
                 Divorce
                 but
                 for
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 Adultery
                 only
                 ,
              
               is
               not
               either
               strictly
               and
               literally
               to
               be
               understood
               of
               Adultery
               ,
               and
               
                 only
                 that
              
               ;
               but
               that
               
                 nothing
                 less
                 than
                 Adultery
              
               is
               a
               sufficient
               cause
               ,
               not
               denying
               ,
               but
               
                 something
                 may
                 be
                 as
                 great
              
               .
               I
               shall
               state
               a
               Case
               ,
               which
               I
               will
               leave
               others
               to
               Judge
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               as
               Great
               or
               no.
               
            
             
               Suppose
               two
               Persons
               of
               different
               Religions
               Married
               ,
               
               and
               one
               by
               the
               
                 avowed
                 necessary
              
               and
               immutable
               Principles
               of
               His
               or
               Her
               Religion
               ,
               firmly
               Believes
               the
               other
               to
               be
               in
               a
               State
               of
               
                 Heresy
                 ,
                 Damnation
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Enmity
                 to
                 God
              
               and
               true
               Religion
               ,
               and
               that
               Faith
               may
               lawfully
               be
               broke
               with
               that
               Person
               ;
               that
               't
               is
               Lawful
               ,
               Nay
               ,
               highly
               Commendable
               to
               murther
               that
               Person
               ,
               because
               His
               or
               Her
               Religion
               ,
               by
               this
               Act
               ,
               is
               according
               to
               all
               
                 moral
                 Certainty
              
               ,
               sure
               to
               be
               Propagated
               ;
               which
               to
               promote
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               in
               this
               Person
               lies
               ,
               is
               an
               indispensable
               Duty
               ;
               and
               to
               compass
               ,
               is
               to
               rescue
               Multitudes
               of
               Souls
               from
               Hell
               ,
               and
               to
               cover
               and
               expiate
               for
               all
               this
               Persons
               private
               Sins
               ,
               and
               to
               secure
               to
               Him
               or
               Her self
               Heaven
               and
               Gods
               Favour
               ,
               by
               so
               meritorious
               an
               Act
               :
               that
               there
               is
               no
               other
               
                 probable
                 way
              
               of
               effecting
               this
               great
               VVork
               but
               by
               this
               means
               ;
               that
               to
               die
               in
               the
               Attempt
               ,
               or
               failing
               of
               Success
               to
               be
               afterwards
               put
               to
               Death
               for
               it
               ,
               is
               a
               most
               glorious
               Martyrdom
               .
               I
               should
               think
               a
               Person
               in
               the
               same
               Kingdom
               ,
               City
               ,
               House
               ,
               but
               much
               more
               Bed
               ,
               with
               such
               an
               one
               ,
               to
               be
               very
               un-secure
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               Person
               escapes
               ,
               it
               can
               be
               Attributed
               to
               nothing
               but
               the
               others
               
                 extreme
                 Faint-Heartedness
              
               ,
               which
               one
               can
               scarce
               Imagine
               any
               guilty
               of
               ,
               who
               is
               prepossest
               by
               such
               winning
               ,
               prevailing
               ,
               and
               strong
               Motives
               ,
               as
               these
               I
               have
               been
               mentioning
               :
               And
               therefore
               ,
               between
               a
               Sinful
               ,
               Amorous
               and
               Adulterous
               Love
               of
               a
               Stranger
               ,
               if
               it
               remain
               still
               
                 within
                 the
                 Heart
              
               ,
               and
               has
               not
               proceeded
               to
               Actual
               Commission
               ;
               and
               such
               Principles
               as
               believing
               it
               Lawful
               and
               Meritorious
               to
               Murther
               an
               Husband
               or
               wife
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Influence
               they
               have
               on
               Marriage
               in
               order
               to
               Dissolution
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               other
               difference
               but
               this
               ;
               That
               a
               Man
               must
               expect
               the
               Actual
               Commission
               of
               Adultery
               ,
               the
               bare
               intention
               or
               desire
               of
               which
               is
               not
               sufficient
               Cause
               of
               Divorce
               ;
               besides
               ,
               that
               it
               proceeds
               not
               from
               
                 a
                 Vowed
              
               Principle
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               Lawful
               and
               Commendable
               so
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               therefore
               that
               intention
               may
               alter
               ;
               but
               the
               imminent
               danger
               from
               those
               other
               Principles
               as
               fixt
               and
               unalterable
               ,
               will
               not
               admit
               of
               that
               Delay
               until
               the
               Fact
               be
               Committed
               .
               Separation
               therefore
               from
               such
               a
               Person
               ,
               as
               to
               all
               Society
               and
               Converse
               ,
               is
               
                 immediatly
                 Necessary
              
               ,
               and
               always
               ,
               is
               Natural
               and
               agreeable
               to
               
               Reason
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               't
               is
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               Life
               ;
               and
               a
               Separation
               warranted
               by
               Reason
               to
               be
               perpetual
               ,
               cannot
               suppose
               any
               mutual
               Obligation
               ,
               Tye
               or
               Relation
               whatsoever
               in
               Reason
               to
               remain
               between
               them
               whom
               good
               and
               justifiable
               Reasons
               have
               perpetually
               Separated
               ;
               and
               therefore
               being
               thus
               Separated
               ,
               not
               accidentally
               ,
               but
               by
               
                 moral
                 and
                 reasonable
                 Necessity
              
               ,
               there
               shall
               not
               remain
               an
               Obligation
               to
               the
               Person
               so
               Necessitated
               to
               
                 remain
                 Bound
              
               to
               the
               other
               in
               the
               Tye
               of
               Marriage
               ;
               the
               Duties
               of
               which
               't
               is
               impossible
               for
               one
               to
               Satisfy
               and
               Perform
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               absolutely
               rendred
               useless
               by
               the
               other
               :
               and
               for
               disengagement
               in
               such
               a
               Case
               as
               this
               ,
               there
               is
               both
               Ground
               and
               Countenance
               in
               Scripture
               ;
               we
               have
               these
               Words
               in
               the
               15
               Ver.
               of
               the
               7
               Chap.
               of
               the
               1
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Corinth
               .
               
                 But
                 if
                 the
                 Un-believing
                 depart
                 ,
                 let
                 Him
                 depart
                 ;
                 a
                 Brother
                 or
                 Sister
                 is
                 not
                 under
                 Bondage
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 Case
                 :
              
               Whence
               I
               argue
               thus
               ,
               if
               upon
               the
               voluntary
               Departure
               of
               a
               barely
               Un-believing
               Husband
               or
               Wife
               ,
               either
               from
               other
               ,
               neither
               is
               so
               tyed
               up
               ,
               but
               that
               in
               such
               a
               case
               of
               Separation
               and
               Departure
               ,
               a
               Christian
               is
               not
               in
               Bondage
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               remains
               not
               Obliged
               under
               the
               Yoke
               of
               that
               Marriage
               which
               the
               other
               by
               final
               Departing
               ,
               has
               Dissolved
               ,
               but
               may
               Marry
               ;
               Shall
               not
               then
               the
               
                 Necessitated
                 sending
                 away
                 or
                 Dismission
              
               of
               a
               Person
               for
               the
               Reasons
               I
               have
               mentioned
               (
               since
               't
               is
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               whether
               a
               Person
               depart
               voluntarily
               ,
               or
               force
               himself
               to
               be
               sent
               away
               ,
               because
               the
               person
               who
               caused
               the
               Separation
               must
               be
               judged
               to
               depart
               )
               ?
               Shall
               not
               such
               a
               Necessity
               release
               a
               Brother
               or
               Sister
               ,
               a
               Christian
               ,
               from
               being
               bound
               ,
               and
               leave
               Him
               or
               Her
               at
               their
               Liberty
               to
               Marry
               if
               they
               please
               ?
               The
               only
               difficulty
               is
               ,
               whether
               one
               Person
               believes
               the
               other
               to
               be
               throughly
               so
               Principled
               or
               Perswaded
               ,
               as
               that
               Religion
               of
               which
               that
               Person
               is
               a
               Member
               ,
               teaches
               ,
               and
               as
               is
               necessary
               to
               justify
               the
               Divorce
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               III.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   Whether
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   Princes
                   Marriages
                   be
                   the
                   same
                   with
                   private
                   Mens
                   ;
                   And
                   whether
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   sometimes
                
                 Extraordinarily
                 
                   Indulged
                   and
                   Dispenced
                   with
                   by
                   God
                   ?
                
              
            
             
               IF
               the
               Case
               ,
               I
               in
               the
               last
               Chapter
               put
               ,
               were
               a
               Princes
               ,
               no
               doubt
               but
               that
               would
               Aggravate
               it
               with
               Circumstances
               ,
               as
               peculiar
               to
               Princes
               as
               is
               their
               Charracter
               and
               Authority
               ;
               For
               a
               Prince
               being
               not
               only
               an
               Husband
               but
               a
               Soveraign
               ,
               such
               Principles
               would
               be
               more
               than
               doubly
               Pernicious
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               directed
               against
               a
               Person
               ,
               who
               is
               not
               only
               in
               a
               
                 twofold
                 Capacity
              
               ,
               and
               therefore
               
                 doubly
                 Injured
              
               ,
               but
               likewise
               ,
               because
               imagining
               or
               believing
               the
               Destruction
               of
               a
               Prince
               to
               be
               Lawful
               ,
               is
               it self
               an
               higher
               Crime
               than
               the
               same
               belief
               concerning
               a
               private
               man
               ;
               because
               His
               Right
               in
               his
               Wife
               as
               
                 His
                 Subject
              
               is
               more
               immediate
               from
               God
               and
               Absolute
               ,
               than
               as
               he
               is
               
                 Her
                 Husband
              
               ;
               the
               Right
               of
               Dominion
               being
               greater
               than
               that
               of
               Propriety
               and
               Use.
               Besides
               ,
               the
               endangering
               such
               a
               Person
               is
               not
               Confined
               to
               His
               own
               Detriment
               ,
               but
               involves
               all
               his
               Subjects
               in
               it
               ,
               as
               those
               whose
               Welfare
               depends
               on
               their
               Head
               and
               Protector
               ;
               and
               either
               the
               utter
               Ruin
               ,
               or
               extreme
               Danger
               of
               the
               whole
               Nation
               attends
               His
               Destruction
               ,
               especially
               in
               the
               Case
               of
               being
               
                 morally
                 certain
              
               after
               His
               Death
               ,
               to
               be
               both
               Spiritually
               and
               Temporally
               enthralled
               :
               And
               therefore
               ,
               such
               a
               Case
               would
               so
               much
               the
               more
               warrant
               a
               Divorce
               ,
               as
               the
               breach
               of
               a
               far
               greater
               Obligation
               is
               more
               notorious
               ,
               and
               of
               more
               dangerous
               Consequence
               ,
               and
               less
               capable
               of
               Delay
               ,
               and
               a
               stronger
               and
               more
               necessitating
               Reason
               to
               put
               her
               away
               ,
               supposing
               the
               Wife
               to
               be
               so
               Principled
               as
               to
               give
               just
               Occasion
               of
               such
               fear
               and
               necessity
               .
               'T
               is
               possible
               ,
               I
               consess
               ,
               that
               one
               Externally
               of
               such
               or
               such
               a
               Profession
               
               may
               not
               be
               so
               
                 in
                 Heart
              
               ,
               or
               may
               not
               be
               seasoned
               with
               those
               Doctrines
               which
               the
               Presidents
               of
               that
               Religion
               judg
               too
               apparently
               startling
               to
               Communicate
               to
               some
               of
               their
               Disciples
               :
               but
               nothing
               there
               is
               but
               may
               be
               susspected
               and
               feared
               from
               some
               mens
               
                 Importunity
                 ,
                 Cunning
                 ,
                 Boldness
              
               and
               Impudence
               .
               But
               I
               will
               not
               Insist
               upon
               this
               supposed
               Case
               any
               longer
               ,
               which
               under
               all
               these
               Aggravations
               must
               needs
               imply
               the
               Lawfulness
               of
               Divorce
               ,
               which
               I
               think
               I
               can
               infer
               Allowable
               in
               a
               Case
               more
               moderate
               ,
               and
               of
               
                 less
                 evil
                 Aspect
              
               .
               For
               I
               will
               imagine
               the
               Consort
               not
               so
               dangerously
               disposed
               and
               affected
               ,
               nor
               to
               Design
               any
               such
               thing
               ;
               but
               that
               the
               Prince
               having
               no
               Heir
               of
               his
               Body
               ,
               to
               Succeed
               ,
               to
               be
               Instructed
               in
               such
               a
               Religion
               and
               Principles
               ,
               as
               will
               incline
               Him
               to
               procure
               the
               Peoples
               real
               good
               ,
               and
               that
               such
               a
               destructive
               and
               dangerous
               Religion
               naturally
               falls
               in
               with
               him
               who
               is
               the
               
                 presumtive
                 Heir
              
               ,
               as
               they
               call
               it
               ,
               that
               is
               the
               next
               of
               Blood
               or
               Kin
               for
               want
               of
               a
               nigher
               ;
               and
               that
               this
               Princess
               or
               Queen
               never
               had
               ,
               nor
               ,
               
                 morally
                 speaking
              
               ,
               ever
               can
               have
               ,
               and
               bring
               forth
               an
               Heir
               to
               be
               
                 so
                 Instructed
              
               and
               Succeed
               ;
               and
               this
               Conjecture
               for
               the
               Future
               ,
               grounded
               on
               the
               
                 time
                 past
              
               ;
               because
               she
               had
               none
               then
               when
               it
               was
               more
               probable
               and
               natural
               ,
               and
               without
               such
               an
               Heir
               so
               much
               danger
               and
               destruction
               imminent
               ;
               the
               Case
               thus
               Stated
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               prevention
               of
               Mischief
               ,
               which
               could
               not
               give
               the
               People
               Authority
               to
               Depose
               a
               Prince
               ,
               because
               though
               they
               may
               be
               Injured
               by
               Him
               ,
               yet
               they
               never
               can
               have
               Authority
               to
               vindicate
               themselves
               
                 against
                 Him
              
               ;
               will
               however
               give
               a
               Prince
               ,
               who
               has
               a
               full
               Authority
               over
               all
               ,
               Power
               and
               Warrant
               to
               Divorce
               a
               Wife
               ,
               as
               being
               unavoidably
               and
               necessarily
               forced
               thereto
               ,
               though
               not
               by
               Her self
               ,
               or
               
                 own
                 Principles
              
               ,
               yet
               
                 so
                 accidentally
              
               ,
               as
               is
               inseparable
               from
               Her
               Marriage
               ;
               and
               this
               necessity
               is
               unavoidable
               ,
               because
               't
               is
               absurd
               ,
               that
               a
               Prince
               should
               suffer
               His
               People
               to
               incur
               such
               great
               danger
               and
               destruction
               knowingly
               ,
               upon
               any
               pretence
               whatsoever
               ,
               and
               therefore
               is
               not
               to
               be
               supposed
               :
               For
               the
               Christian
               Maxim
               of
               
                 not
                 doing
                 Evil
                 that
                 Good
                 may
                 come
                 of
                 it
                 ,
              
               would
               be
               mis-appli'd
               here
               ;
               for
               ,
               a
               private
               Interest
               or
               good
               standing
               in
               Competition
               
               with
               the
               publick
               ,
               ceases
               to
               be
               a
               real
               Right
               if
               inconsistent
               with
               the
               publick
               ,
               inasmuch
               as
               every
               Subject
               doth
               implicitly
               and
               tacitly
               relinquish
               His
               Right
               ,
               Possession
               and
               Pretentions
               to
               every
               thing
               which
               cannot
               consist
               with
               the
               Common
               Good
               ;
               and
               then
               to
               make
               void
               such
               a
               Right
               ,
               is
               not
               
                 to
                 do
                 Evil
              
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               necessity
               remains
               unavoidable
               ;
               but
               still
               with
               this
               Proviso
               and
               not
               else
               ,
               That
               the
               Prince
               may
               proceed
               thus
               ,
               if
               He
               believe
               the
               probability
               and
               certainty
               of
               such
               a
               destructive
               Religion's
               coming
               in
               ,
               if
               He
               Die
               without
               other
               Heir
               than
               He
               has
               already
               ;
               Or
               that
               ,
               if
               it
               do
               come
               in
               ,
               He
               believes
               it
               as
               Dangerous
               and
               Destructive
               as
               others
               do
               :
               else
               His
               Conscience
               is
               bound
               ,
               and
               He
               Obliged
               to
               follow
               it
               .
               In
               the
               last
               place
               ,
               to
               strengthen
               the
               belief
               of
               this
               Maxim
               ,
               on
               which
               the
               stress
               of
               the
               Dispute
               depends
               ,
               that
               what
               was
               once
               a
               Mans
               full
               and
               undoubted
               Right
               and
               Propriety
               ,
               if
               it
               ever
               after
               prove
               utterly
               inconsistent
               with
               the
               publick
               Good
               ,
               finally
               ceases
               to
               be
               His
               Right
               or
               Propriety
               ;
               and
               that
               to
               deprive
               him
               of
               the
               Possession
               of
               that
               thing
               ,
               is
               not
               an
               Injury
               ,
               nor
               
                 doing
                 Evil
                 that
                 Good
                 may
                 come
                 of
                 it
                 ,
              
               I
               will
               in
               short
               ,
               endeavour
               to
               make
               out
               ,
               by
               shewing
               ,
               That
               God
               doth
               Himself
               Dispence
               in
               such
               Cases
               ,
               with
               Princes
               
                 forc't
                 Actions
              
               .
               I
               might
               insist
               on
               a
               tacit
               Consent
               of
               every
               Subject
               to
               this
               purpose
               ,
               because
               Government
               is
               not
               Fixed
               and
               setled
               without
               such
               a
               Consent
               ,
               but
               shall
               rather
               conclude
               with
               the
               strongest
               Proof
               ,
               the
               Authority
               of
               Scripture
               .
            
             
               The
               Apostles
               had
               a
               Power
               given
               them
               by
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               That
               
                 what
                 soever
                 they
                 did
                 bind
                 on
                 Earth
                 should
                 be
                 Bound
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 whatsoever
                 they
                 did
                 loose
                 on
                 Earth
                 should
                 be
                 loosed
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 and
                 whosoever
                 Sins
                 they
                 did
                 Remit
                 they
                 were
                 Remitted
                 ,
                 and
                 whosoever
                 Sins
                 they
                 did
                 Retain
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 Retained
                 .
              
               Which
               Apostolical
               Power
               of
               Loosing
               and
               
                 Binding
                 ,
                 Remitting
              
               and
               Retaining
               ,
               the
               Learned
               observe
               ,
               and
               Expound
               to
               be
               the
               power
               of
               admitting
               into
               the
               Number
               and
               Fellowship
               of
               the
               Faithful
               ,
               upon
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               Exclusion
               or
               Banishment
               from
               it
               for
               Sins
               Scandalous
               ,
               and
               putting
               them
               into
               a
               state
               of
               unworthyness
               ,
               to
               partake
               of
               the
               
                 Christian
                 Mysteries
              
               ,
               and
               be
               reputed
               a
               
                 Member
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               called
               Excommunication
               ;
               from
               which
               too
               ,
               upon
               unfeigned
               Repentance
               ,
               
               they
               had
               Authority
               to
               Release
               ;
               now
               this
               Power
               is
               commonly
               called
               the
               
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Keyes
              
               ,
               is
               an
               
                 ordinary
                 jurisdiction
              
               derived
               from
               the
               Apostles
               to
               their
               Successors
               ,
               who
               exercise
               such
               an
               Authority
               to
               this
               day
               .
               Now
               ,
               
                 This
                 jurisdiction
              
               seems
               to
               derive
               from
               the
               abovementioned
               Texts
               ,
               on
               which
               't
               is
               grounded
               ,
               so
               
                 universal
                 an
                 extent
              
               ,
               as
               if
               no
               one
               whatsoever
               ,
               not
               
                 Princes
                 themselves
              
               ,
               were
               exempt
               from
               it
               ,
               the
               words
               Whatsoever
               and
               Whomsoever
               being
               Universal
               ;
               and
               in
               common
               Speech
               Excluding
               none
               ,
               but
               comprehending
               all
               .
               And
               some
               men
               ,
               namely
               the
               Romanists
               ,
               who
               catched
               at
               the
               least
               outward
               appearance
               or
               countenance
               from
               Scripture
               for
               erecting
               the
               
                 Popes
                 Unlimited
                 Power
              
               ,
               suppose
               these
               places
               of
               Scripture
               to
               confer
               on
               Church
               Governours
               a
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               Authority
               ,
               and
               Right
               of
               Government
               over
               
                 Princes
                 Themselves
              
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               Censure
               ,
               and
               Actually
               Excommunicate
               them
               ;
               because
               't
               is
               said
               ,
               That
               Whatsoever
               they
               did
               bind
               on
               Earth
               ,
               should
               be
               bound
               in
               Heaven
               :
               But
               neither
               in
               the
               Apostles
               practise
               nor
               examples
               of
               Antiquity
               can
               we
               find
               ever
               such
               an
               Authority
               to
               have
               been
               exercised
               over
               Princes
               ,
               though
               no
               doubt
               ,
               occasion
               might
               often
               enough
               occur
               .
               And
               Conformably
               to
               this
               ,
               the
               best
               
                 Reformed
                 Church
              
               ,
               (
               I
               mean
               
                 That
                 of
                 England
              
               )
               Teaches
               ,
               That
               't
               is
               not
               Lawful
               to
               Excommunicate
               Princes
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               denounce
               them
               to
               be
               
                 No
                 Members
                 of
                 Christ
                 and
                 his
                 Church
                 .
              
               For
               ,
               although
               this
               Power
               is
               for
               Edification
               ,
               and
               not
               for
               Destruction
               ;
               and
               no
               doubt
               every
               
                 Christian
                 Prince
              
               ,
               like
               every
               other
               
                 Private
                 Christian
              
               ,
               is
               intrusted
               to
               the
               care
               of
               some
               Spiritual
               Pastor
               or
               Pastors
               to
               Instruct
               him
               ,
               and
               give
               Account
               for
               his
               Soul
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               lost
               through
               their
               default
               ;
               and
               therefore
               they
               might
               seem
               to
               have
               Power
               of
               using
               all
               means
               for
               
                 His
                 Salvation
              
               as
               they
               may
               for
               others
               ,
               and
               this
               of
               Excommunication
               being
               such
               ,
               they
               might
               therefore
               Excommunicate
               Him
               ;
               (
               I
               mean
               not
               from
               the
               Visible
               Company
               of
               the
               Faithful
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               cannot
               ,
               but
               from
               Participation
               of
               the
               Mysteries
               and
               Ordinances
               of
               our
               Religion
               ,
               and
               from
               being
               a
               Member
               of
               Christ's
               Invisible
               Church
               )
               ;
               But
               this
               neither
               they
               did
               nor
               we
               do
               ,
               on
               this
               Supposition
               ,
               and
               Maxim
               in
               Divinity
               ,
               that
               Princes
               are
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               Exempt
               from
               common
               and
               ordinary
               Rules
               ,
               which
               others
               
               are
               Subject
               to
               ,
               if
               so
               be
               the
               Obliging
               a
               Prince
               to
               those
               Rules
               ,
               would
               be
               occasion
               of
               Dammage
               and
               Danger
               to
               the
               Common-Wealth
               ,
               as
               subjecting
               him
               to
               Church-Censures
               ,
               tho
               never
               so
               deservedly
               ,
               would
               necessarily
               be
               ;
               for
               it
               would
               look
               as
               if
               he
               had
               a
               Superiour
               on
               Earth
               ,
               though
               really
               it
               were
               only
               a
               Superiours
               Delegate
               ;
               and
               subject
               Him
               to
               be
               despised
               and
               slighted
               by
               some
               ,
               who
               would
               value
               themselves
               above
               him
               ,
               as
               not
               so
               near
               to
               Gods
               Favour
               and
               Commnunion
               as
               themselves
               ;
               it
               would
               occasion
               discord
               between
               the
               Prince
               and
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               hazard
               the
               taking
               away
               all
               
                 just
                 Authority
              
               ,
               nay
               ,
               the
               expulsion
               of
               Christianity
               it self
               :
               and
               therefore
               rather
               than
               endanger
               the
               publick
               Peace
               and
               Tranquillity
               ,
               the
               Prince
               should
               be
               Exempt
               from
               an
               Ordinance
               and
               Institution
               of
               
                 Christ
                 Himself
              
               ,
               which
               
                 in
                 Reason
              
               doth
               touch
               Him
               as
               well
               as
               any
               else
               ;
               Will
               it
               not
               then
               follow
               ,
               that
               rather
               than
               manifestly
               hazard
               the
               both
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               good
               of
               His
               People
               ,
               a
               Divorce
               ,
               being
               the
               only
               remedy
               ,
               may
               as
               well
               be
               warranted
               ;
               and
               He
               as
               well
               freed
               from
               the
               dangerous
               Tye
               of
               Marriage
               in
               such
               a
               Case
               ,
               as
               from
               Excommunication
               it self
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               we
               find
               God
               himself
               Dispensing
               with
               an
               Eternal
               and
               Natural
               Law
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               the
               
                 Publick
                 Spiritual
              
               Good.
               God
               Dispensed
               with
               the
               Natural
               Law
               of
               doing
               no
               Murther
               ,
               and
               that
               within
               the
               near
               Relation
               of
               Father
               and
               Son
               ,
               and
               commanded
               Abraham
               to
               flay
               Isaac
               ,
               that
               He
               might
               thus
               give
               a
               rare
               Example
               of
               his
               Faith
               for
               all
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               afterwards
               to
               imitate
               ,
               both
               Jewes
               and
               Christians
               :
               and
               David
               in
               extremity
               of
               Hunger
               was
               Indulged
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               immediatly
               by
               God
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               
                 prudential
                 rational
              
               deduction
               of
               Ahimelech
               the
               Priest
               ,
               that
               a
               Case
               of
               necessity
               did
               sufficiently
               Dispense
               ,
               was
               Indulged
               ,
               I
               say
               eating
               the
               Shew-bread
               against
               a
               positive
               Law
               ,
               that
               none
               but
               the
               Priests
               alone
               should
               eat
               it
               ,
               and
               yet
               
                 did
                 not
                 do
                 Evil
              
               ,
               in
               eating
               the
               forbidden
               Bread
               ,
               that
               
                 Good
                 might
                 come
                 of
                 it
              
               ,
               the
               preservation
               of
               his
               Life
               ;
               and
               that
               was
               all
               the
               good
               it
               did
               ,
               because
               his
               Life
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               not
               being
               King
               ,
               had
               no
               other
               Influence
               on
               the
               publick
               Good
               ,
               than
               as
               afterwards
               he
               was
               to
               be
               King.
               
            
             
               I
               Conclude
               therefore
               ,
               that
               if
               not
               only
               the
               publick
               
               good
               cannot
               be
               procured
               ,
               but
               the
               greatest
               and
               
                 highest
                 Mischiefs
              
               be
               prevented
               without
               the
               Divorce
               of
               a
               Person
               whose
               Marriage
               hinders
               the
               only
               remedy
               and
               prevention
               of
               those
               great
               Mischiefs
               ,
               introduction
               of
               Idolatry
               ,
               Superstition
               ,
               and
               Defection
               from
               the
               true
               Religion
               ;
               that
               a
               perpetual
               Separation
               of
               that
               Person
               from
               the
               Prince
               is
               made
               necessary
               to
               the
               avoiding
               those
               Mischiefs
               ,
               and
               because
               those
               Mischiefs
               must
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               ,
               and
               may
               lawfully
               ,
               by
               this
               way
               of
               Separation
               be
               Avoided
               ;
               
                 (
                 Christianity
              
               it self
               ,
               for
               the
               prevention
               of
               like
               Mischiefs
               dispensing
               with
               Him
               in
               
                 another
                 as
                 solemn
                 an
                 Ordinance
              
               of
               Religion
               ,
               )
               this
               Separation
               
                 so
                 necessitated
              
               shall
               not
               leave
               any
               Tye
               or
               Obligation
               on
               the
               Prince
               which
               is
               inconsistent
               with
               
                 perpetual
                 necessary
              
               ,
               not
               accidental
               Separation
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               Tye
               is
               Marriage
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               Prince
               is
               thus
               dis-ingaged
               single
               and
               free
               to
               pursue
               the
               averting
               those
               dreadful
               ,
               destructive
               ,
               and
               otherwise
               certain
               Mischiefs
               which
               would
               Ensue
               to
               the
               ruine
               of
               the
               greatest
               Publick
               Good
               ,
               both
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               ;
               the
               procurement
               of
               which
               cannot
               be
               prejudiced
               by
               any
               private
               Interest
               or
               Right
               ,
               for
               that
               ceases
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               when
               it
               stands
               in
               competition
               with
               the
               Publick
               ;
               but
               dispenseth
               with
               the
               Annulling
               that
               Right
               and
               Propriety
               ,
               by
               a
               
                 prudential
                 ,
                 rational
              
               ,
               and
               true
               Inference
               from
               an
               unavoidable
               Necessity
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .