The rebells catechism composed in an easy and familiar way to let them see the heinousness of their offence, the weakness of their strongest subterfuges, and to recal them to their duties both to God and man.
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             The rebells catechism composed in an easy and familiar way to let them see the heinousness of their offence, the weakness of their strongest subterfuges, and to recal them to their duties both to God and man.
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           THE
           REBELLS
           CATECHISM
           .
        
         
           COMPOSED
           IN
           AN
           EASY
           and
           Familiar
           way
           ;
           To
           let
           them
           see
           ,
           The
           Heinousness
           of
           their
           Offence
           ,
           the
           weakness
           of
           their
           strongest
           Subterfuges
           ;
           and
           to
           recal
           them
           to
           their
           duties
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           .
        
         
           
             ROM.
             13.
             2.
             
          
           Whosoever
           resisteth
           the
           Power
           ,
           resisteth
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           resist
           ,
           shall
           receive
           to
           themselves
           Damnation
           .
        
         
           Printed
           ,
           1643.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Christian
           Reader
           .
        
         
           REader
           ,
           thou
           must
           not
           look
           for
           all
           things
           
             new
             ,
          
           in
           a
           Point
           so
           agitated
           ,
           so
           throughly
           discussed
           and
           canvassed
           as
           this
           hath
           been
           .
           'T
           is
           well
           if
           they
           who
           come
           behind
           both
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           knowledg
           ,
           add
           any
           thing
           though
           it
           be
           but
           little
           ,
           unto
           those
           before
           them
           .
           All
           I
           shall
           promise
           thee
           in
           this
           short
           discourse
           ,
           is
           that
           I
           have
           contracted
           into
           a
           narrow
           compass
           ,
           what
           I
           found
           scattered
           and
           diffused
           in
           many
           &
           those
           larger
           Tractates
           :
           which
           I
           have
           offered
           to
           thy
           view
           in
           a
           more
           easie
           and
           familiar
           way
           than
           hath
           been
           formerly
           presented
           .
           And
           some
           thing
           thou
           shalt
           meet
           with
           here
           ,
           which
           thou
           half
           not
           found
           in
           any
           other
           discourses
           of
           this
           argument
           ,
           besides
           the
           fashion
           and
           the
           dress
           .
           These
           are
           the
           most
           prevailing
           motives
           I
           can
           lay
           before
           thee
           ,
           to
           tempt
           thee
           to
           the
           studying
           of
           this
           
             Catechism
             :
          
           which
           if
           it
           shall
           confirm
           thee
           in
           thy
           
             duty
          
           unto
           
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
          
           or
           reclaim
           thee
           from
           thy
           
             disaffections
          
           unto
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           I
           aim
           at
           .
           And
           so
           fare
           thee
           well
           .
        
         
           
             
               January
               25.
               1643.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           REBEL'S
           CATECHISM
           :
        
         
           Composed
           in
           an
           Easie
           and
           Familiar
           way
           ;
           To
           let
           them
           see
           ,
           the
           heinousness
           of
           their
           Offence
           ,
           the
           weakness
           of
           their
           strongest
           Subterfuges
           ;
           and
           to
           recall
           them
           to
           their
           duties
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Men
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           QUestion
           .
           
             Who
             was
             the
             first
             Author
             of
          
           Rebellion
        
         
           A.
           The
           first
           Author
           of
           
             Rebellion
             ;
          
           
             a
          
           the
           root
           of
           all
           Vices
           ,
           and
           the
           mother
           of
           all
           mischief
           ,
           (
           
             saith
             the
             book
             of
             Homilies
          
           )
           was
           
             LUCIFER
             ,
          
           first
           Gods
           most
           excellent
           creature
           ,
           and
           most
           bounden
           Subject
           ,
           who
           by
           Rebelling
           against
           the
           Majesty
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           the
           brightest
           and
           most
           glorious
           Angel
           ,
           became
           the
           blackest
           and
           most
           foulest
           fiend
           and
           Devil
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           height
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           is
           fallen
           into
           the
           pit
           and
           bottom
           of
           Hell
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Q.
          
           How
           many
           sorts
           of
           
             Rebellion
          
           are
           there
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Three
           most
           especially
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             Heart
             ,
          
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             Tongue
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           What
           is
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             Heart
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           The
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             Heart
             ,
          
           is
           a
           rancorous
           swelling
           of
           
           the
           
             Heart
          
           against
           the
           authority
           and
           commands
           of
           the
           supreme
           power
           under
           which
           we
           live
           :
           which
           tho
           it
           be
           so
           cunningly
           suppressed
           and
           smothered
           ,
           that
           it
           break
           not
           out
           either
           into
           words
           or
           deeds
           ,
           yet
           makes
           a
           man
           guilty
           of
           
             damnation
          
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           .
           And
           this
           is
           that
           of
           which
           the
           
             Wiseman
          
           tells
           us
           saying
           ,
           
             Curse
             not
             the
          
           King
           ,
           
             no
             not
             in
             thy
          
           thought
           ,
           
             for
             a
             bird
             of
             the
             air
             shall
             carry
             the
             voice
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             hath
             wings
             shall
             tell
             the
             matter
             .
          
           Eccles.
           10.
           v.
           20.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           What
           is
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             Tongue
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           The
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             tongue
             ,
          
           is
           a
           malicious
           defaming
           of
           the
           person
           ,
           actions
           ,
           parts
           ,
           and
           government
           of
           those
           Sovereign
           Princes
           to
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           made
           us
           
             subject
             ,
          
           of
           purpose
           to
           disgrace
           them
           amongst
           their
           people
           ,
           to
           render
           them
           odious
           and
           contemptible
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           excite
           their
           Subjects
           to
           rise
           up
           against
           them
           .
           Of
           this
           it
           is
           whereof
           the
           Lord
           God
           commanded
           saying
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             not
             speak
             evil
             of
             the
          
           Ruler
           
             of
             thy
             People
             ;
             Exod.
          
           22.
           28.
           acknowledged
           for
           a
           divine
           precept
           by
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Acts
          
           23.
           5.
           
           See
           to
           this
           purpose
           also
           that
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Prov.
          
           24.
           v.
           21.
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             It
             is
             not
             fit
             to
             say
             unto
             a
          
           King
           
             thou
             art
             wicked
             ;
          
           And
           if
           it
           be
           not
           fit
           to
           
             speak
             evil
          
           to
           him
           ,
           assuredly
           it
           is
           as
           unfit
           to
           
             speak
             evil
          
           of
           him
           .
           And
           finally
           of
           this
           it
           is
           that
           
             b
          
           
             Aristotle
          
           the
           Philosopher
           tells
           us
           saying
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           he
           that
           speaks
           evil
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           offends
           against
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           But
           I
           must
           let
           you
           know
           withal
           ,
           that
           tho
           this
           of
           the
           
             tongue
          
           be
           a
           distinct
           
             species
          
           of
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           and
           so
           judged
           in
           
             Law
             :
          
           yet
           many
           times
           this
           and
           the
           other
           of
           the
           
             heart
             ,
          
           are
           but
           the
           
             ground
          
           and
           
             preparations
          
           to
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             hand
             ,
          
           or
           
             actual
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           as
           they
           call
           it
           commonly
           .
           And
           this
           appears
           most
           plainly
           in
           the
           story
           of
           
             Absalon
             ,
          
           whose
           
             heart
          
           first
           swelled
           against
           his
           Father
           ,
           for
           being
           so
           difficult
           in
           restoring
           him
           to
           his
           
             Court
          
           and
           
             Presence
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           murder
           which
           he
           had
           committed
           on
           his
           brother
           
             Amnon
             ,
          
           (
           2.
           
             Sam.
          
           14.
           v.
           24
           ,
           28.
           )
           and
           his
           
             tongue
          
           found
           the
           way
           to
           disgrace
           his
           
             government
             ,
          
           which
           he
           accused
           of
           
             negligence
          
           and
           
             injustice
             ,
          
           to
           the
           common-people
           (
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           15.
           v.
           2
           ,
           3
           &c.
           )
           before
           he
           blew
           the
           
             trumpet
             ,
          
           and
           took
           Arms
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           
             flee
          
           with
           some
           
             few
             servants
             ,
          
           from
           the
           Royal
           City
           ,
           v.
           14.
           
           But
           here
           we
           take
           it
           not
           
           for
           a
           
             preparation
             ,
          
           but
           for
           a
           
             species
          
           distinct
           ,
           as
           before
           was
           said
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           Why
           do
           you
           call
           the
           
             swellings
          
           of
           the
           
             heart
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             revilings
          
           of
           the
           
             tongue
          
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           considering
           that
           the
           Law
           which
           punisheth
           
             Rebellion
          
           with
           no
           less
           than
           death
           ,
           doth
           take
           no
           cognizance
           of
           mens
           
             thoughts
             ;
          
           and
           that
           when
           
             c
          
           
             Gervase
             Shelvey
          
           of
           
             Sandwich
          
           said
           lately
           to
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           that
           Town
           that
           
             if
             the
             King
             came
             thither
             he
             would
             shoot
             the
             Rogue
             ,
          
           for
           which
           he
           was
           imprisoned
           by
           the
           Major
           now
           being
           ,
           it
           was
           resolved
           by
           the
           
             High
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           that
           these
           words
           were
           but
           a
           
             misdemeanour
             ;
          
           and
           so
           he
           was
           released
           again
           .
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           The
           
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
          
           which
           you
           call
           the
           
             High
             Court
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           did
           not
           so
           much
           deliver
           their
           judgment
           in
           the
           case
           aforesaid
           ,
           as
           betray
           their
           disaffection
           in
           it
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           whose
           Person
           they
           endeavour
           to
           destroy
           that
           they
           may
           keep
           his
           power
           still
           amongst
           themselves
           .
           Or
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           very
           false
           and
           erroneous
           judgment
           ,
           directly
           contrary
           unto
           the
           resolution
           of
           my
           Lords
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           other
           Sages
           of
           the
           Law
           in
           all
           former
           Ages
           ,
           
             d
          
           by
           whom
           it
           is
           affirmed
           expresly
           ,
           that
           
             if
             any
             man
          
           
             e
          
           
             do
             compass
             or
             imagin
             the
             death
             of
             our
             Lord
             the
             King
          
           (
           as
           all
           
             Rebels
          
           do
           )
           and
           doth
           declare
           the
           same
           imagination
           by
           any
           
             overt
             fact
             ,
          
           either
           deed
           or
           word
           ,
           he
           shall
           suffer
           judgement
           as
           a
           Traitor
           ,
           
             licet
             is
             id
             quod
             in
             voluntate
             habuit
             ,
             ad
             effectum
             non
             perduxerit
             ,
          
           as
           
             f
          
           
             Bracton
          
           hath
           it
           ,
           altho
           it
           do
           not
           take
           effect
           ,
           and
           go
           no
           farther
           than
           the
           thought
           or
           purpose
           of
           the
           first
           contriver
           .
           Upon
           which
           ground
           it
           was
           ,
           no
           question
           ,
           that
           
             Shimei
          
           suffered
           death
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           
             Solomon
             .
          
           For
           altho
           
             David
          
           spared
           him
           upon
           submission
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           not
           intermix
           the
           joy
           of
           his
           return
           unto
           
             Hierusalem
          
           with
           any
           sad
           and
           mournful
           Accident
           (
           as
           that
           must
           needs
           have
           been
           unto
           
             Shimei's
          
           friends
           )
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           19.
           22.
           yet
           he
           gave
           order
           to
           his
           son
           
             to
             bring
             his
             hoary
             head
             down
             to
             the
             grave
             with
             blood
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             cursed
             him
             with
             a
             grievous
             curse
             in
             the
             day
             when
             he
             went
             to
          
           Mahanaim
           ,
           1
           
             Kings
          
           2.
           8.
           which
           was
           accordingly
           performed
           by
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           v.
           46.
           
        
         
           6.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           But
           
             Shimei's
          
           case
           can
           be
           no
           
             Precedent
          
           to
           us
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           governed
           by
           the
           
             Iudicial
             Law
          
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           but
           by
           the
           
           
             common
             Law
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             ruled
             cases
          
           in
           that
           Law
           ▪
           And
           therefore
           tell
           me
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           whether
           our
           own
           books
           of
           afford
           you
           any
           of
           the
           like
           examples
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Our
           own
           books
           do
           afford
           us
           many
           :
           as
           
             viz.
          
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             Walker
          
           a
           Citizen
           
             g
          
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           that
           of
           Mr.
           
             Burdet
          
           
             g
          
           an
           Esquire
           of
           
             Warwickshire
             ,
          
           both
           executed
           in
           the
           time
           of
           King
           
             Edward
          
           4th
           ▪
           for
           words
           which
           might
           be
           construed
           to
           a
           treasonable
           and
           rebellious
           sense
           ,
           tho
           perhaps
           no
           ill
           meaning
           was
           intended
           ;
           that
           of
           the
           
             Windsors
          
           
             h
          
           Butcher
           in
           the
           reign
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           8th
           ▪
           for
           saying
           that
           rather
           than
           sell
           his
           meat
           at
           so
           mean
           a
           rate
           ,
           he
           would
           send
           it
           to
           the
           Rebels
           in
           the
           North
           ;
           and
           finally
           of
           one
           
             Oldnoll
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           Yeomen
           of
           the
           Guard
           in
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           time
           ,
           
             i
          
           who
           had
           judgment
           of
           death
           for
           certain
           traiterous
           and
           seditious
           words
           spoken
           against
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           altho
           no
           insurrection
           or
           Rebellion
           did
           ensue
           upon
           them
           .
           For
           the
           particulars
           ,
           I
           must
           refer
           you
           to
           our
           
             law
             books
          
           and
           the
           common
           
             Chronicles
             .
          
        
         
           7.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           Proceed
           we
           now
           unto
           your
           third
           and
           last
           sort
           of
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           and
           tell
           me
           what
           you
           mean
           by
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             hand
             ,
          
           and
           how
           many
           sorts
           there
           are
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           The
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             hand
          
           is
           of
           two
           sorts
           ,
           whereof
           the
           first
           is
           the
           composing
           &
           dispersing
           of
           false
           &
           scandalous
           
             Books
          
           and
           
             Pamphlets
             ,
          
           tending
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           His
           Subordinate
           Officers
           ,
           &
           Form
           of
           Government
           ,
           of
           purpose
           to
           alienate
           the
           affections
           of
           his
           Subjects
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           the
           more
           apt
           to
           
             Rebel
          
           against
           him
           .
           And
           this
           is
           punishable
           with
           death
           also
           by
           the
           law
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           examples
           of
           
             k
          
           
             Bugnall
             ,
             Scot
             ,
             Heath
             ,
          
           and
           
             Kennington
             ,
          
           being
           Sanctuary
           men
           ,
           in
           S.
           
             Martins
             Legrand
             London
             ,
          
           who
           had
           judgment
           to
           be
           hanged
           ,
           drawn
           ,
           &
           quartered
           in
           the
           time
           of
           K.
           
             Hen.
          
           7th
           ▪
           for
           
             setting
             up
             seditious
             Bills
             to
             the
             scandal
             of
             the
             King
             and
             some
             of
             his
             Council
             :
          
           of
           
             Penry
             ,
             Udall
             ,
             Barrow
             ,
             Greenwood
             ,
             Studley
             ,
             Billott
             ,
          
           and
           
             Bowdler
             ,
          
           
             l
          
           zealous
           
             Puritans
          
           all
           ,
           all
           of
           which
           were
           condemned
           and
           three
           of
           them
           hanged
           in
           Q.
           
             Elizabeths
          
           time
           ,
           for
           writing
           treasonable
           &
           seditious
           Books
           ,
           by
           wch
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           might
           have
           been
           disturbed
           ,
           tho
           no
           Rebellion
           followed
           on
           them
           :
           of
           
             Copping
          
           and
           
             Thacker
             ,
          
           
             m
          
           who
           were
           hanged
           at
           S.
           
             Edmunds
             bury
          
           in
           the
           said
           Queens
           time
           ,
           for
           publishing
           the
           
           Pamphlets
           writ
           by
           
             Rob.
             Browne
          
           against
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Common-Prayer
             ;
          
           which
           
             Compton
          
           thus
           reports
           in
           his
           Lawyers
           
             French
             ,
          
           
             n
          
           
             Deux
             executez
             pour
             poublier
             les
             livres
             de
          
           Robert
           Browne
           ,
           
             encontre
             le
             livre
             de
             common
             praut
             .
          
           And
           finally
           witness
           the
           example
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Williams
          
           
             o
          
           a
           
             Barrister
          
           of
           the
           
             Middle
             Temple
             ,
          
           who
           was
           executed
           in
           King
           
             Iames
          
           his
           Reign
           for
           writing
           a
           defamatory
           Book
           ,
           against
           the
           said
           King
           and
           his
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           What
           is
           the
           other
           sort
           of
           that
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           which
           you
           call
           the
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           The
           other
           sort
           of
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             hand
             ,
          
           is
           that
           which
           commonly
           is
           called
           
             Actual
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           and
           is
           defined
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           25
           of
           King
           
             Edward
          
           3.
           
             p
          
           to
           be
           
             a
             levying
             of
             War
             against
             our
             Sovereign
             Lord
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Realm
             ,
             or
             an
             adhering
             to
             the
             Kings
             Enemies
             in
             his
             Realm
             ,
             giving
             to
             them
             aid
             and
             comfort
             in
             the
             Realm
             or
             elsewhere
             .
          
           And
           so
           it
           is
           determined
           also
           in
           the
           
             Civil
             Laws
             ,
          
           by
           which
           all
           those
           ,
           
             q
          
           
             qui
             arripiunt
             arma
             contra
             eum
             cujus
             jurisdictioni
             subditi
             sunt
             ,
          
           who
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           such
           Persons
           to
           whose
           authority
           they
           are
           subject
           ,
           are
           declared
           to
           be
           
             Rebels
             .
          
           Where
           note
           ,
           that
           not
           the
           
             open
             Act
          
           only
           ,
           but
           the
           attempt
           &
           machination
           is
           brought
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           
             Rebellion
             .
             Rebellio
             ipse
             actus
             rebellandi
             est
             ,
             qui
             non
             solùm
             facto
             sed
             machinatione
             committitur
             ,
          
           as
           those
           
             Lawyers
          
           tell
           us
           .
           
             r
          
           And
           it
           is
           worth
           our
           observation
           that
           not
           only
           the
           
             bearing
             Arms
          
           against
           the
           King
           is
           declared
           to
           be
           
             Rebellion
          
           by
           the
           law
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           but
           that
           it
           was
           declared
           to
           be
           
             Rebellion
          
           by
           the
           chief
           Judges
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           
             s
          
           at
           the
           arraignment
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
          
           (
           the
           Father
           of
           him
           who
           now
           is
           in
           the
           head
           of
           this
           
             Rebellion
          
           )
           for
           any
           man
           to
           seek
           to
           make
           himself
           so
           strong
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           should
           not
           be
           able
           to
           resist
           him
           ,
           altho
           he
           broke
           not
           out
           into
           open
           act
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           What
           is
           the
           end
           that
           
             Rebels
          
           do
           propose
           unto
           themselves
           ,
           when
           they
           put
           themselves
           into
           
             Rebellion
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           The
           deposition
           &
           destruction
           of
           the
           King
           in
           possession
           ,
           &
           an
           alteration
           of
           the
           present
           Government
           .
           And
           so
           it
           was
           determined
           by
           the
           joint
           consent
           of
           all
           the
           Judges
           
             t
          
           at
           the
           Arraignment
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
          
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           by
           whom
           it
           was
           resolved
           for
           
             Law
             ,
          
           that
           in
           every
           
             Rebellion
          
           there
           was
           a
           plot
           upon
           the
           life
           and
           deposition
           of
           the
           Prince
           ;
           it
           being
           not
           to
           be
           
           conceived
           that
           the
           
             Rebels
          
           would
           suffer
           him
           to
           
             live
          
           or
           
             reign●
          
           who
           might
           have
           opportunity
           in
           the
           change
           of
           things
           ,
           to
           punish
           them
           for
           their
           Rebellions
           ,
           and
           avenge
           himself
           upon
           them
           for
           their
           Treasons
           .
           And
           this
           they
           did
           confirm
           by
           the
           
             Civil
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           further
           justifie
           and
           confirm
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           Reason
           ,
           with
           which
           it
           seemed
           inconsistent
           ,
           
             ut
             qui
             semel
             Regi
             jus
             dixerit
             ,
          
           that
           he
           who
           had
           once
           over-ruled
           his
           King
           by
           
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
          
           should
           either
           suffer
           him
           to
           
             live
             ,
          
           or
           recover
           the
           possession
           of
           his
           
             Realm
          
           again
           .
           All
           which
           they
           made
           good
           by
           the
           sad
           examples
           of
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           long
           enjoy
           either
           
             life
          
           or
           
             Crown
             ,
          
           after
           they
           came
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           who
           
             rebelled
          
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           But
           those
           Examples
           which
           you
           speak
           of
           ,
           were
           in
           times
           of
           
             Popery
             ;
          
           have
           you
           the
           like
           to
           shew
           since
           the
           
             Reformation
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           I
           would
           to
           God
           we
           had
           none
           such
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           too
           many
           .
           For
           not
           to
           look
           into
           our
           neighbouring
           Realm
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           proceedings
           of
           some
           there
           (
           who
           called
           themselves
           
             Protestants
             )
          
           against
           their
           
             Queen
             ;
          
           the
           
             Rebellion
          
           plotted
           by
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
          
           in
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
          
           time
           ,
           (
           though
           there
           was
           nothing
           less
           pretended
           )
           was
           to
           have
           ended
           in
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           the
           alteration
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           For
           as
           was
           afterwards
           confessed
           by
           some
           of
           his
           
             Accomplices
             ,
          
           the
           secret
           part
           of
           the
           design
           ,
           was
           to
           have
           seized
           upon
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           secured
           his
           Adversaries
           in
           the
           Court
           ;
           whom
           when
           he
           had
           condemned
           and
           executed
           ,
           
             u
          
           
             Parliamento
             indicto
             reipub
             ▪
             formam
             immutare
             statuit
             ,
          
           he
           then
           resolved
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           settle
           a
           new
           form
           of
           Government
           .
           Which
           how
           it
           could
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           Queen
           alive
           ,
           I
           believe
           you
           know
           not
           .
           And
           so
           much
           was
           acknowledged
           by
           the
           Earl
           himself
           ,
           after
           the
           sentence
           of
           death
           was
           passed
           upon
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           affirmed
           to
           certain
           of
           her
           Majesties
           Council
           ,
           
             Reginam
             sospitem
             esse
             non
             posse
             si
             ipse
             supersit
             ,
          
           
             x
          
           that
           whilst
           he
           lived
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           for
           the
           Queen
           to
           continue
           in
           safety
           .
           Thus
           have
           you
           seen
           the
           main
           design
           of
           that
           
             Rebellion
          
           (
           as
           of
           all
           others
           whatsoever
           )
           what
           his
           pretences
           were
           which
           he
           cast
           abroad
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           seduce
           the
           people
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           stick
           to
           tell
           you
           if
           you
           put
           me
           to
           it
           .
        
         
         
           11.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           that
           at
           this
           present
           time
           .
           But
           being
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           
             levying
             of
             War
          
           against
           the
           King
           is
           properly
           and
           truly
           to
           be
           called
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           I
           would
           fain
           ask
           ,
           whether
           you
           mean
           it
           only
           in
           such
           cases
           where
           the
           Subjects
           take
           up
           Arms
           out
           of
           pride
           and
           wantonness
           ;
           or
           in
           such
           also
           when
           they
           are
           necessitated
           and
           inforced
           unto
           it
           in
           their
           own
           defence
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           I
           mean
           it
           equally
           in
           both
           cases
           ,
           tho
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           the
           former
           be
           more
           odious
           in
           the
           sight
           both
           of
           God
           and
           man
           .
           For
           even
           
             defensive
             Arms
             ,
          
           as
           your
           Party
           calls
           them
           ,
           are
           absolutely
           unlawful
           in
           the
           Subject
           against
           his
           Sovereign
           :
           in
           regard
           that
           no
           
             defensive
             War
          
           can
           be
           undertaken
           ,
           but
           it
           carrieth
           a
           
             resistance
          
           in
           it
           
             y
          
           to
           those
           
             higher
             powers
             ,
          
           to
           which
           
             every
             soul
          
           is
           to
           be
           
             subject
             .
          
           Which
           
             powers
          
           being
           
             obtained
          
           by
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           it
           followeth
           by
           the
           
             Apostle's
          
           Logick
           (
           who
           was
           a
           very
           able
           Disputant
           )
           that
           they
           
             who
             do
             resist
             the
             powers
             ,
             resist
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
             z
          
           and
           consequently
           
             shall
             receive
             to
             themselves
             demnation
             .
          
           A
           rule
           which
           took
           such
           deep
           impression
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           that
           though
           for
           personal
           valour
           ,
           numbers
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           leaders
           able
           to
           conduct
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           superiour
           to
           the
           adverse
           party
           in
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Empire
           ;
           yet
           they
           chose
           rather
           to
           expose
           their
           lives
           unto
           the
           merciless
           fury
           of
           the
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           than
           take
           up
           
             Arms
          
           against
           their
           Princes
           ,
           or
           disturb
           the
           peace
           of
           their
           Dominions
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           standing
           in
           their
           own
           
             defence
             ,
          
           being
           so
           tyrannically
           and
           unjustly
           handled
           .
           For
           proof
           whereof
           ,
           we
           may
           alledg
           
             Tertullian
             ,
          
           
             a
          
           
             Cyprian
             ,
          
           
             b
          
           
             Lactantius
             ,
          
           
             c
          
           and
           some
           other
           
             d
          
           Antients
           ,
           whose
           words
           we
           will
           produce
           at
           large
           ,
           if
           you
           think
           it
           necessary
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           You
           need
           not
           put
           your self
           to
           that
           trouble
           .
           For
           we
           deny
           not
           that
           
             the
             Antient
             Christians
             did
             rather
             choose
             to
             suffer
             ,
             than
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             ;
          
           
             e
          
           but
           when
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           
             tho
             they
             were
          
           exceeding
           
             numerous
             ,
             yet
             they
             were
             not
             formed
             into
             States
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
          
           and
           that
           when
           they
           were
           once
           
             estated
             in
             laws
             and
             liberties
             ,
             as
             in
          
           France
           ,
           Holland
           ,
           Scotland
           ,
           Germany
           ,
           
             they
             made
             no
             question
             then
             to
             defend
             themselves
             .
          
           What
           can
           you
           answer
           unto
           that
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           I
           trow
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Empire
           was
           a
           
             setled
             State
             ,
          
           as
           
           strongly
           cemented
           with
           all
           the
           ligaments
           of
           power
           and
           policy
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           of
           these
           you
           mention
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Subjects
           of
           that
           Empire
           had
           their
           
             laws
          
           and
           
             liberties
             ,
          
           which
           as
           their
           Ancestors
           had
           received
           from
           the
           indulgence
           of
           their
           
             Emperors
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Roman
             Senate
             ,
          
           so
           they
           transmitted
           them
           to
           their
           posterity
           .
           And
           yet
           when
           all
           the
           Empire
           had
           received
           the
           faith
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Constantine
             ,
          
           and
           that
           no
           Religion
           but
           the
           
             Christian
          
           had
           publick
           countenance
           from
           the
           Laws
           ,
           during
           the
           most
           part
           of
           his
           reign
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           reign
           of
           his
           three
           Sons
           (
           which
           was
           for
           fifty
           five
           years
           ,
           no
           fewer
           ,
           )
           the
           Subjects
           kept
           themselves
           to
           their
           former
           Principles
           .
           Insomuch
           that
           when
           the
           Emperour
           
             Iulian
          
           began
           to
           intrench
           upon
           their
           
             liberties
             ,
          
           and
           infringe
           those
           
             laws
             ,
          
           which
           had
           been
           granted
           them
           by
           the
           grace
           and
           goodness
           of
           those
           Princes
           ;
           they
           knew
           no
           other
           way
           ,
           nor
           
             weapons
             ,
          
           by
           which
           to
           make
           resistance
           to
           such
           lawless
           violence
           ,
           but
           their
           
             prayers
          
           and
           
             tears
             .
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             f
          
           and
           this
           was
           all
           the
           
             Medicine
          
           which
           they
           had
           to
           cure
           that
           
             Malady
             ,
          
           as
           we
           find
           in
           
             Nazianzen
             .
          
           The
           like
           I
           could
           produce
           from
           St.
           
             Ambrose
          
           also
           ,
           
             g
          
           were
           not
           this
           sufficient
           .
           And
           for
           your
           instances
           of
           
             France
             ,
             Holland
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             Germany
             ,
          
           which
           you
           have
           mustered
           up
           to
           make
           good
           your
           cause
           ;
           I
           am
           sorry
           for
           the
           
             Protestant
          
           Religions
           sake
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           furnished
           me
           with
           so
           many
           examples
           of
           Rebellions
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           ended
           in
           the
           
             death
             ,
          
           and
           others
           in
           the
           
             deposition
          
           of
           their
           natural
           Princes
           .
           Which
           was
           a
           point
           you
           seemed
           to
           doubt
           of
           in
           your
           tenth
           Question
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           But
           tell
           me
           seriously
           ,
           do
           you
           conceive
           that
           all
           
             resistance
          
           of
           this
           kind
           made
           by
           
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
          
           may
           be
           called
           
             Rebellion
             ;
          
           and
           that
           there
           are
           no
           cases
           which
           may
           make
           it
           lawful
           ,
           and
           warrantable
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           or
           man
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Your
           question
           hath
           two
           several
           parts
           ,
           and
           must
           receive
           two
           several
           answers
           .
           And
           to
           the
           first
           I
           answer
           seriously
           (
           it
           being
           now
           no
           time
           to
           trifle
           )
           that
           all
           
             resistance
          
           of
           the
           kind
           you
           speak
           of
           ,
           nor
           only
           may
           be
           called
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           but
           is
           
             Rebellion
          
           in
           the
           true
           and
           natural
           sense
           of
           the
           word
           .
           For
           if
           (
           as
           the
           
             Civilians
          
           say
           )
           
             Rebellis
             dicitur
             inobediens
             Principi
             circa
             concernentia
             prosperitatem
             Imperii
             ,
          
           
             h
          
           that
           every
           one
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           Rebel
           ,
           
           who
           yieldeth
           not
           obedience
           to
           his
           Prince
           in
           all
           such
           particulars
           ,
           as
           do
           concern
           the
           flourishing
           estate
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ▪
           assuredly
           he
           is
           a
           
             Rebel
          
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           who
           takes
           up
           
             Arms
          
           against
           his
           Sovereign
           (
           whatever
           his
           pretences
           be
           )
           and
           by
           so
           doing
           doth
           embroil
           his
           Kingdoms
           in
           all
           these
           miseries
           ,
           which
           most
           inseparably
           are
           annexed
           to
           a
           
             Civil
          
           War
           .
           Now
           frame
           the
           second
           part
           of
           the
           present
           
             Quere
             ,
          
           into
           a
           distinct
           question
           of
           it self
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           give
           such
           answer
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           shall
           satisfie
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           My
           question
           is
           ,
           whether
           the
           
             condition
          
           of
           the
           persons
           which
           are
           ingaged
           in
           such
           
             resistance
             ,
          
           the
           
             grounds
          
           on
           which
           they
           go
           ,
           and
           the
           
             end
          
           they
           aim
           at
           ,
           make
           not
           an
           alteration
           in
           the
           case
           :
           so
           that
           
             Resistance
          
           qualified
           by
           these
           several
           circumstances
           ,
           become
           not
           warrantable
           by
           the
           Laws
           both
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           The
           answer
           unto
           this
           is
           already
           made
           in
           the
           book
           of
           
             Homilies
             ;
          
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
           that
           "
           though
           not
           only
           great
           multitude
           of
           the
           rude
           and
           rascal
           
             Commons
             ,
          
           but
           sometimes
           also
           mention
           of
           great
           
             Wit
             ,
             Nobility
             ,
          
           and
           
             Authority
             ,
          
           have
           moved
           
             Rebellion
          
           against
           their
           lawful
           Princes
           ;
           though
           they
           should
           pretend
           sundry
           causes
           ,
           as
           the
           
             redress
          
           of
           the
           
             Commonwealth
             ,
          
           or
           
             Reformation
          
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           tho
           they
           have
           made
           a
           great
           shew
           of
           holy
           meaning
           by
           beginning
           their
           
             Rebellion
          
           with
           a
           counterfeit
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           displaying
           and
           bearing
           about
           divers
           
             Ensigns
          
           and
           
             Banners
             ,
          
           which
           are
           acceptable
           unto
           the
           rude
           ignorant
           common
           ,
           people
           ,
           (
           great
           multitudes
           of
           whom
           by
           such
           false
           pretences
           and
           shews
           they
           do
           deceive
           and
           draw
           unto
           them
           )
           yet
           were
           the
           multitudes
           of
           the
           
             Rebels
          
           never
           so
           huge
           and
           great
           ,
           the
           
             Captains
          
           never
           so
           noble
           ,
           politick
           and
           witty
           ,
           the
           
             pretences
          
           feigned
           to
           be
           never
           so
           good
           and
           holy
           ,
           yet
           the
           speedly
           overthrow
           of
           all
           
             Rebels
             ,
          
           of
           what
           number
           ,
           state
           or
           condition
           soever
           they
           were
           ,
           or
           what
           colour
           or
           cause
           soever
           they
           pretended
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           ever
           hath
           been
           such
           ,
           that
           God
           doth
           thereby
           shew
           that
           he
           alloweth
           neither
           the
           
             dignity
          
           of
           any
           person
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             multitude
          
           of
           any
           people
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             weight
          
           of
           any
           cause
           ,
           as
           sufficient
           for
           which
           the
           Subjects
           may
           move
           
             Rebellion
          
           against
           their
           Princes
           .
           "
           So
           far
           the
           very
           words
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Homilies
             .
          
        
         
           15.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           Why
           do
           you
           tell
           us
           thus
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Homilies
             ,
          
           
           composed
           by
           a
           company
           of
           ignorant
           
             Bookmen
             ,
          
           men
           utterly
           unskilful
           in
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           .
           Think
           you
           that
           we
           ascribe
           to
           them
           so
           much
           authority
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           over-ruled
           by
           them
           in
           this
           case
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           It
           may
           be
           not
           .
           But
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Statute
           made
           in
           the
           thirteenth
           year
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           
             k
          
           entituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             for
             Reformation
             of
             disorders
             in
             the
             Ministers
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           &c.
           in
           which
           it
           was
           enacted
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           were
           to
           be
           admitted
           unto
           
             holy
             Orders
             ,
          
           or
           instituted
           into
           any
           
             Ecclesiastical
          
           preferment
           should
           first
           subscribe
           unto
           the
           
             Articles
             of
             Religion
          
           agreed
           upon
           in
           
             Convocation
             ,
             Anno
          
           15●2
           .
           One
           of
           which
           
             Articles
          
           recites
           the
           names
           and
           titles
           of
           each
           several
           
             Homily
             ,
          
           and
           approves
           their
           doctrine
           .
           So
           that
           although
           the
           
             Homilies
          
           were
           at
           first
           composed
           by
           men
           unskilful
           in
           the
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           as
           you
           please
           to
           say
           ,
           yet
           they
           received
           both
           strength
           and
           approbation
           from
           the
           skilfullest
           
             Lawyers
          
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           convened
           with
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           have
           as
           much
           authority
           as
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           could
           add
           unto
           them
           .
           But
           since
           you
           are
           not
           pleased
           with
           this
           general
           answer
           ,
           give
           me
           your
           doubts
           and
           
             Queres
          
           in
           particular
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           I
           can
           say
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           First
           then
           ,
           I
           ask
           ,
           whether
           if
           the
           King
           become
           a
           
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           it
           be
           not
           Lawful
           in
           that
           case
           to
           
             bear
             Arms
          
           against
           him
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Yes
           ,
           if
           
             G.
             Buchanan
          
           may
           be
           judg
           ,
           
             l
          
           who
           tells
           us
           plainly
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           rewards
           proposed
           to
           such
           as
           should
           kill
           a
           
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           as
           formerly
           there
           were
           for
           those
           who
           destroyed
           
             Wolves
             .
          
           But
           if
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           may
           rule
           the
           case
           we
           shall
           find
           it
           otherwise
           .
           For
           if
           we
           ask
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           that
           the
           Apostle
           did
           command
           Subjection
           to
           be
           given
           even
           by
           
             every
             soul
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           that
           he
           forbad
           
             resistance
          
           to
           be
           made
           upon
           pain
           of
           
             Damnation
             ;
          
           
             m
          
           we
           shall
           find
           it
           was
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Emperour
           
             n
          
           
             Nero
             ,
          
           the
           greatest
           
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           the
           bloudiest
           and
           most
           terrible
           Prince
           ,
           the
           greatest
           monster
           of
           mankind
           ,
           that
           ever
           yet
           was
           born
           of
           Woman
           .
           Yet
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           writing
           to
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           over
           whom
           he
           did
           so
           cruelly
           tyrannize
           ,
           commanded
           
             every
             soul
          
           to
           be
           
             subject
          
           to
           him
           ,
           
             not
             for
             wrath
             only
             but
             for
             conscience
             sake
             ,
          
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           pain
           and
           
           peril
           of
           
             damnation
             ,
          
           no
           man
           should
           be
           so
           bold
           as
           to
           
             resist
          
           his
           
             power
             ,
          
           or
           
             rebel
          
           against
           him
           .
           And
           doubtless
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           was
           a
           mighty
           
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           one
           who
           had
           taken
           from
           the
           
             Iews
             ,
          
           their
           ,
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           their
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           their
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           
             o
          
           and
           whatsoever
           else
           was
           most
           dear
           unto
           them
           .
           Yet
           were
           the
           
             Iews
          
           commanded
           to
           submit
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           patiently
           to
           bear
           the
           yoak
           which
           was
           laid
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           
             not
             to
             hearken
             to
             their
          
           Prophets
           ,
           
             not
             to
             their
          
           Diviners
           ,
           
             nor
             unto
             their
          
           Dreamers
           (
           mark
           it
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           just
           your
           case
           )
           
             which
             speak
             unto
             you
             ,
             saying
             ,
             ye
             shall
             not
             serve
             the
             King
             of
          
           Babylon
           ,
           
             for
             they
             Prophesie
             a
             lye
             unto
             you
             that
             ye
             should
             perish
             ,
          
           Jerem.
           27.
           v.
           9.
           
           Finally
           ,
           to
           oppose
           the
           saying
           of
           an
           
             Heathen
          
           man
           ,
           unto
           that
           wicked
           speech
           of
           him
           who
           did
           pretend
           so
           much
           unto
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           we
           find
           it
           thus
           resolved
           in
           
             Plutarch
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             p
          
           that
           it
           was
           contrary
           both
           to
           
             positive
          
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           of
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           for
           any
           
             Subject
          
           to
           lift
           up
           his
           hand
           against
           the
           person
           of
           his
           Sovereign
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           Is
           it
           not
           lawful
           to
           
             bear
             Arms
          
           against
           Sovereign
           Princes
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           
             Religion
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Yes
           ,
           for
           those
           men
           who
           place
           
             Religion
          
           in
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           and
           whose
           
             faith
             is
             faction
             ;
          
           but
           for
           no
           men
           else
           .
           The
           
             Iews
          
           might
           well
           have
           pleaded
           this
           against
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           when
           he
           destroyed
           their
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           and
           forbad
           their
           
             sacrifices
             ;
          
           and
           the
           Christians
           in
           
             Tertullian's
          
           time
           (
           when
           they
           were
           at
           the
           strongest
           )
           against
           the
           Emperour
           
             Severus
             ,
          
           who
           did
           not
           only
           labour
           to
           suppress
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           but
           utterly
           to
           root
           out
           the
           
             Professours
          
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           contrary
           doctrine
           was
           then
           preached
           and
           practised
           ,
           as
           before
           was
           shewed
           you
           .
           What
           weapons
           the
           poor
           
             Christians
          
           did
           make
           use
           of
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Iulian
          
           the
           
             Apostate
             ,
          
           in
           his
           endeavours
           to
           subvert
           the
           
             Gospel
             ,
          
           and
           establish
           
             Paganism
          
           again
           in
           the
           place
           thereof
           ,
           we
           told
           you
           lately
           out
           of
           
             Nazianzen
             :
          
           and
           shall
           now
           add
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Christian
          
           party
           was
           then
           so
           strong
           and
           powerful
           in
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Armies
           ,
           that
           when
           
             Iovinian
          
           was
           elected
           Emperour
           on
           the
           death
           of
           
             Iulian
             ,
          
           the
           Soldiers
           with
           one
           voice
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             q
          
           
             that
             they
             were
             all
             Christians
             .
          
           So
           that
           it
           was
           not
           
             consciousness
          
           of
           their
           own
           weakness
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             fear
          
           of
           
             wrath
             ;
          
           but
           
             conscience
          
           of
           their
           duty
           ,
           and
           the
           
             fear
          
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           made
           them
           patiently
           submit
           to
           the
           present
           storm
           .
           Thus
           
           when
           the
           younger
           
             Valentinian
          
           endeavoured
           to
           supplant
           the
           true
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           to
           set
           up
           
             Arianism
             ,
          
           to
           which
           he
           strongly
           was
           addicted
           ,
           the
           Tyrant
           
             Maximus
          
           made
           offer
           to
           S.
           
             Ambrose
          
           of
           his
           
             Arms
          
           and
           Forces
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           inable
           him
           to
           resist
           the
           
             Arians
             ,
          
           and
           to
           preserve
           the
           true
           
             Religion
             :
          
           
             r
          
           but
           the
           good
           Father
           absolutely
           refused
           the
           offer
           .
           And
           though
           he
           was
           so
           well
           beloved
           and
           honoured
           by
           the
           people
           generally
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           easily
           have
           Armed
           them
           against
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           &
           crushed
           the
           
             Arian
          
           faction
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           by
           whom
           his
           Councils
           were
           directed
           ;
           yet
           he
           betook
           himself
           to
           no
           other
           
             weapons
          
           than
           his
           
             Prayers
          
           and
           
             Tears
             ,
          
           the
           ancient
           
             weapons
          
           of
           the
           Christians
           .
           
             Coactus
             repugnare
             non
             novi
             ,
             dolere
             potero
             ,
             potero
             flere
             ,
             potero
             gemere
             ;
             Aliter
             nec
             debeo
             nee
             possum
             resistere
             ;
          
           
             s
          
           other
           
             resistance
          
           knew
           he
           none
           ,
           tho
           prest
           and
           opprest
           too
           ,
           then
           his
           
             Tears
          
           and
           
             Prayers
             .
          
        
         
           18.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           What
           if
           he
           violate
           our
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           infringe
           our
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           may
           we
           not
           then
           bear
           Arms
           against
           him
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Somewhat
           in
           answer
           unto
           this
           you
           received
           before
           ,
           in
           the
           command
           imposed
           upon
           the
           
             Iews
          
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Ieremy
             ,
          
           not
           to
           
             Rebel
          
           or
           take
           up
           Arms
           (
           which
           come
           both
           to
           one
           )
           against
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           King
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           
             t
          
           although
           he
           did
           so
           tyrannize
           and
           Lord
           it
           over
           them
           ,
           that
           neither
           their
           old
           
             Laws
          
           nor
           
             Liberties
          
           were
           a
           jot
           regarded
           .
           But
           that
           which
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           now
           ,
           it
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           case
           in
           the
           23.
           of
           the
           Acts
           .
           Being
           brought
           to
           plead
           his
           own
           cause
           ,
           and
           the
           Gospels
           too
           ,
           before
           the
           Council
           of
           
             Hierusalem
             ,
          
           in
           the
           first
           entrance
           of
           his
           Plea
           ,
           
             the
             high
             Priest
          
           Ananias
           
             commanded
             them
             that
             stood
             by
             to
             smite
             him
             on
             the
             mouth
             ;
          
           
             u
          
           and
           
             sitting
          
           there
           
             to
             judge
             him
             after
             the
             Law
             ,
             commanded
             him
             to
             be
             smitten
             contrary
             to
             the
             Law
             .
          
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           apprehension
           of
           so
           great
           an
           injury
           ,
           so
           plainly
           contrary
           unto
           the
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           
             Liberties
          
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
          
           Subject
           ,
           calls
           him
           
             whited
             wall
             ,
          
           and
           threatneth
           him
           with
           vengeance
           from
           Almighty
           God
           .
           
             x
          
           But
           finding
           that
           it
           was
           the
           
             High-Priest
          
           whom
           he
           had
           reviled
           (
           who
           had
           sometimes
           the
           supream
           Government
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
          
           state
           )
           he
           cried
           
             peccavi
          
           out
           of
           hand
           ,
           imputed
           his
           offence
           to
           ignorance
           ,
           
             y
          
           
             I
             wist
             not
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             the
             High
             Priest
             ;
          
           and
           finally
           condemned
           himself
           with
           a
           
             scriptum
             est
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           
             z
          
           
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             speak
             evil
             of
             the
             Ruler
             of
             thy
             People
             ,
          
           if
           so
           ,
           in
           case
           we
           may
           
           not
           
             speak
             evil
          
           of
           our
           
             Rulers
             ,
          
           when
           they
           
             smite
             us
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             ,
          
           the
           Subjects
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           
             rebellion
             of
             the
             tongue
             ;
          
           assuredly
           we
           may
           not
           
             take
             up
             Arms
          
           against
           them
           under
           those
           pretences
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             rebellion
          
           of
           the
           
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           19.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           What
           if
           the
           
             King
          
           be
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           
             Evil
             Counsellors
             ,
          
           may
           we
           not
           take
           up
           
             Arms
          
           to
           remove
           them
           from
           him
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Yes
           ,
           if
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
          
           may
           be
           Judg
           ,
           whose
           Father
           fell
           into
           
             Rebellion
          
           under
           that
           pretence
           ,
           
             a
          
           
             ut
             regnum
             ab
             impotenti
             quorundam
             dominatu
             liberaret
             ,
          
           as
           to
           free
           the
           Kingdom
           from
           some
           men
           who
           had
           got
           the
           Queen
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ingrossed
           unto
           themselves
           the
           principal
           managery
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
           But
           he
           had
           other
           aims
           than
           that
           ,
           as
           before
           was
           told
           you
           ;
           and
           so
           had
           they
           that
           went
           before
           him
           in
           the
           self
           same
           road
           .
           When
           as
           
             Watt
             Tiler
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jack
             Straw
             ,
          
           and
           the
           residue
           of
           that
           
             Rascal
             Rabble
          
           had
           took
           up
           Arms
           against
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           they
           made
           the
           
             Londoners
          
           believe
           (
           who
           have
           been
           always
           apt
           to
           be
           deluded
           by
           the
           like
           pretences
           )
           that
           when
           they
           had
           seized
           on
           the
           
             evil
             Counsellors
             ,
          
           
             b
          
           which
           abused
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           brought
           them
           to
           a
           legal
           trial
           ,
           
             then
             they
             would
             be
             quiet
             .
          
           But
           under
           this
           pretence
           they
           broke
           open
           Prisons
           ,
           robbed
           Churches
           ,
           murdered
           the
           King's
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           finally
           arrived
           to
           so
           high
           an
           impudence
           ,
           that
           
             Watt
             Tiler
          
           did
           not
           stick
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             within
             four
             days
             all
             the
             Laws
             of
             England
             should
             proceed
             from
             his
             mouth
             .
          
           
             c
          
           And
           when
           
             Jack
             Cade
          
           had
           drawn
           the
           
             Kentish
          
           to
           Rebel
           against
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           sixth
           ,
           he
           gave
           it
           out
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           could
           get
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           
             he
             would
             use
             them
             honourably
             ;
          
           
             d
          
           but
           if
           he
           could
           lay
           hands
           on
           any
           of
           the
           
             Traytors
          
           which
           were
           about
           them
           ,
           he
           would
           take
           care
           to
           see
           them
           punished
           for
           their
           
             misdemeanours
             .
          
           But
           in
           good
           truth
           the
           end
           and
           aim
           of
           the
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           was
           to
           depose
           King
           
             Henry
          
           and
           the
           House
           of
           
             Lancaster
             ,
          
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           title
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             York
             .
          
        
         
           20.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           What
           if
           the
           King
           assaults
           a
           
             Subject
             ,
          
           or
           seek
           to
           take
           away
           his
           life
           ;
           may
           not
           the
           Subject
           in
           that
           case
           
             take
             up
             Arms
          
           against
           him
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Yes
           ,
           if
           
             e
          
           
             Paraeus
          
           may
           be
           Judg
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           
             Genevian
          
           Doctors
           who
           have
           so
           determined
           .
           But
           
             David's
          
           case
           ,
           which
           
           commonly
           is
           alledged
           in
           defence
           hereof
           ,
           if
           looked
           on
           with
           the
           eyes
           of
           judgment
           ,
           doth
           affirm
           the
           contrary
           .
           For
           
             David
             ,
          
           though
           he
           had
           a
           guard
           of
           some
           friends
           and
           followers
           to
           save
           him
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           wicked
           instruments
           ,
           as
           
             Saul
          
           in
           his
           unjust
           displeasure
           might
           have
           used
           against
           him
           :
           yet
           he
           preserved
           himself
           from
           
             Saul
          
           not
           by
           
             resistance
             ,
          
           but
           by
           
             flight
             ,
          
           
             f
          
           by
           flitting
           up
           and
           down
           as
           the
           King
           removed
           ,
           and
           approached
           near
           him
           with
           his
           Armies
           .
           For
           had
           he
           had
           a
           thought
           of
           War
           ,
           though
           
             Defensive
          
           meerly
           ,
           't
           is
           probable
           he
           would
           have
           took
           the
           opportunities
           which
           were
           offered
           to
           him
           ,
           either
           of
           seizing
           on
           
             Sauls
          
           person
           when
           he
           had
           him
           all
           alone
           in
           the
           
             Cave
          
           of
           
             Engeddi
             ,
          
           
             g
          
           or
           suffering
           
             Abishai
          
           to
           
             smite
             him
          
           as
           he
           lay
           
             asleep
          
           in
           the
           
             Hill
          
           of
           
             Hachilah
             ,
          
           
             h
          
           or
           at
           the
           least
           in
           making
           sure
           of
           
             Abner
          
           and
           the
           Host
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           who
           lay
           
             sleeping
          
           by
           him
           .
           
             i
          
           But
           
             David
          
           was
           not
           so
           well
           tutored
           in
           the
           Art
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           as
           to
           secure
           himself
           this
           way
           ,
           and
           wanted
           some
           of
           our
           new
           Masters
           to
           instruct
           him
           in
           it
           .
           If
           from
           the
           practice
           of
           a
           pious
           and
           religious
           
             Iew
             ,
          
           we
           will
           look
           down
           upon
           the
           precept
           of
           a
           grave
           ,
           wise
           ,
           and
           learned
           
             Gentile
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           find
           this
           rule
           laid
           down
           in
           
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           
             k
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           assault
           the
           person
           of
           a
           private
           
             Subject
             ,
          
           the
           
             Subject
          
           may
           not
           strike
           again
           ,
           nor
           lift
           hand
           against
           him
           .
           Finally
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           perceive
           how
           much
           all
           sorts
           of
           men
           do
           oppose
           your
           Doctrines
           ,
           
             Calvin
          
           himself
           ,
           although
           no
           friend
           to
           
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           doth
           affirm
           thus
           much
           ,
           
             l
          
           
             qui
             privatus
             manum
             intulerit
             ,
             &c.
          
           that
           any
           
             private
          
           person
           of
           what
           sort
           soever
           ,
           who
           shall
           lift
           up
           his
           hand
           against
           his
           
             Sovereign
          
           (
           though
           a
           very
           
             Tyrant
          
           )
           is
           for
           the
           same
           condemned
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           21.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           Perhaps
           we
           may
           so
           far
           agree
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           to
           disable
           
             private
          
           persons
           from
           
             bearing
             Arms
             ,
          
           and
           lifting
           up
           their
           hands
           against
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Princes
           of
           their
           own
           authority
           :
           But
           think
           you
           that
           
             inferiour
             Magistrates
          
           are
           not
           inabled
           by
           their
           Offices
           to
           protect
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           
             arm
          
           them
           if
           occasion
           be
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           
             defence
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           some
           
             Divines
          
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
          
           Churches
           ,
           who
           either
           lived
           in
           
             popular
             States
             ,
          
           or
           had
           their
           breeding
           at
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           or
           thought
           the
           
             Discipline
          
           by
           them
           defended
           could
           not
           be
           otherwise
           obtruded
           upon
           
             Christian
             Princes
             ,
          
           than
           by
           putting
           
           the
           Sword
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           have
           spared
           no
           pains
           to
           spread
           abroad
           this
           dangerous
           Doctrine
           ;
           in
           which
           they
           have
           not
           wanted
           followers
           in
           most
           parts
           of
           
             Christendom
             .
          
           But
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           knew
           of
           no
           such
           matter
           when
           he
           commanded
           
             every
             soul
          
           to
           yield
           obedience
           and
           
             subjection
          
           to
           the
           
             higher
             powers
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           no
           occasion
           to
           
             resist
          
           those
           
             powers
          
           to
           which
           the
           Lord
           had
           made
           them
           
             subject
             .
          
           So
           that
           although
           
             inferiour
             Magistrates
          
           may
           expect
           obedience
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           ,
           over
           whom
           and
           for
           whose
           weal
           and
           governance
           they
           are
           advanced
           and
           placed
           by
           the
           
             Prince
          
           in
           chief
           ;
           yet
           God
           expects
           that
           they
           should
           yield
           obedience
           to
           the
           
             powers
          
           above
           them
           ,
           especially
           to
           the
           highest
           of
           all
           ,
           than
           which
           there
           is
           not
           any
           
             higher
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           golden
           Chain
           in
           
             Polities
             ,
          
           and
           every
           link
           thereof
           hath
           some
           relation
           and
           dependence
           upon
           that
           before
           ;
           so
           far
           forth
           as
           
             inferiour
             Magistrates
          
           do
           command
           the
           People
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           power
           and
           those
           instruments
           which
           is
           communicated
           to
           them
           by
           the
           
             supreme
             Prince
             ,
          
           the
           
             Subject
          
           is
           obliged
           to
           submit
           unto
           them
           ,
           without
           any
           manner
           of
           
             Resistance
             .
          
           Men
           of
           no
           publick
           Office
           must
           obey
           the
           
             Constable
             ,
          
           the
           
             Constable
          
           is
           bound
           to
           speed
           such
           Warrants
           as
           the
           next
           
             Iustice
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           shall
           direct
           unto
           him
           ;
           the
           
             Iustices
          
           receive
           the
           exposition
           of
           the
           Law
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           
             Iudges
             ;
          
           the
           
             Iudges
          
           have
           no
           more
           Authority
           but
           what
           is
           given
           them
           by
           the
           
             King
             :
          
           And
           thereupon
           it
           needs
           must
           follow
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           
             Iudges
          
           direct
           the
           
             Iustices
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Iustices
          
           command
           the
           
             Constables
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Constables
          
           may
           call
           the
           
             People
          
           to
           their
           aid
           ,
           if
           occasion
           be
           ;
           yet
           all
           must
           yield
           a
           free
           obedience
           ,
           without
           reluctancy
           or
           
             resistance
          
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           as
           Kings
           or
           
             Supreme
             Magistrates
          
           are
           called
           
             Gods
             Ministers
          
           by
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           
             m
          
           so
           the
           
             inferiour
          
           or
           
             Subordinate
             Magistrates
          
           are
           called
           the
           
             Kings
             Ministers
          
           by
           S.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           
             n
          
           
             Submit
             your selves
             to
             the
          
           King
           ,
           
             as
             unto
             the
          
           Supreme
           ;
           next
           to
           such
           
             Governours
             as
             are
             sent
          
           (
           or
           authorized
           )
           
             by
             him
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             evil
             doers
             .
          
           Besides
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           
             Inferior
             Matistrate
          
           of
           what
           sort
           soever
           ,
           but
           as
           he
           is
           a
           
             publick
          
           person
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           those
           that
           are
           beneath
           him
           ,
           so
           is
           he
           but
           a
           
             private
          
           man
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           
             powers
          
           above
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           as
           a
           
             private
          
           person
           disabled
           utterly
           (
           by
           your
           own
           rules
           )
           from
           having
           any
           more
           authority
           to
           
             resist
          
           his
           
             Sovereign
             ,
          
           or
           bear
           
             defensive
          
           Arms
           against
           him
           as
           well
           as
           
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Common
           People
           .
           The
           government
           of
           
             States
          
           may
           be
           compared
           most
           properly
           unto
           
             Porphyries
          
           Tree
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           one
           
             Genus
             summum
             ,
          
           and
           many
           
             Genera
             subalterna
             .
          
           Now
           't
           is
           well
           known
           to
           every
           young
           
             Logician
          
           who
           hath
           learnt
           his
           
             Predicabiles
             ,
          
           that
           
             Genus
             subalternum
          
           is
           a
           
             species
          
           only
           as
           it
           looks
           up
           to
           those
           above
           it
           ;
           a
           
             Genus
          
           in
           relation
           unto
           these
           below
           it
           .
           If
           you
           have
           so
           much
           
             Logick
          
           in
           you
           as
           to
           make
           application
           of
           this
           Note
           to
           the
           present
           case
           ,
           you
           will
           perceive
           
             inferiour
             Magistrates
          
           to
           be
           no
           
             Magistrates
          
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           they
           relate
           unto
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           
             Genus
             summum
          
           in
           the
           scale
           of
           Govenment
           ,
           and
           therefore
           of
           no
           more
           authority
           to
           
             resist
          
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           call
           the
           People
           unto
           Arms
           ,
           than
           the
           meanest
           
             Subject
             .
          
        
         
           22.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           If
           so
           ,
           then
           were
           the
           
             Christian
          
           Subject
           of
           all
           men
           most
           miserable
           ,
           
             o
          
           in
           being
           utterly
           deprived
           of
           all
           ways
           and
           means
           ,
           by
           which
           to
           free
           his
           Country
           from
           
             Oppression
             ,
          
           and
           himself
           from
           
             Tyranny
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           tell
           me
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           what
           would
           you
           have
           the
           Subject
           do
           in
           these
           extremities
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           have
           deprived
           him
           of
           all
           means
           to
           relieve
           himself
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           That
           which
           the
           Lord
           himself
           
             prescribed
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Saints
          
           have
           
             practised
             .
          
           When
           first
           the
           Lord
           acquainted
           those
           of
           the
           house
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           how
           heavy
           a
           yoke
           their
           violence
           and
           importunity
           in
           asking
           for
           a
           
             King
             ,
          
           had
           pulled
           upon
           them
           ;
           he
           told
           them
           of
           no
           other
           remedy
           for
           so
           much
           affliction
           ,
           but
           that
           
             they
             should
             cry
             out
             in
             that
             day
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             King
             whom
             they
             had
             chosen
             .
          
           
             p
          
           No
           casting
           off
           the
           yoke
           when
           we
           find
           it
           grievous
           ,
           nor
           any
           way
           to
           make
           it
           lighter
           and
           more
           pleasing
           to
           us
           ,
           than
           either
           by
           addressing
           our
           
             Complaints
          
           to
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ,
           or
           tendring
           our
           
             Petitions
          
           to
           our
           Lord
           the
           King
           .
           Kings
           are
           
             accomptable
          
           to
           none
           but
           God
           ,
           if
           they
           abuse
           the
           power
           which
           he
           gives
           unto
           them
           :
           Nor
           can
           we
           sue
           them
           for
           a
           
             Trespass
          
           in
           any
           other
           Court
           ,
           than
           the
           Court
           of
           Heaven
           .
           Therefore
           when
           
             David
          
           had
           defiled
           the
           Wife
           ,
           and
           destroyed
           the
           Husband
           ,
           he
           thought
           himself
           responsal
           for
           it
           unto
           none
           but
           God
           ,
           
             against
          
           whom
           
             only
             he
             had
             sinned
             ,
          
           
             q
          
           as
           he
           saith
           himself
           .
           And
           thereupon
           S.
           
             Ambrose
          
           gives
           this
           gloss
           on
           those
           words
           of
           
             David
             ,
             Homini
             ergo
             non
             peccavit
             cui
             non
             tenebatur
             obnoxius
             .
          
           
             r
          
           
             David
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           confesseth
           no
           offence
           to
           man
           ,
           by
           whom
           he
           
           could
           not
           be
           
             impleaded
             ;
          
           but
           only
           unto
           God
           who
           had
           power
           to
           judg
           him
           .
           St.
           
             Gregory
          
           of
           
             Tours
          
           understood
           this
           rightly
           ,
           when
           he
           did
           thus
           address
           himself
           to
           a
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
             Si
             quis
             de
             nobis
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             s
          
           "
           If
           any
           of
           us
           (
           O
           King
           )
           do
           transgress
           the
           Laws
           ,
           thou
           hast
           power
           to
           punish
           him
           ;
           but
           it
           thou
           goest
           beyond
           thy
           limits
           ,
           who
           can
           punish
           thee
           ?
           We
           tell
           thee
           of
           thy
           faults
           as
           occasion
           serves
           ,
           and
           when
           thou
           listest
           to
           give
           ear
           ,
           thou
           dost
           hearken
           to
           us
           :
           Which
           if
           thou
           shouldest
           refuse
           to
           do
           ,
           who
           shall
           judg
           thee
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           calls
           himself
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Justice
           .
           "
           And
           that
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           otherwise
           in
           
             England
          
           than
           in
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Iewry
             ,
             Bracton
             ,
          
           a
           great
           and
           famous
           Lawyer
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           doth
           affirm
           expresly
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           King
           proceed
           not
           in
           his
           Government
           according
           unto
           Law
           and
           Right
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           
             legal
          
           remedy
           to
           be
           had
           against
           him
           .
           What
           then
           is
           to
           be
           done
           by
           the
           injured
           Subject
           ?
           
             Locus
             erit
             supplicationi
             quod
             factum
             suum
             corrigat
             &
             emendet
             ;
             quod
             si
             non
             fecerit
             ,
             satis
             ei
             sufficit
             ad
             poenam
             ,
             quòd
             Dominum
             expec●et
             ultorem
             .
          
           
             t
          
           All
           that
           he
           hath
           to
           do
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           doth
           
             petition
          
           him
           for
           relief
           and
           remedy
           ;
           which
           if
           the
           King
           refuse
           to
           consent
           unto
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           punishment
           enough
           unto
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           look
           for
           vengeance
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           God
           .
           Which
           said
           ,
           he
           given
           this
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           Because
           that
           no
           man
           is
           to
           call
           the
           Kings
           Acts
           in
           question
           ,
           
             multò
             fortiùs
             contra
             factu●
             suum
             venire
             ,
          
           must
           less
           ,
           to
           go
           about
           to
           annul
           and
           avoid
           them
           by
           
             force
          
           and
           
             violence
             .
          
        
         
           23.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           We
           grant
           it
           to
           be
           true
           which
           you
           cite
           from
           
             Bracton
             ,
          
           as
           it
           relates
           to
           private
           and
           particular
           men
           ;
           but
           think
           you
           that
           it
           doth
           concern
           or
           oblige
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           representative
           body
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
             Hoc
             sumus
             congregati
             quod
             &
             dispersi
             ,
          
           
             u
          
           as
           
             Tertullian
          
           tells
           us
           of
           the
           
             Christians
          
           in
           another
           case
           .
           We
           shewed
           before
           that
           
             Subjects
          
           were
           in
           no
           case
           to
           resist
           their
           
             Sovereigns
             ,
          
           in
           the
           way
           of
           
             Arms
             ,
          
           either
           as
           
             private
          
           persons
           on
           
             inferiour
             Magistrates
             .
          
           And
           thereupon
           we
           may
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Realm
           in
           the
           
             diffusive
          
           body
           of
           it
           ,
           having
           no
           power
           of
           
             levying
             War
          
           or
           raising
           Forces
           to
           
             resist
          
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           without
           being
           punishable
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           in
           case
           of
           
             Treason
             ;
          
           cannot
           enable
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           are
           the
           
             representative
          
           body
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           do
           those
           
           Acts
           ,
           which
           they
           want
           power
           to
           do
           themselves
           ;
           for
           no
           Man
           can
           confer
           a
           power
           upon
           any
           other
           which
           is
           not
           first
           vested
           in
           himself
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           good
           old
           rule
           ,
           
             Nemo
             dat
             quod
             non
             habet
             ,
          
           And
           therefore
           if
           it
           be
           
             rebellion
          
           in
           the
           
             English
          
           Subject
           out
           of
           times
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             levy
             War
             against
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Realm
             ,
             or
             to
             adhere
             unto
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             be
             aiding
             to
             them
             :
          
           I
           know
           not
           how
           it
           can
           excuse
           the
           
             Members
          
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           from
           coming
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           that
           
             Condemnation
             ,
          
           if
           they
           commit
           such
           Acts
           in
           time
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           the
           power
           thereof
           ,
           which
           are
           judged
           
             Treason
          
           and
           
             Rebellion
          
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           24.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           But
           Master
           
             Prynne
          
           hath
           learnedly
           removed
           that
           rub
           ,
           
             x
          
           who
           tells
           you
           that
           the
           Statute
           of
           25.
           
           
             Edward
          
           3.
           runs
           (
           only
           )
           in
           the
           
             Singular
          
           number
           ,
           
             If
             a
             man
             shall
             levy
             War
             against
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           extended
           to
           the
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           who
           are
           many
           and
           publick
           persons
           ;
           What
           can
           you
           answer
           unto
           that
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           That
           Mr.
           
             Prynne
          
           having
           so
           often
           shewn
           
             malice
             ,
          
           may
           have
           a
           little
           leave
           sometimes
           to
           shew
           his
           
             folly
             ,
          
           and
           make
           some
           
             sport
          
           unto
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           these
           useful
           times
           :
           for
           if
           his
           learned
           observation
           will
           hold
           good
           in
           Law
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           that
           any
           
             Rebellion
          
           should
           be
           punished
           in
           a
           
             legal
          
           way
           ;
           because
           so
           
             many
          
           (
           and
           some
           of
           them
           perhaps
           may
           be
           
             publick
          
           persons
           )
           are
           commonly
           ingaged
           in
           actions
           of
           that
           wicked
           nature
           .
           And
           I
           suppose
           that
           Mr.
           
             Prynne
          
           with
           all
           his
           learning
           ,
           did
           never
           read
           of
           a
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           of
           a
           
             War
             levyed
          
           by
           the
           Subject
           against
           his
           Sovereign
           ,
           plotted
           and
           executed
           by
           one
           
             man
          
           only
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Singular
             number
             .
          
           Had
           Master
           
             Prynne
          
           affirmed
           on
           his
           word
           and
           credit
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Members
          
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           were
           not
           
             men
          
           but
           
             gods
             ,
          
           he
           had
           then
           said
           somewhat
           which
           would
           have
           freed
           them
           from
           the
           guilt
           and
           danger
           of
           that
           dreadful
           Statute
           .
           If
           he
           admit
           them
           to
           be
           
             men
             ,
          
           and
           grant
           them
           to
           
             have
             levyed
             War
             against
          
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           to
           
             be
             aiding
             to
             the
             Rebels
             now
          
           in
           arms
           against
           him
           ;
           he
           both
           conclude
           them
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           this
           great
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           with
           which
           this
           miserable
           Kingdom
           in
           almost
           laid
           desolate
           .
           His
           Sophistry
           and
           trim
           distinctions
           touching
           their
           
             quality
          
           and
           
             numbers
          
           will
           but
           little
           help
           them
           .
        
         
         
           25.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           We
           have
           another
           Plaister
           which
           will
           salve
           that
           Sore
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           The
           difference
           that
           is
           made
           between
           the
           King's
           
             Person
          
           and
           his
           
             Power
          
           by
           which
           is
           it
           made
           visible
           to
           discerning
           eyes
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           have
           
             levyed
          
           War
           against
           the
           
             Person
          
           of
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           do
           not
           fight
           against
           his
           
             Power
             ,
          
           but
           
             defend
          
           it
           rather
           .
           And
           't
           is
           not
           a
           
             resistance
          
           of
           the
           
             Person
          
           but
           the
           
             Power
          
           of
           
             Princes
             ,
          
           which
           is
           forbidden
           by
           Saint
           
             Paul
             .
          
           How
           do
           you
           like
           of
           that
           
             distinction
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           As
           ill
           ,
           or
           worse
           than
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           being
           of
           the
           two
           the
           more
           serious
           folly
           ;
           and
           coming
           from
           an
           Author
           no
           less
           factious
           (
           but
           far
           more
           learned
           I
           confess
           )
           than
           your
           other
           was
           .
           For
           if
           I
           do
           remember
           right
           ,
           
             Buchanan
          
           was
           the
           first
           that
           broached
           this
           Doctrine
           in
           his
           Book
           De
           
             jure
             regni
             apud
             Scotos
             ;
          
           in
           which
           he
           tells
           us
           that
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           in
           the
           place
           aforesaid
           doth
           not
           speak
           of
           
             Magistrates
             ,
             Sed
             de
             functione
             &
             officio
             eorum
             qui
             aliis
             praesunt
             ,
          
           but
           of
           the
           
             Magistracy
          
           it self
           ,
           the
           Function
           or
           Office
           of
           the
           
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           which
           must
           not
           be
           
             resisted
             ,
          
           though
           his
           
             Person
          
           may
           .
           Which
           foolish
           Fancy
           serving
           fitly
           for
           a
           Cloak
           or
           Vizard
           ,
           wherewith
           to
           palliate
           and
           disguise
           
             Rebellions
             ,
          
           hath
           since
           been
           ofen
           used
           by
           those
           who
           pursue
           his
           Principles
           ,
           (
           though
           never
           worn
           so
           thred-bare
           as
           of
           late
           ,
           in
           your
           treacherous
           Pamphlets
           :
           )
           but
           draweth
           after
           it
           as
           many
           and
           as
           gross
           Absurdities
           as
           the
           other
           did
           .
           For
           by
           this
           strange
           division
           of
           the
           King
           from
           himself
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           
             Person
          
           from
           his
           
             Power
             ;
          
           a
           
             Traitor
          
           may
           kill
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           and
           not
           hurt
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           destroy
           the
           
             Man
          
           and
           save
           the
           
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           the
           
             Power
          
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           in
           one
           of
           the
           Armies
           may
           fight
           against
           his
           
             Person
          
           in
           the
           other
           Army
           ,
           his
           own
           
             Authority
          
           may
           be
           used
           to
           his
           own
           
             destruction
             ,
          
           and
           one
           may
           lawfully
           set
           upon
           him
           ,
           beat
           ,
           assault
           ,
           and
           wound
           him
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           his
           
             preservation
             .
          
           So
           that
           you
           make
           the
           King
           like
           
             Sosia
          
           in
           the
           ancient
           
             Comedy
             ,
          
           who
           being
           well
           beaten
           ,
           and
           demanded
           who
           it
           was
           that
           did
           it
           ,
           made
           answer
           ,
           
             Egomet
             ,
             memet
             ,
             qui
             nunc
             sunt
             domi
             ,
          
           
             z
          
           that
           
             Sosia
             ,
          
           who
           was
           at
           home
           in
           his
           Masters
           House
           ,
           did
           beat
           that
           
             Sosia
          
           which
           was
           abroad
           in
           his
           Masters
           business
           .
           But
           questionless
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           did
           better
           understand
           himself
           than
           either
           
             Buchanan
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           his
           followers
           since
           his
           time
           have
           done
           :
           Who
           doth
           interpret
           the
           
           word
           
             power
             ,
          
           which
           he
           useth
           in
           the
           first
           and
           second
           Verses
           ,
           by
           that
           of
           
             Principes
             &
             Ministri
             ,
             Rulers
          
           and
           
             Ministers
             ,
          
           which
           be
           useth
           in
           the
           third
           and
           fourth
           :
           Which
           as
           it
           plainly
           shews
           that
           he
           meaneth
           the
           
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           and
           not
           the
           
             Function
          
           or
           the
           
             Office
             ,
          
           as
           your
           Masters
           tell
           you
           ;
           so
           doth
           it
           leave
           you
           liable
           to
           the
           
             wrath
          
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           you
           endeavour
           to
           defend
           these
           wicked
           and
           
             rebellious
          
           courses
           by
           such
           wretched
           shifts
           .
        
         
           26.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           What
           say
           you
           then
           ,
           if
           it
           appear
           that
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           (
           for
           I
           use
           your
           terms
           )
           are
           not
           
             subordinate
          
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           
             coordinate
          
           with
           him
           :
           
             y
          
           I
           hope
           then
           you
           will
           yield
           so
           far
           that
           the
           
             two
             Houses
          
           have
           a
           power
           ,
           if
           they
           cannot
           otherwise
           provide
           for
           the
           common
           safety
           ,
           to
           
             arm
          
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Realm
           against
           Him
           ,
           as
           against
           an
           
             Equal
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           We
           grant
           indeed
           ,
           that
           People
           which
           have
           no
           
             Superiour
             ,
          
           but
           stand
           on
           equal
           terms
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           if
           injured
           by
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           not
           receiving
           satisfaction
           when
           they
           do
           desire
           it
           ,
           may
           remedy
           themselves
           by
           force
           ,
           and
           for
           so
           doing
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           
             Nations
             ,
          
           are
           esteemed
           
             just
             Enemies
             ;
          
           but
           so
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           point
           which
           is
           now
           in
           question
           ,
           
             the
             Realm
             of
             England
          
           (
           as
           it
           is
           declared
           by
           Act
           of
           
             a
          
           
             Parliament
             )
             being
             on
          
           Empire
           ,
           
             governed
             by
             one
          
           supreme
           Head
           and
           King
           ,
           
             having
             the
             Dignity
             and
             Royal
             Estate
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             unto
             whom●
             Body
          
           Politick
           
             compact
             of
             all
             sorts
             and
             degrees
             of
             People
             ,
             divided
             in
             ●erms
             and
             by
             Names
             of
          
           Spirituality
           and
           Temporality
           ,
           
             been
             bounden
             and
             ought
             to
             bear
          
           next
           to
           God
           ,
           
             a
             natural
             and
             humble
             Obedience
             .
          
           Assuredly
           ,
           had
           the
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
          
           then
           assembled
           ,
           conceived
           themselves
           
             coordinate
          
           with
           the
           King
           in
           the
           publick
           Government
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           have
           so
           wronged
           themselves
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           made
           this
           declaration
           and
           acknowledgment
           so
           prejudicial
           thereunto
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           a
           
             Parliament
          
           time
           ,
           but
           by
           Act
           of
           
             Parliament
             .
          
           Besides
           ,
           if
           this
           
             Coordination
          
           which
           you
           dream
           of
           could
           be
           once
           admitted
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           follow
           thereupon
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           King
           hath
           no
           
             Superiour
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           many
           
             Equals
             ,
          
           and
           where
           there
           is
           
             equality
          
           there
           is
           no
           
             subjection
             .
          
           But
           
             Bracton
          
           tells
           you
           in
           plain
           terms
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           the
           King
           hath
           no
           superiour
           in
           his
           Realm
           ,
           except
           God
           alone
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           
             Equal
             ,
          
           
           neither
           ,
           
             Parem
             autem
             non
             habet
             in
             regno
             suo
             ,
          
           as
           his
           words
           there
           are
           
             b
          
           And
           then
           he
           gives
           this
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Quia
             sic
             amitteret
             praeceptum
             ,
             cum
             par
             in
             parem
             non
             habet
             imperium
             ,
          
           because
           he
           could
           not
           have
           an
           
             Equal
          
           but
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           Authority
           and
           Regal
           Dignity
           ,
           considering
           ,
           that
           an
           
             Equal
          
           hath
           no
           power
           to
           command
           another
           .
           Now
           lest
           you
           should
           object
           that
           is
           spoken
           of
           the
           King
           out
           of
           times
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           but
           that
           when
           once
           the
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
          
           are
           convened
           in
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           the
           case
           is
           otherwise
           .
           First
           ,
           you
           must
           think
           that
           had
           this
           Doctrine
           been
           on
           foot
           in
           the
           times
           preceding
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           been
           a
           great
           impediment
           unto
           frequent
           
             Parliaments
             ;
          
           and
           that
           our
           King
           ▪
           (
           as
           others
           )
           being
           very
           
             jealous
          
           even
           of
           the
           smallest
           points
           of
           
             Sovereignty
             ,
          
           would
           not
           admit
           of
           
             Partners
          
           in
           the
           
             Crown
             Imperial
             ,
          
           by
           the
           assembling
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           having
           been
           used
           to
           reign
           alone
           without
           any
           
             Rivals
             .
          
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           you
           may
           call
           to
           mind
           ,
           that
           even
           
             sedente
             Parliamento
             ,
          
           during
           the
           sitting
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           the
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
          
           call
           themselves
           
             His
             Majesties
             most
             humble
             and
             obedient
             Subjects
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           only
           used
           as
           a
           stile
           of
           course
           in
           such
           
             Petitions
          
           as
           they
           use
           to
           present
           unto
           him
           ,
           (
           and
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           the
           use
           for
           men
           of
           
             equal
          
           power
           to
           send
           
             Petitions
          
           unto
           one
           another
           )
           but
           it
           is
           the
           very
           Phrase
           in
           some
           Acts
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           
             c
          
           for
           which
           I
           do
           refer
           you
           to
           the
           Book
           at
           large
           .
           And
           if
           they
           be
           his
           
             Subjects
             ,
          
           as
           they
           say
           they
           be
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           his
           
             Equals
             ,
          
           as
           you
           say
           they
           are
           ;
           and
           therefore
           not
           
             coordinate
          
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           
             subordinate
          
           to
           him
           ;
           by
           consequence
           the
           
             levying
             War
          
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           no
           more
           excusable
           in
           them
           than
           the
           meanest
           
             Subject
             .
          
        
         
           27.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           You
           take
           great
           pains
           to
           make
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           or
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           as
           you
           call
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           
             Rebellion
          
           against
           his
           Majesty
           without
           ground
           or
           reason
           .
           For
           tell
           me
           seriously
           ,
           think
           you
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           hath
           not
           power
           to
           
             arm
          
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           into
           a
           
             posture
             of
             defence
          
           against
           the
           
             Enemies
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           if
           they
           see
           occasion
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Yes
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           do
           give
           consent
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           be
           such
           
             Enemies
          
           against
           whom
           to
           
             arm
          
           them
           .
           For
           properly
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           ordinary
           rules
           of
           
             Polities
             ,
          
           there
           is
           no
           power
           of
           raising
           Forces
           ,
           and
           putting
           the
           People
           into
           
             Arms
             ,
          
           but
           only
           in
           
           the
           Prince
           or
           
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             .
          
           The
           
             Civil
          
           Laws
           have
           so
           resolved
           it
           .
           
             Nulli
             prorsus
             ,
             nobis
             insciis
             &
             inconsultis
             ,
             quorumlibet
             armorum
             movendorum
             copia
             tribuatur
          
           
             d
          
           ;
           let
           none
           presume
           to
           
             levy
          
           Forces
           ,
           whatsoever
           the
           pretence
           or
           occasion
           be
           ,
           without
           our
           privity
           or
           consent
           ,
           saith
           the
           
             Constitution
             .
          
           If
           you
           consult
           with
           the
           
             Divines
             ,
          
           Saint
           
             Austin
             ,
          
           a
           most
           Learned
           Father
           ,
           will
           inform
           you
           thus
           ,
           that
           the
           
             natural
             course
             and
             arts
             of
          
           Government
           
             accommodated
             to
             the
             peace
             and
             welfare
             of
             us
             mortal
             men
             do
             require
             thus
             much
             ,
             Ut
             suscipiendi
             belli
             autoritas
             atque
             consilium
             penes
             principes
             sit
             ,
          
           
             e
          
           
             that
             all
             authority
             of
             making
             war
             and
             levying
             forces
             appertain
             only
             to
             the
             Prince
             .
          
           And
           if
           you
           please
           to
           look
           on
           
             Bracton
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           the
           
             Lawyers
          
           of
           your
           Native
           Country
           ,
           they
           will
           tell
           you
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           
             material
             sword
          
           is
           put
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           King
           by
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           
             f
          
           that
           by
           the
           
             material
             sword
          
           is
           meant
           a
           power
           and
           right
           to
           look
           to
           the
           
             defence
          
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           no
           less
           than
           
             Treason
          
           to
           enter
           into
           any
           
             association
             ,
          
           
             g
          
           or
           to
           raise
           a
           war
           without
           the
           Kings
           consent
           ,
           or
           against
           his
           will
           .
           And
           this
           the
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           as
           it
           seems
           ,
           understood
           full
           well
           ,
           when
           purposing
           to
           
             levy
             Forces
          
           to
           begin
           the
           War
           ,
           they
           took
           the
           
             Kings
             authority
          
           along
           for
           company
           ,
           and
           raised
           them
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           the
           better
           to
           seduce
           the
           People
           to
           a
           
             blinded
             Rebellion
             .
          
           As
           for
           the
           
             Enemies
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           against
           whom
           the
           Subjects
           were
           to
           
             arm
          
           themselves
           by
           the
           appointment
           of
           the
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           I
           can
           tell
           of
           none
           ;
           no
           nor
           they
           neither
           ,
           as
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           unless
           they
           saw
           them
           in
           their
           dreams
           .
           And
           for
           your
           
             posture
             of
             defence
             ,
          
           as
           you
           please
           to
           phrase
           it
           ,
           (
           besides
           that
           I
           have
           proved
           before
           ,
           that
           even
           
             defensive
             Arms
          
           are
           absolutely
           unlawful
           on
           the
           
             Subjects
          
           part
           )
           the
           
             war
          
           hath
           been
           
             offensive
          
           plainly
           on
           the
           part
           of
           the
           Houses
           ,
           which
           as
           it
           was
           contrived
           and
           followed
           without
           the
           least
           colour
           of
           
             necessity
          
           to
           induce
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           so
           did
           it
           aim
           at
           nothing
           else
           than
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           and
           the
           alteration
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           purpose
           and
           design
           of
           all
           
             Rebellions
             ,
          
           as
           before
           was
           told
           you
           .
        
         
           28.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           How
           prove
           you
           that
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           did
           begin
           the
           war
           ,
           that
           on
           their
           parts
           it
           was
           
             offensive
             ,
          
           not
           
             defensive
          
           only
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           destroy
           the
           King
           ?
           if
           you
           can
           make
           this
           good
           you
           shall
           gain
           me
           to
           you
           .
        
         
         
           
             Answ.
          
           This
           point
           hath
           been
           so
           agitated
           and
           discoursed
           already
           ,
           it
           were
           but
           labour
           lost
           to
           speak
           further
           in
           it
           .
           The
           
             Votes
          
           and
           
             Orders
          
           of
           the
           Houses
           for
           putting
           the
           Kingdom
           into
           a
           
             posture
             of
             war
             ,
          
           the
           taking
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           the
           whole
           
             Militia
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           raising
           of
           Money
           ,
           Men
           ,
           and
           Horses
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           quarters
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           mustering
           their
           new-raised
           House
           and
           Foot
           in
           
             Finsbury-fields
          
           ,
           and
           
             Tuttle-fields
          
           ,
           seizing
           upon
           the
           
             Arms
          
           and
           
             Ammunition
          
           which
           the
           King
           had
           bought
           with
           his
           own
           money
           ,
           and
           laid
           up
           in
           his
           own
           
             Magazines
             ,
          
           before
           the
           King
           had
           either
           money
           enough
           to
           pay
           a
           Soldier
           ,
           powder
           enough
           to
           kill
           a
           Bird
           ,
           or
           Men
           enough
           about
           him
           to
           guard
           his
           Person
           from
           any
           ordinary
           force
           and
           violence
           ;
           what
           was
           all
           this
           but
           a
           
             beginning
          
           of
           the
           
             war
             ?
          
           and
           who
           did
           this
           but
           some
           prevailing
           Men
           in
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           under
           the
           name
           and
           stile
           of
           the
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
             ?
          
           Then
           for
           the
           
             managing
          
           of
           the
           war
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           been
           
             defensive
          
           only
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           it
           was
           ,
           what
           needed
           a
           Commission
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
          
           to
           
             kill
             and
             slay
          
           all
           such
           as
           opposed
           their
           doings
           ?
           What
           needed
           they
           have
           sent
           some
           part
           of
           their
           Forces
           into
           
             Hampshire
             ,
          
           to
           pluck
           the
           Town
           of
           
             Portsmouth
          
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           hands
           ,
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           distance
           of
           it
           could
           not
           do
           them
           hurt
           ;
           another
           into
           
             Dorsetshire
          
           to
           beat
           the
           Marquess
           of
           
             Hertford
          
           out
           of
           
             Sherborne
          
           Castle
           ;
           a
           third
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           as
           far
           as
           
             Worcester
             ,
          
           and
           beyond
           it
           ,
           to
           find
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           battel
           before
           he
           was
           within
           an
           hundred
           Miles
           of
           them
           ?
           What
           needed
           they
           have
           sent
           their
           
             Emissaries
          
           into
           all
           the
           Counties
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           put
           the
           People
           into
           
             Arms
             ,
          
           in
           which
           the
           King
           had
           neither
           Power
           nor
           Party
           that
           appeared
           for
           him
           ;
           or
           to
           exhaust
           the
           blood
           and
           treasure
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           settling
           their
           own
           
             privileges
          
           and
           the
           Subjects
           
             liberties
             ,
          
           when
           the
           King
           offered
           more
           by
           his
           frequent
           Messages
           than
           they
           had
           reason
           to
           expect
           ?
           Doubtless
           they
           could
           pretend
           no
           
             danger
             ,
          
           as
           the
           case
           then
           stood
           ,
           which
           might
           
             necessitate
          
           them
           to
           take
           Arms
           in
           their
           own
           
             defence
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           now
           of
           late
           they
           have
           changed
           their
           terms
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           make
           the
           war
           
             defensive
          
           meerly
           ,
           but
           in
           part
           
             preventive
             .
          
           
             h
          
           It
           seems
           their
           
             consciences
          
           told
           them
           what
           they
           had
           deserved
           ,
           and
           so
           for
           fear
           the
           King
           might
           right
           himself
           upon
           them
           when
           he
           was
           of
           power
           ,
           they
           
           thought
           it
           best
           to
           strike
           the
           first
           blow
           and
           begin
           the
           Quarrel
           ;
           in
           hope
           to
           make
           such
           sure
           work
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           never
           strike
           the
           second
           .
           But
           to
           say
           truth
           ,
           the
           War
           was
           not
           
             preventive
          
           neither
           on
           the
           Houses
           part
           ,
           but
           a
           design
           that
           had
           been
           plotted
           long
           before
           ,
           and
           was
           made
           ripe
           for
           execution
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           neither
           ground
           nor
           colour
           to
           possess
           the
           People
           with
           the
           fancy
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           intended
           force
           against
           them
           .
           For
           what
           purpose
           else
           did
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Haslerig
          
           and
           M.
           
             Pym
          
           sojourn
           two
           years
           together
           with
           Mr.
           
           
             Knightly
             ,
          
           so
           near
           the
           habitation
           of
           the
           good
           Lord
           
             Say
             ?
          
           to
           what
           end
           held
           they
           correspondence
           with
           the
           discontented
           Party
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           took
           such
           pains
           in
           canvassing
           for
           
             Knights
          
           and
           
             Burgesses
          
           (
           when
           this
           present
           
             Parliament
          
           was
           called
           )
           in
           most
           Counties
           ,
           
             &
             c
             ?
          
           Or
           to
           what
           end
           and
           purpose
           had
           the
           zealous
           Citizens
           so
           used
           themselves
           unto
           their
           weapons
           ,
           frequented
           the
           
             Artillery
          
           Garden
           ,
           and
           stored
           themselves
           with
           Arms
           in
           so
           large
           a
           measure
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           be
           in
           readiness
           when
           the
           time
           should
           come
           ?
           This
           if
           it
           were
           not
           a
           
             design
             ,
          
           must
           be
           done
           by
           
             Prophecy
             ,
          
           not
           in
           the
           way
           of
           a
           
             prevention
             .
          
        
         
           29.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           But
           to
           the
           other
           point
           you
           spake
           off
           ,
           touching
           the
           purpose
           which
           you
           say
           they
           had
           to
           
             destroy
             the
             King
             ;
          
           can
           you
           make
           any
           proof
           of
           that
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           I
           have
           already
           told
           you
           from
           the
           mouths
           of
           our
           greatest
           Lawyers
           ,
           that
           all
           
             Rebellions
          
           aim
           at
           no
           other
           end
           then
           the
           
             destruction
             of
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           the
           change
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           end
           was
           aimed
           at
           more
           especially
           in
           this
           particular
           
             Rebellion
             .
          
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           now
           ,
           you
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           call
           to
           mind
           with
           what
           heat
           and
           violence
           ,
           multitudes
           of
           the
           
             rascal
             people
             ,
          
           as
           they
           flocked
           towards
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           clamoured
           against
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           even
           at
           
             Whitehall
          
           Gates
           ;
           and
           how
           seditiously
           they
           expressed
           the
           secrets
           of
           their
           traitorous
           hearts
           :
           some
           saying
           openly
           as
           they
           passed
           along
           ,
           
             that
             the
             King
             was
             the
             Traitor
             ;
          
           some
           ,
           
             that
             the
             young
             Prince
             would
             govern
             better
             ;
          
           and
           others
           of
           a
           more
           transcendent
           wickedness
           ,
           
             l
          
           
             that
             the
             King
             was
             not
             fit
             to
             live
             .
          
           Next
           look
           upon
           these
           very
           Men
           ,
           (
           for
           out
           of
           them
           the
           body
           of
           their
           Army
           was
           at
           first
           compounded
           )
           trained
           to
           the
           Wars
           ,
           well
           armed
           ,
           and
           marching
           furiously
           to
           find
           out
           the
           King
           ,
           against
           whose
           Sacred
           Person
           ,
           
           and
           most
           precious
           life
           ,
           they
           had
           before
           expressed
           such
           a
           dangerous
           malice
           .
           Then
           add
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           came
           unto
           
             Edge-Hill
             ,
          
           they
           bent
           their
           Canon
           more
           especially
           ,
           and
           spent
           the
           hottest
           part
           of
           their
           shot
           and
           fury
           towards
           that
           part
           of
           the
           battel
           in
           which
           (
           according
           unto
           that
           advertisement
           which
           the
           villain
           
             Blague
          
           had
           given
           their
           General
           ,
           a
           Man
           as
           full
           of
           discontent
           and
           malice
           ,
           as
           the
           worst
           amongst
           them
           )
           the
           King
           in
           Person
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           young
           Princes
           meant
           to
           be
           .
           Put
           this
           together
           ,
           and
           compare
           it
           with
           some
           subsequent
           passages
           which
           have
           been
           desperatly
           vented
           in
           the
           House
           of
           
             Commons
          
           (
           touching
           the
           
             deposition
          
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           )
           without
           check
           or
           censure
           ;
           and
           the
           inviting
           of
           a
           forreign
           Nation
           to
           Invade
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           effect
           their
           business
           ,
           and
           tell
           me
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           what
           is
           aimed
           at
           else
           ,
           then
           the
           
             destruction
             of
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           his
           Royal
           Issue
           ?
        
         
           30.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           I
           must
           confess
           you
           put
           me
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           I
           must
           take
           some
           time
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           ,
           before
           I
           tell
           you
           what
           I
           think
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           season
           I
           have
           one
           more
           doubt
           to
           propose
           unto
           you
           ,
           which
           if
           you
           can
           remove
           ,
           I
           am
           wholly
           yours
           .
           The
           name
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           is
           sacred
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           loth
           to
           scruple
           any
           of
           those
           actions
           ,
           which
           receive
           countenance
           and
           authority
           from
           the
           awful
           body
           .
           Can
           you
           make
           proof
           that
           the
           Party
           which
           remains
           at
           
             Westminster
          
           have
           not
           the
           full
           authority
           of
           the
           two
           
             Houses
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ?
          
           If
           you
           could
           make
           that
           clear
           ,
           then
           the
           work
           were
           done
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           I
           dare
           not
           take
           that
           task
           upon
           me
           ;
           it
           is
           too
           invidious
           :
           but
           I
           shall
           offer
           these
           few
           things
           to
           your
           consideration
           .
           First
           ,
           it
           would
           seriously
           be
           considered
           ,
           Whether
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           whose
           presence
           ,
           as
           the
           head
           of
           that
           awful
           body
           ,
           gives
           life
           and
           motion
           to
           the
           acts
           and
           results
           thereof
           ,
           do
           purposely
           absent
           himself
           to
           make
           their
           consultations
           
             frustrate
          
           and
           their
           meeting
           
             fruitless
             ;
          
           or
           that
           he
           hath
           been
           driven
           from
           them
           by
           force
           and
           violence
           ?
           Secondly
           ,
           Whether
           such
           considerable
           numbers
           of
           the
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
             ,
          
           as
           are
           now
           absent
           from
           the
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           have
           left
           the
           Houses
           and
           the
           service
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           than
           for
           
             compliance
          
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           his
           ends
           (
           in
           hope
           of
           getting
           honours
           and
           preferments
           by
           him
           ,
           )
           or
           on
           the
           motion
           made
           by
           the
           
             rascal
             multitude
             ,
          
           to
           have
           the
           names
           of
           these
           given
           up
           ,
           who
           
             Voted
          
           not
           with
           
             Say
             ,
          
           and
           
           
             Pym
             ,
          
           and
           other
           the
           
             good
             Members
          
           of
           both
           Houses
           ?
           Thirdly
           ,
           What
           mischief
           would
           ensue
           both
           to
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             States
          
           of
           
             Christendom
             ,
          
           If
           when
           the
           greater
           and
           sounder
           part
           of
           
             Parliaments
          
           and
           
             General
             Councils
          
           shall
           be
           driven
           away
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           threats
           and
           practices
           of
           the
           lesser
           ,
           and
           the
           worse
           affected
           ;
           the
           less
           and
           the
           worse
           affected
           part
           may
           have
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           and
           their
           actions
           countenanced
           by
           the
           name
           thereof
           ?
           Fourthly
           ,
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           prejudices
           which
           the
           
             Protestants
          
           have
           against
           the
           Council
           of
           
             Trent
             ,
          
           
             k
          
           that
           it
           was
           held
           in
           an
           
             unsafe
             place
             ,
          
           which
           they
           could
           not
           come
           to
           without
           danger
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             Prelates
          
           there
           assembled
           ,
           were
           so
           prelimited
           by
           the
           
             Popes
          
           instructions
           ,
           or
           awed
           with
           an
           
             Italian
          
           Guard
           which
           was
           set
           upon
           them
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           safety
           to
           their
           Persons
           ,
           from
           affronts
           and
           injuries
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           neither
           freedom
           to
           debate
           the
           points
           which
           were
           there
           propounded
           ,
           nor
           
             liberty
          
           of
           suffrage
           to
           
             determine
          
           of
           them
           ?
           Fifthly
           ,
           Whether
           the
           
             King
          
           calling
           the
           
             expulsed
          
           Party
           of
           the
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
          
           to
           some
           other
           place
           ,
           and
           
             summoning
          
           all
           the
           rest
           also
           to
           assemble
           there
           ,
           may
           not
           with
           greater
           reason
           take
           unto
           themselves
           the
           name
           ,
           the
           power
           ,
           and
           reputation
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           than
           the
           remaining
           party
           now
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           consisting
           seldom
           of
           above
           an
           hundred
           
             Commons
             ,
          
           and
           sometimes
           not
           above
           
             three
             Lords
             ,
          
           have
           challenged
           and
           usurped
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             two
             Houses
             ?
          
           Sixthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           —
        
         
           31.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           Hold
           ,
           I
           must
           interupt
           you
           there
           .
           The
           King
           by
           
             Writ
          
           appoints
           his
           
             Parliament
          
           to
           be
           held
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           and
           by
           a
           subsequent
           Act
           or
           
             Statute
          
           hath
           so
           bound
           himself
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           neither
           
             dissolve
          
           nor
           
             adjourn
          
           it
           without
           their
           consent
           ;
           How
           can
           he
           then
           
             remove
          
           it
           to
           another
           place
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           was
           at
           first
           appointed
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           No
           doubt
           but
           he
           may
           do
           it
           with
           as
           good
           authority
           ,
           as
           the
           
             two
             Houses
             ,
          
           or
           either
           of
           them
           may
           adjourn
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           which
           you
           cannot
           choose
           but
           know
           hath
           been
           often
           done
           ,
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Session
           .
           For
           tho
           they
           sit
           not
           there
           as
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           but
           by
           turning
           the
           either
           of
           the
           Houses
           into
           a
           
             Committee
             of
             the
             whole
             House
             :
          
           yet
           this
           is
           but
           an
           Artifice
           to
           elude
           the
           
             Writ
             ,
          
           and
           act
           their
           business
           in
           a
           place
           of
           more
           advantage
           .
           The
           change
           is
           
           only
           in
           the
           name
           ,
           but
           the
           power
           the
           same
           .
           Witness
           those
           
             Votes
          
           and
           
             Declarations
          
           which
           they
           have
           passed
           and
           published
           in
           the
           said
           
             Committees
             ,
          
           as
           binding
           and
           effectual
           to
           their
           ends
           and
           purposes
           ,
           as
           any
           thing
           transacted
           in
           the
           several
           
             Houses
             .
          
           Nor
           is
           the
           
             place
          
           so
           necessary
           and
           essential
           unto
           the
           being
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           but
           that
           the
           
             major
             part
          
           with
           the
           Kings
           consent
           ,
           may
           change
           it
           if
           they
           think
           it
           profitable
           for
           the
           
             Common
             wealth
             .
          
           Otherwise
           we
           might
           say
           of
           
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           as
           once
           
             Victorinus
          
           did
           of
           Christians
           ,
           
             l
          
           
             Ergone
             pariete
             ;
             faciunt
             Christianum
             ?
          
           Is
           it
           the
           
             place
          
           and
           not
           the
           
             persons
          
           which
           do
           make
           a
           
             Parliament
             ?
          
           Or
           grant
           we
           ,
           that
           of
           common
           course
           the
           
             Houses
          
           cannot
           regularly
           be
           
             adjourned
          
           to
           another
           
             place
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             adjournment
          
           must
           be
           made
           in
           the
           
             House
          
           it self
           ;
           yet
           this
           is
           but
           a
           
             circumstance
             ,
          
           or
           at
           most
           a
           
             ceremony
             ,
          
           not
           of
           the
           
             substance
          
           of
           the
           work
           .
           And
           if
           that
           speech
           of
           
             Caesar
          
           carrieth
           any
           weight
           ,
           (
           as
           all
           wise
           Men
           conceive
           it
           doth
           )
           
             Legem
             necessitati
             cedere
             oportere
             ,
          
           
             m
          
           that
           even
           the
           
             strictest
             Laws
          
           must
           yield
           to
           the
           
             necessities
          
           and
           uses
           of
           the
           
             Common-wealth
             :
          
           no
           question
           but
           so
           slight
           a
           
             circumstance
             ,
          
           as
           that
           of
           
             place
          
           must
           needs
           be
           thought
           in
           the
           present
           business
           ,
           is
           to
           give
           way
           unto
           the
           peace
           and
           preservation
           of
           this
           wretched
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           32.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           These
           points
           I
           shall
           consider
           of
           as
           you
           have
           advised
           ;
           only
           at
           present
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           very
           well
           resolved
           of
           the
           
             unlawfulness
          
           of
           this
           
             War
          
           against
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           think
           them
           guilty
           of
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           who
           either
           laid
           the
           plot
           thereof
           ,
           or
           have
           since
           pursued
           it
           .
           Tell
           me
           now
           for
           the
           close
           of
           all
           ,
           what
           punishment
           the
           
             Laws
          
           do
           inflict
           on
           those
           who
           are
           
             convicted
          
           of
           so
           capital
           and
           abhorred
           a
           crime
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           You
           cannot
           be
           so
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           not
           to
           know
           ,
           That
           a
           
             convicted
             Rebel
          
           is
           condemned
           to
           be
           hanged
           ,
           drawn
           ,
           and
           quartered
           ,
           his
           belly
           to
           be
           ripped
           up
           ,
           and
           his
           bowels
           to
           be
           taken
           out
           ,
           whilest
           he
           is
           yet
           living
           ,
           his
           head
           and
           limbs
           to
           be
           advanced
           on
           some
           eminent
           places
           ,
           for
           a
           terrible
           example
           unto
           others
           ,
           his
           blood
           attainted
           ,
           his
           estate
           confiscate
           ,
           his
           possessions
           forfeited
           .
           The
           
             Civil
             Laws
          
           go
           somewhat
           further
           ,
           and
           execute
           them
           after
           death
           in
           their
           Coats
           of
           
             Arms
             ,
          
           which
           are
           to
           be
           defaced
           and
           razed
           ,
           in
           what
           place
           soever
           they
           are
           found
           .
           
             Rebellium
             
             arma
             &
             Insignia
             delenda
             sunt
             ,
             ubicunque
             inveniuntur
             ,
          
           
             n
          
           as
           
             Bartolus
          
           hath
           it
           .
           I
           end
           as
           I
           began
           with
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Homilies
             ;
          
           "
           Turn
           over
           and
           read
           the
           Histories
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           look
           over
           the
           
             Chronicles
          
           of
           our
           own
           Country
           ,
           call
           to
           mind
           so
           many
           
             Rebellions
          
           of
           old
           time
           ,
           and
           some
           yet
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ,
           ye
           shall
           not
           find
           that
           God
           ever
           prospered
           any
           
             Rebellion
          
           against
           the
           natural
           and
           lawful
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           but
           contrariwise
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Rebels
          
           were
           overthrown
           and
           slain
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           were
           taken
           Prisoners
           dreadfully
           executed
           .
           Consider
           the
           great
           and
           noble
           Houses
           of
           
             Dukes
             ,
             Marquesses
             ,
             Earls
             ,
          
           and
           other
           
             Lords
             ,
          
           whose
           names
           ye
           shall
           read
           in
           our
           
             Chronicles
             ,
          
           now
           clean
           extinguished
           and
           gone
           ,
           and
           seek
           out
           the
           causes
           of
           the
           decay
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           that
           not
           lack
           of
           Issue
           and
           Heirs
           Male
           hath
           so
           much
           wrought
           that
           decay
           ,
           and
           waste
           of
           noble
           Bloods
           and
           Houses
           ,
           as
           hath
           
             Rebellion
             .
             "
          
        
         
           
             
               1
               Sam.
               26.
               9.
               
            
             Who
             can
             stretch
             forth
             his
             hand
             against
             the
             Lords
             
               Anointed
               ,
            
             and
             be
             guiltless
             ?
          
        
         
           
             
               Prov.
               24.
               21
               ,
               22.
               
            
             My
             son
             ,
             fear
             thou
             the
             Lord
             and
             the
             
               King
               ,
            
             and
             meddle
             not
             with
             them
             that
             are
             given
             to
             
               change
               ,
            
             for
             their
             
               calamity
            
             shall
             rise
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             who
             knoweth
             the
             
               ruin
            
             of
             them
             both
             ?
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A43548e-210
           
             a
             First
             part
             of
             the
             Homily
             against
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             b
             Aristot.
             in
             Problem
             .
             sect.
             40.
             
          
           
             c
             Merc.
             An●i●
             .
             Sept.
             52.
             
          
           
             d
             V.
             Stamfords
             Pleas
             cap.
             2.
             
             Coke
             on
             Littleton
             I.
             2.
             c.
             11.
             
             §.
             200.
             
          
           
             e
             Stat.
             25.
             
               Ed.
            
             3.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             f
             Bracton
             .
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             g
             V.
             Speed
             ,
             Hollingsh
             ▪
             and
             others
             ,
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Edw.
             4.
             
          
           
             g
             V.
             Speed
             ,
             Hollingsh
             ▪
             and
             others
             ,
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Edw.
             4.
             
          
           
             h
             Id.
             in
             Hen.
             8.
             
          
           
             i
             Compton
             in
             his
             book
             of
             Justices
             .
          
           
             k
             Stow.
             in
             Hen.
             7.
             
          
           
             l
             Id.
             in
             Elizabeth
             .
          
           
             m
             Hollingsh
             .
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             .
          
           
             n
             Compton
             in
             his
             book
             of
             Justices
             .
          
           
             o
             Howe
             's
             addition
             to
             Stowes
             Chronicle
             .
          
           
             p
             Cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             q
             Spiegel
             in
             Lexico
             ●ur
             .
             Civil
             .
          
           
             r
             Bartolus
             in
             Constitut.
             Hen.
             7.
             
          
           
             s
             Camden
             Annal.
             Eliz.
             An.
             1601.
             
          
           
             t
             Camden
             ibid.
          
           
             u
             Id.
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             x
             Idem
             .
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             y
             Rom.
             13.
             1.
             
          
           
             z
             Rom.
             13.
             
          
           
             a
             In
             Apolog.
             
          
           
             b
             Cyprian
             ▪
             Epistola
             ad
             Demetrian
             .
          
           
             c
             Lactant
             ▪
             Institut
             .
             divin.
             l.
             5.
             
          
           
             d
             Eucher
             :
             Lugdun●●ns
             .
             &
             alii
             .
          
           
             e
             Mercur
             ▪
             Britannicus
             .
             num
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             f
             Nazianzen
             .
             Oratio
             1.
             in
             Julian
             .
          
           
             g
             Ambros.
             Orat.
             5.
             
          
           
             h
             Bartolus
             in
             repertorio
             .
          
           
             First
             part
             of
             the
             Homily
             against
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             k
             S●at
             .
             13.
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1●
             .
          
           
             l
             Buchanan
             .
             de
             jure
             Regni
             .
          
           
             m
             Rom.
             13.
             v.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             n
             Baron
             .
             &
             Chronol.
             alii
             .
          
           
             o
             2
             Kings
             25.
             
             &
             2
             Chron.
             c.
             36.
             
          
           
             p
             Plutarch
             .
             in
             Agis
             &
             Ceolmenis
             .
          
           
             q
             Socrat.
             Eccl.
             Hist.
             l.
             4.
             c.
             22.
             
          
           
             r
             Theodoret.
             Hist.
             Eccl.
             l.
             3
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             s
             Ambr.
             Orat.
             5.
             
          
           
             t
             Jerem.
             27.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             u
             Acts
             23.
             v.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             x
             Ibid.
             v.
             3.
             
          
           
             y
             Ibid.
             v.
             4.
             
          
           
             z
             Ibid.
             v.
             4.
             
          
           
             a
             Camden
             ,
             Annal.
             
               Eliz.
            
             Anno
             16●0
             .
          
           
             b
             Hollingsh
             .
             in
             Rich.
             2.
             
          
           
             c
             Id.
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             d
             Id.
             in
             the
             life
             of
             
               Henry
            
             6.
             
          
           
             e
             
               Paraeus
            
             in
             ep.
             ad
             Rom.
             c.
             13.
             
          
           
             f
             1
             Sam.
             22.
             v.
             5.
             23.
             v.
             13.
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             g
             1
             Sam.
             24.
             v.
             3.
             
          
           
             h
             1
             Sam.
             16.
             v.
             3.
             
          
           
             i
             Ibid.
             v.
             12.
             
          
           
             k
             Aristot.
             in
             Polit.
             
          
           
             l
             Calvin
             Institut
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             10.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             m
             Rom.
             13.
             vers.
             4.
             
          
           
             n
             1
             Pet.
             
             ●
             .
             vers.
             14.
             
          
           
             o
             Merc.
             Brit.
             numb.
             19.
             
          
           
             p
             1
             Sam.
             
             ●
             .
             vers.
             18.
             
          
           
             q
             Ps.
             51.
             v.
             4.
             
          
           
             r
             Ambros.
             in
             locum
             .
          
           
             s
             S
             Greg.
             Tur.
             Hist.
             Franc.
             
          
           
             t
             Bracton
             .
             1.
             cap.
             8.
             
          
           
             u
             Tertull.
             Apologet
             .
             c.
             39.
             
          
           
             x
             In
             his
             disloyalty
             of
             Papists
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             z
             Plaut.
             in
             Amphitr
             .
             Act.
             2.
             
          
           
             y
             Observations
             on
             his
             Majesties
             Answers
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             a
             Statut.
             24.
             
             Henr.
             8.
             
             ●
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Bract●n
            
             I.
             1.
             c
             8.
             
             ●
             5.
             
          
           
             c
             25.
             
             
               Hen.
            
             8.
             c.
             22
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             d
             Constitut.
             Valentin
             .
             &
             Valent
             .
          
           
             e
             August
             .
          
           
             f
             Bract.
             
               l.
            
             1.
             c.
             8.
             
             ●
             .
             4.
             &
             l.
             2.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             g
             Proclam
             .
             Feb.
             16.
             1642
             
          
           
             h
             
               Merc.
               Brit.
            
             numb.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             l
             L.
             
               Digbies
            
             Apol.
             p.
             13.
             
          
           
             k
             Histor
             Con
             ▪
             Triden
             .
             Sleid.
             &
             alii
             .
          
           
             l
             S.
             
               August
               .
               Confess
               .
            
             l.
             8.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             m
             
               Val.
               Max.
            
             l.
             3.
             c.
             7.
             n.
             3.
             
          
           
             n
             Bartochinus
             in
             Repertorio
             aureo
             .