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F fie: Kingmnd /9:3 ward Snéieflx;

_  S tl1€1'£ isndta nhingfa
A  V ncccflarytcabeknown
' “  by ;the people of any

’ :51 land; nextthelcnow.
  ledge of their God, as

‘  the righciknowledge
-   _ of theyr alleagcance;
accofdlng to the fame of gouerne-L
ment eflalolifhed ar,n','ong,thcm ,; eliae-3
cially in a, ezlzanarckie (;wl1icl,1»f',orm¢§
of gouemement , .as refembling the
iuin-itie, ‘approcheth ncarefl to per-
fe6tion -,e as all the learned and yvifé
men from the beginning bane agree-R
_cd vpon ; Vnitie being -the~perfc¢'ti-“
on ofallthings) So bath the ignorance,
  ' A  ‘” and

  
     
 

The true Law:
and (which is worle) the fcduecdoi
pinion of the multitude blinded by
them , whothinke thernfelues able to
teach and inflrufi the ignorants , prog-
cured the wrack and ouerthrow of {un-
drie flourilhing Common-wealthes 5
and heaped heauie calamities , threat»
ningvtter deflruciion vppon. others.
And the fmiling fucce{Te,that vnlawful
rebellionshane oftentimcshad againfl
Princes‘ in ages pal! (fuchhgth bene the
miferie,and iniquitie of the time) bath
by way of praétife flrengthned many
in their errour : albeitthere cannot be
a more deceiueableargument , then to
iudge ay theiuflnes of the caufe by the
euent thereof, as hereafter lhall be pro.
ued more at length. And among.o-
thers, no Com mon-wealth, that cut:
hath bin fine: the beginning, hath had
greater need of the true knowledge of
this ground,then this out To long difor.
dered, and difiraéted common-wealth
hath : the mislmowledge hereof being
the onely fpring , from whence haue
‘ . ' flowed

‘\

_ bffiee Momrcbiasi

flowed {'0 many cndles calamities, mi-3
feries, and confufions , as is better felt
y many , then the caule thetedfwell
knowne,and deepely confidered. The
natural! zcale therefore, thatl beare to
this my natiue coun tri€,~With the great
Dlttie I haue to fee the lb-long elilluré
bance thereof forlaclc of the true know-
ledge of this ground (as I haue fluid be-
fore)hath compelled me at laft to break
filence , to difcharge my confcience to
YOU my deare country men herein-,that
lcnowing the grounde , from whence
thefe your many cndles troubles haue’
proceeded , as well as ye hauealreadie
too-lon g tailed the bitter fruites there’-,
pf, ye may by lmowledgeg and efchew’-.
mg of the caufe efcape , and diuer_t the
lamentable effects thateuer necellhrily
follow therevpon. I haue chofen then
onely to let downe in this Ihort Treat-‘
tile the true groundes of the mutuall
dutie , and alleageance betwixta free
and abfolute t/‘lunar:/ze , and his pea-
P1¢5 not to trouble your patience with
B .3. ins‘

 

‘Tbe true Lame‘ 
anfwering the contrary propofitiotfiw’
which fome hath not benealhamed t0j
fctdownc in writ, to thepoyfoning Of;
infinite number of {imple foules , and,
their own: perpetuall, and well de{E:1"’t.
ued infamic. For by anfwering theme
‘I could not haue efchewed whiles to
pick, and byte well fhltly their perfons 3
which would rather haue bred content’
itioulneffe among the readers (as they’,
had lil<ed,or mifliked) then found: in?
—1lruét_ion of thetruth. Which I protefi;
‘to him that is the fearchcr of all hearts;
is the onely matke that I {hoote at here-3
111. ' e , 7 ‘ 7
Firfl then , Iwillfetdownethetlrucl
groundes , whcrevpon I am to build€,f
‘out of the Scriptures, fince cjmmzrc/2it,§
is the true paterne of Diuinitie , as 1?
lhauc alreadie {aide :. next,frorn the fun-

‘damentall lawes of our own kingdoms

which nearcfl mull concerne vs:third—_

‘ ly,.&om the law ofNature,by diuers fiat‘

mtlitudcs drawnc out of the fame :’ and

' _1;vil1con'c}udc fyne by anfwering th

mo

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i bffiee rvzoum‘/12¢‘   ‘
molt waightie 8: appearing incommdg

~ ‘ dities that can be obieéied.

_The Princes dutie to his fubieéies
is fo clearely fetdowncin many places _
of the Scriptures , and fo openly con.
feiied by all the good Princes-, accor-
ding to their oathe in their Coronati-
on , as not needin to be long therein‘,
i {hall as {hortly as can runne through
rt. .

. Kings are called Gods by the prophea pfi,,;32,5_
t1callKingDauid , becau{:.th.cy{itvp'. ,
on God his throne in the earth , and

haue the count of their adminiftration

to giuevnto him. , Their ofliceis, To

\ mimfier iufiice and iudgemmt .ta :5: pee. Pfl/. I0 I.

pl: , as the fame Dauid faith : To 4d- ‘7’fltI.Ior.
warm 1/7: good , and ptmzjb (/9: mill , as 2e K". I 8.
he likewile faith : Toe/t4élz_'/77'goad/awe: 2oC/‘J70-29.
to his people , mdpromre oéedience to we 2oK‘”o33 o
flme , as diners ood Kings ofludzz/7 "j'2%;""”-
did : Taprature tgepeace aftbeptvp/6; 35 3;‘, ‘:5’
the lame Dmdfairh : To decide allcon-‘ ,. 

trauerfies that am arifi among tbezh , as '
/-Silomondid : To bee t/2e Mz'm_'[t'er of God

B3 fvr

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1.54:». 8.
(mag.

The true Law: ,

fir :5: male af/rim that dot/2 well , 422.445
t/1: mimfier of G. ad, to take vengeance vpofi
firm that do euill,as S. Paulfairh. Anfl
finally,A: agoad Pafiour, to go: gut rmdzfl

éefore/sis aaplegzsisfaidinthefirl1ofS4- ‘

amt:/: T 24! tbrougb the I?rz°Irc'_c’:prafierifI3

I/acpzoplcrpcace may éeprowred, as 1676.’ '

me fltith. e
And therefore in the Coronation
ofourowne Kin
Chriftian Monarche
Oath , firfl to main
prefemly profefled
trie, accordin
iris cflablifhed, and to punilh all rhof€
rhatfhould preffe to alter , or dillurb€
the profellion thereof : And next , I0
rnaintaine all the lowable and good
Lawes made by their Predeceflours: to
fee them put in execution , 8: the brea-
kers , a_nd violaters thereof , to bee pile

, they glue their
mine the Religiotl

lnifhed , according to the tenour 0

the fame-. And laflly , to maintaine
the whole Coumrey, and euery Rate
gherein, in all their aticient priuilcdgea.

' 3.0 .3

gs , as well asof euery '

within their coun- ;
g to their lawes, whereby

 

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and liberties, as well againfi all forraine
enemies, as among thetnfelues : Add
lhortly to procure the weale , & flouri-
lhing of his people, not onely in main-
teining and putting to execution. the

 

old lowable lawes of the countrey,and ,

by eflablifhing of new ( as neceflitie
and euill manners will require -) but by
all other mcanes poflible to fore-fee,
and preuentall dau ngers, that are liltely
to fall vppon them , and to mainteine
concord, wealth, and ciuilitie among
them, asalouing Father , and carefull
watchman, caring for them more then
for himfelfe , knowing himfelfe to be
ordained for them , and they not for
him 5 and therefore countable to that
great God, who placed him ashtslteu-
tenant otter them, vpon the peril! of his
{oule to procure}? weale of both T0Ul€5
and bodies,as fame as in him l1eth,of all
the thatare c6mitted to hischflf C-Afld
this oath in the Coronation is t e clea-
refi,ciuill,& fundamental! law.Wh€fb)'
the Kings oflice is properly defined.

. B 4. By

. 172: true ‘ Lame .

By the lawe of Naturethe King hen
comes a naturall Father. to. all his Lie-
ges at his Coronation. And as the Fae

  ther of his fathetly dutie is bound to

cum {o is the
all his litbiefis.

care for the not1rtfhing,cdtication, and
vcrtuous gouernment of his children :
King boundto care for
..As all thetoyle , and
paine , that the Father cantalce for his
ghildren , _will be thought light and
well bellowed by himfo that the effefl: s
thereof redoundc to t’-heirprofite and
weale : So ought the Prince to doo to:

wards his people. Asthekindly Father
oughtto forefee all inconuenients and
daungers that may arile towardes his

ghildren , and though with the hazard
of his owne perfon pref?

e to preuent
the fame: So ought the King towardes

his people. As the Fathers wrath and
eorreétion vpori any of. his.chi_ldren,
that oflendeth, ought to he by a father-
ly chaflizementleafoned with. pittic, as '
ong as there is any hopeof amend-,

pagrpt in them .'_ So ough’t.the King. to-

Wards

~r~j-I- _..—-— ' ' , ax-Q‘,

bffiee Mamm5z?:.' I g  
wards any of his Lieges that ofl-‘ends
in that meafure. And fl1ortly,as the Pa-
thers chiefe ioy ought to be in procu-i
ring his childrens wellfare , reioycing
at their weale , forrowing and pittying
at their will, to hazard for their fafetie,
trauel forth einre{l,wal<e for their fleep;
and in a word , to thinke-that his earth-
lyfelicitie and life flandeth and liueth
more in them,norin'himfelf: So ought
a good Prince think of his people.
' As to the otherbrauneh of this mu-
tuall, and reciprock bande, it is the day
tie and alleageance, that the lieges owe
to their King. The ground whereof, I
takeout of the Wordes of Samuel , 
ted by Gods fpirit , when Godhad gt-
uen him commandement to hear: the
peoples voice in chooiing and annoim
ting them a King. And becaufe that
place of Scripture being well vnder.
flood is {o pertinentfor our purport’, I
have infert herein the very Words Ofthc
text. - - —

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 at lcafl it is fhort. L It may be ycc
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' down herein the true groundsgitoi
, - L teach you the right way,without

 

Walling time vpi on refuting the

aducrftries. An yeti trult, ifyey

will take narrow: tent , yec fh all
finde mofl of their great gunnesv
payed home againc, either with

contrary coclulions, ortacitc ob.  

ieftions , {up ole in a dairned
forme,and int ireétly. For myin.
tention is to inl’tru&, and not ir.
ritat, if I may cf chew it.The pro.-,
fitc I would wifh you tomakcr
of it is,as vvel F0 to frame all your-
aétios according to thcfe groiides,
as may céfirmeyon in the courfe
of honcli and obedient lubic&s-
to your  in all times com-

o ming, as alFo,'vvhcn ya {mall fall.

in purpofe with Ianye that {hall
prailc

fro TFIE Mm an

praife or cxcuf e the by-pal} rebel;   r
i

6s,that brake forth either in this

country, or in any other, ye {hall »

herewith bee armed againfl their
Sirene longs, laying their partiCu-
lar examples to the fquarc ofthele

, grounds.W/hetby ye flral foundly

keep the courfe ofrighteous iudgb
mEt,deccrning wifely ofeuery ac»
ti6 only according to the qualitic‘
therof, and not according to your

preiudged coceits of the commit. \

ters . So Hi all ye, by reaping profit
to your felues, turne my painc inc
to pleafure. But leafl the Whole
Pamphlet run out at the gaping
mouth of this Preface, if it were

anie more enlarged; I ende, with ‘,

‘committing you to God,and men ‘

to your charitable cenfures.

Co lvtaivrwrgusi

r I T5: me Lave
2 'fJm.8;9 Iowhityn te/fife «wtto tbettt,é'fl:etv than
' tltemamver oft/oe Kittg, tbatjballragtte 0-
user t/Jet».

1 o So Samu cl tolde 41/153 morde: oftbe
Larde vttto the people tbat asked 4 king 0‘
Irim. e

1 t Attdbe/iid : :1»;/774115: the matter
oft/ye king that 5/1411 raigtte ouerjomée will
take}ottrfimte:,é' appoint time: to 11:2 C/24-
ret: , dfld to be his /Jorfemen, attdflmtej/tall

run before /2:}: Clure .

I 2 Alfo, ée wilwaée t/rem bi: eoptoittl!
otter tbottflznds, and eapitzet otter fifties, «ml
10 64" lvitground, attd to reape 6:3 /mruefl.
andto malzein/lrtements of warre, emdt/7:
tbittgs t/Mt fénte for 613 clients:

I 3 He mt’/lat/o tokeyottr d4x4gbter:,zlrm'
wake tbem A potitaries , and Cooke: , um!
Baéert.

I4 Andie will tzzl-e yoarfieIde:,¢§-your
wineyerdgtzndjaur be]}'0 ligee trees, git”
them to bt3fir_tt4nt.r.

I 5 And bee wili take 1/): tetttb ofyow‘

feed,tmd of your 'vt'neyard:,o71dgiue it to 513
£Itttttc&e.r,.»md to bicferqotttr. -
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of Tn: Momrcbies.‘
I 6 Andbe wt’/take your melt-firu4rttr,'
andyaur maide- ermmt: , and Ike céicfc of

./ :'

_l yauryong mm, 4ndyour‘aJj72:,4na’ptét than

to bi: rvorke.
z 7 H c mi/[take the tent}: of your flrccpe :
andycflm/[be bisfiruants. .
I8 Am/yea /1241! or out at tbat day,

‘ éecaufi: of 1 our king, W on: yo 541166‘/10/613

yoznand II): Lord God will not beareyou 4:

i 1/Jzttdaj.

I 9 But tbe people_ would not bear: t/x

mice afSamucl,6ut Hidfaj.-N4j,6at Mgr:
fin:/6: 4 K ittg our 12:. A

20 And are 41/5 -mi//6: like dllatbcx N4
tiom,422dour king/7:4/liudgw:,4ndgo ant
hfvre w,zmd fig/2t our éattelt.

That thcfc words, and difitoufrts 95
Samuel were ditcd by Gods fpmtc a "3
nccdcs no further probation , but that
it is a place ofscriptu rc:{incct.bc M1016 .
Scripture is diced bythatin!'p1raz1on,as
Paul faith o : which ground no good
Chriflian will, or dare dcmc. Where-
vpon it mull nccclfarily follow , that
ghcfe fpcechcs procccdcd not from 3- =

‘Y

4' T5: titre’ Em: o
ny ambition in Samuel, as one loath
to quite the rcines that hee fo long had

ruled, and therefore deiirous , by ma-
Iting odious the gouernemcnt of 8

King,to diiiwade the people from their ‘

farther importunate crauing of one.
For, as the text ptoueth it plainely, he
then conueened them to giue them 8
refolute grant of their demand, as God
by his owne mouth commanded him:
flying : ‘ '
Harltezz to the tvoyce oftbepeople.

And to prefl‘e to diiiwade them from
that, which he then came to grant vnto
them 5 were a thing very impertincnt
in a wife man 5 much more in the Pro-

phetofthemofl high God. And like-
wifc , it wcilappearcdin all the courfc
ofhislife after, that his fo long refuting
of their {me before came not of any
ambition in him : which hewell pro-
ued in praying, and as it were importa-
ning God for the wcale ofsaul. Yea,

after God had declared hisreprobati-I

on vnto him, yet he defifted not, whilc
g God

0

bffrce Momrcbim

God himfelfe was wrath at his pray§
ing, and difcharged his farther fate in
that errand. And that thele wotdes of
same! were not vttered, as a prophe.
cie of San! their firfi Kinges defcéfigf
on,it well appeareth,afivell becaufe we
heare no mention made in the SCI'iP‘9
ture of any his tiranny,and opptelliott
(which,if it had bene, would not haue

benc left vnpainted out therei_n,as.well '
as his other faultes were, as in a true .

mirrout of all the Kings behauiours,
whom it defcribeth) as lilcewile in re-
fpcét that Saul was chofen by God
for his vcrtue,& meet quallities to go-
uerne his people : wehcrieas his defet‘.ti-
on {prong aftcr- hand from the corrup-
tion of his own nature,.& not through
any default in God, whom they that
thinl<fo,wot'tld make as site -father" to
his people, in making wilful y a choifi:
of the vnmeetefl for goueming them,
fince the eleétion of that King lay ab-
folutely and immediately in Gods

  hand.But by the contrarie it is plaine,

and

The true Law:
and euident -, that this fpeech ofldmtli
at to the people , was to prepare their
hearts before the hand to the due obe-
dience of that King,which God was to
giue vnto them 5 and therefore opened

vpvntothem.,whatmightbetheintoI- e .

lerable qualities,that might fall in {ome
of their Kings, thereby preparing them

‘to patience , not to refift to Gods ordi-

anancegbut as he would haue faid. Since

God hath graunted your it-nportunatc .

{me in giving youa King : as ye hatte
elfe committed an etrour in {halting of?
Gods yoke , and ouer.haf’cy feeking of
a king : {o beware ye {all not into the
next in calling cffalfo rafhly that yoke,
which God at your earneft fute hath
laidcvpon you , how hard that euer it
fceme to be. For as ye could not haue

‘obteined one without the pertniffion

and ordinance of God : fo may ye no
more,fro he be once fetouer you,fha1ae
him off without the fame warrant.
And therefore in time arme your {clues
with patience 6: humilityfince hghthztht
at

0/‘free Méiurcéim

hath the only power to make him,hath7
the only power to vnmalce him; and ye
only to obey, bearing with thele limits
that I now fore-flaewe you, as with the
finger of God , which lyeth not in you
to take off.  

And wil ye céfider the very words of
the text in order, as they arefet downe,“
it {hall plainely declare the obedience
that the people owe totheir King in all
refpeéts. , , -

Firlit , God commaundeth same!
to do two things : the one, to graum:
the people their lute in giuing them a’
king : theother to forwarne them, what
fome kings will doo vnto them , that
they may not thereafter in their grud-
ging &mu‘rmuring lEty,when they {hall-
feele the fnares here forefpokeny : Wee
would rteuer haue had a King of God,
in cal‘e,when we craued him,he had let
vs know how we would haue bin vfe‘d
by him, as now we finde but ouetlate.
And this is meant by thefe words.

New tberfore lurker: «vnto t/zeir «va:'ce:5m.
hit

Yke true Lam

lzowéeit yet teftifie vnto tfiem, andjbewé

them tbe matter ‘(If tbe king t‘/34:. flail rule
Mart/Jetm ' ’ -_-V ‘   -» .
-, And«ncxt,- Samuel in exccutlon of

this commandement of God,lhclikc-5.

wife doth two things.

“ - Pir{t,lhc«s1ccl:zresl,vntolth’cim,« whaf
pointsof infiiceand cquitic'tla€:1,r, King

will breakin hisl-heh,auio%urv-I.1t9 them.
And next;hi:=pum:th thé, oumf hope;
that,wcaric asthcy will, tliey lha_l_l not
bane-lcaue to {bake of th at yQk,e,_vpl_1ich
God throu,gh.ad1..<:ir impqgtunicie hath
laid vpon; ;;l:i.¢m.E'I’hc poyntsjof Equi-3
tic thatihfl King {-1131 break: Pitta them
are €Xf3r€/lY¢(1ifl*£l'1¢‘fC}WQ‘t,d°59r:7>§ -..l  
- L’ 1 I 1!: flfl/fi3kflflrfiflfl¢3,4fld4¢6ifif
them to /7i1:Gbaret.t,' and IQ ée,-‘In’; ‘ _o)]e‘.
men; andffmeflmllrzgn 5cfo.Ifct5z2s;(I114r.6t.
C I2 A59 be willmake t/.19I’1.».553l Cap.
Hines aueft_bouf2m1e:, aml.-captzzéne: garter
ff:-icy, 4'ndto~edre Mt‘-.groaucl’~,c;’r,. ti: xéape bi:
bdrutfi, andto maké -infirumevt: of mmre,
andt/1e things tbatfeme for Mr d2Aret.¢;. 1 l
 13 He willafitakeyoar d4I!g5_ter:,anJ
' I‘ make

cyfiee Manaroéié-ft.
make tlzem Apotlmarzh,-V 4%’ Coal“, 4nd
B4/em‘; ’ l ’ " ' ' '

The points of iu'flijc‘e;t'h”at he {hall
break vnto them, are exprcfféd in tbcfe
words.   ' l

1.}. Ha: will take yourfel/er,‘ zmdjzmr
vinqrardex , amljoztr écfl Elia: tftex, «ml
give tbem to /2:'a‘ferm¢nt3~.- - LA   

1;. And /2: will takejlze tentb ofyour
fmle, and ofyoujx Vi/r2e}ard.<_,¢iiId‘giue it an
hi: E umtclm and to 12:8 {erturm .‘v 11044;’:
the tent/2 o/yourjlaeepe. 4 V; 5 *

As if he would fay .- The bell and
noblefl 9f your bloud {hall-be compsle
led in flauifh and feruilg officés to {en}:
him.And not contcntofbi_s"own patri-
mony he wil make vp a rcfm to hiséyvfi
vfe out of your bell landgvineyardes,
orchards,& (tore olcattel :_ So as'inuér;
ting the lam: of naturc,and bffice ofa
king, your pcrfons, and the perfons of
your pofleritie , together lwith your
lands,& all that ye poflelrc fhal féruc his

priuate v{e,and imrdinatc-appetite.

And as to the ncxtpoim ( which is

~ C his

-7 true Lam

his fore-warning them , that,wearie as
they will , they {hall not hlaue leaue to
ihake off th_¢~y0l(€,Wl1ich God through
their importunitie hath layde vppon
them) it is expreiled in thefe words.
18. Azzdyee /ball 0742 out at that day,
fiecaufe ofyqmr King who»: ye: baa: c/rofin
you: and 1/1: Lord will not hem} on at that
dd . i ~ -
]As he would fay : when ye {hal find
thefe things in proofe that novel fore-
watn you of,a'!though you fhal grudge
and mutrpmge : yet It (ha! not be lawful
to you to _cal’t it off, in refps Q it is not
onely the ordinance of (30 D 5 but 21--
fo your {clues haue chofen him vnto
you , thereby renouncing for euer all
priuiledges, by your willing confent,
out of youi handes , whereby in any
time thereafter yee would elaltne , and
call back vnto your felues againe that
power , which God {hall not permit
you to do. And for further taking away

A of all excu{e,and tetraétation of this

their contraét , after their conlent to
‘wider-

ef Mamwlvies. L‘ H
vndezly this yoke with all the burtbeng “
tharhee hath declared vnto them,he e

cranes their anfwere, and confencllto;  

his propofition: which appeareth 
their anfwere , as it is expreflcd in the e
Words.

19. N4y,6:1t there /B415: 4 King cue} rut.‘

l 2.0. zlndwe 42/'0 xvi/fie like all other 224:2’-.

om : am! our leingflmll iudge er: , andgoe
out beyiare ewgzmlfig/1t ourbatteb.

As if they would haue (aid: Allyout;
fpecchcs and hard conditions {hall not
Skahre vs,'b1ut we will ‘tskethe good and
eui of it vpon vs an we will be con-
lent to bear xvhatliweuer ,butthén‘itlhall
pleafe our king to lay vpon vs, aswell
as other‘ nations doe '. L And for the
good wee will get: of him.’ in fighting
our: battcls , wee will inbred atiently
bcéllreany burthen that fljéll pfcale him
to any on vs. _ % ‘

Now thcn,lincc the ereélioyn of this
Kingdome and Monarchie among the
Iewes,& the law thereof may, 8: ought
to be a patcrne to all Chrifiian & well

C 2. foun-

71:: true Law:

{ouncled'Monarch?es , as beeing foun-
ded by God himfelfe, who by his Ora-
cle ,and out of his own: mou_th game
the law thereof": what liberty can broy-
ling fpirites , and rebellious mindes
claime iullly to againli any Chriflian
Monarchie: fince they can claimeto
no greater libertie on their part,nor the

people of God might haue done , and A

no greater tytannie was eucr executed
by any Prince or tyrant , whom: they
can obieét, nor was here fore-warned

' to the people of God, ( and yet all re-

bellion countetmanded vnto them ) if

tirannizin g ouer mens perfons,fonncs, «

daughters, and fcruants 5 redaéting no-
ble houfes , and men , and women of

noble blood, to flauifh and fctuile of-  

fices 5 and extortion,and fpoilc of their
landes and goods to the Princes own:

priuate vfe and commoditie,ahd of ‘his ’

courteours, and feruantes , may be cal-

led atyranniet’ .
And that this propofition gtouu-‘
ded vpon the Sctipture , may the more
clearly

cffiree Waxncbkr. 7
ciearei yappeare to be true by the prac.‘

tife oft ptooued in the lime book:-,

Wee neuer reade, that euer the Pro-
phets perfwaded the people to rebel}
againft the Prince; how wicked {oeuer
he was. — A
When Samuel by Gods command
pronounced to the fame King Saul, r.S:tm,.
that his kingdomewas rent from him , '5 ~
and giuen to another (which in cife&
was a degrading of him.) yet his next
adion following that ,was peaceably
to turnehome,and with floudsofteares
to pray God to haue fome compaiE-
on vpon him.
  And Dauidmotwithfianding bee
was inaugurate in that fame degra dcd
Kings roome,not onel y (when he was
cruelly perfecuted, for no offence; but 
good {eruicc done vntohim ) would
not pre{ume,hauing him in his power,
skantly , but with great reuerence, to Lsam;
touch the garment of the anoynted of z ,.
the Lord,andin his wordsbleiTed him: 1 Sn‘.
but likewifir, whenpne came to him %' '
C 3 wanting

The mt: Lam

vantinghitnfelfe yntruly to have flainc
Saul, he 5 without fotme of proees , or
tryal of hissguilgcaufed onelylor guil-
tines of his tongue put him to fodlaine
death. r e

j And although there was neuer a
more monftro us petfccutor, 8: Titan:
not Aclmb was .-1 et all the ‘rebellion,
that Elia: euer tai ed againfi him ,was
to {lie to the wildernesiwhere,-fo‘r fault
offu flentati6,he was  with the Cor-i
bies . And I thinlce no man will doubt

i but smut, 1mid,and Elias, had as

great power to perfwade the people, if
they had liked to haue imployed their’
credit to vprores and rebellions againll
thefe wicked Kings, as any of ‘our {edi-
tlous preachers in thefe dayes of what-.
foeuer religion, either in this countrey
or in France , had ,' that bufied them-
{elues molt to {litre vp rebellion vndct
cloalce of religion. This farre the-onely
loue.oFverity,_I protel’t,without hatred
attheir perfons‘, haue moued me to be
fomewhat fatyxilt. A i  '
And

office uwonakéicr.
And if any will lame to the extraor-‘

dinary examples of dc-grading or lcll-'

ling of Kings in the Scriptures , there-

by to cloalte the peoples rebellion, as _  

by the deede of Ielm, and fuch like ex-
traordinaries .- I aniwere, befides that
they want the like warrant that they
bad, if extraordinarie examples of the
Scripture (hall bee drawn: in daylie
praétizes mutther vnderttaifl as in the

A petfons of Abud, and Iaels theft, as in

the perfons of the Ifi'alite:'c6ming out
of Egypt 5 lying to their parents tothe
butt of their brother ,as in the pcrfon
of Jacob, {hall all be counted as lawful!

« and allowable vertues , as rebellion a.
gainfl Princes. And to conclude, the i

praéiize through the whole Sciripturc
proueth the peoples obedience giuen
to that {entence in the law of Go
Tim: /1241! not rail: eye» 1/7: Jim’-
ger, atqtlzer fimtlte will oftbe ruler oftb]

people. . . l .
To end then the ground ofmy.pro-
pofition taken out ofthe Scripture, let
C 4 two

1
O

.5‘)
;
J 4.

Ierc. :7.

Ice. 19.

Icte. 13.

Th: mg Law:

two ipecial,& notable cxz‘1ples,one vn;
dcr the law, another vndct the cuigel,
conclude this part of my alledgeancet
Vnder the law ,Iemm'c threatneth the
people of God with vttet defltuéiion
for rebellion to N aéucbadnezar the
King of Babel! .- who although he was
an Idolattous petfecutot,a forrain king,
a_'I'irant.and vfutpet of their liberties -;
yet in refpeét they had once teceiued
and acknowledged him fotthéir King,
he not onely commandeth them to o4
hey him, but euen to pray for his pro.
fpetity, adioyning the reafon to it 5 bet-
eaufe in his ptofpctity flood their peace
And wider the Euangel that king,
Whom: Paul bids the Romaine: 05:}
and few: far canfciettce film , was Nero
that blody Tirant,an infamyto his age;
and a monflerto the world , being alfo
an Idolatrous perfecutot, as theKing
of B46311 was. Ifthcn I dolatrie and dc,-
fcétion from God , tyrannie ouet their
people, and pcrfccution of the Saints,
fot their ptotetiion fake, hindted not
  thfi

of free cmonarcbier.

the fpirit of God to command his poo.’
ple vndet all hiefl paine to giue them at
due and hearty obedience for -coni"ci-
ence fake , giuing to Cafir that which
was C.eߢr.c , and to God that. which
was Gods,as Chri{l{u'.th,and that this
ptaftife throughout the bookeof God

' agteeth with thislawe, which he made

in the erection of that Monarchie(as is
at length befbre deduced) whatihamea
lefle prefumption is it to any Chriilian
people nowa dayes to claime to that
vnlawfullliberti¢,_WhiCl1 God refufed
to his owne peculiar and chofenpe,o-
ple cf Shortly then to takevp in two: or
three fentences,gtounded vpé all Ihefe
arguments, out of the law of God, the
dutie, and alleageanceof the people to
their lawful l<ing,their obedience,I fay,
ought to be to him , as to Gods Little-
tenantin earthpbeying his commands
ll! all things , except directly againft
God,as the commandsof Gods Mini-
flcr, acknowledging him a Iudge fl:t
by G O D ouer them , hauing power

. to

ti“.  ‘§
 .s_ ..:

-1“ I ,,., , :3. .__ ..____.‘_.A.£_’:um..

 

Tée true Law:

to iudge them, but to be iudged onely
by G O D, whom to onely he muff
giue count of his iudgement 3 fearing
him as their Iudge 5 louing him as

their father; praying for him astheyr  

protector 5for his continuance-,if he be
good 5 for his amendment, if hee be
wicked ; following and obeying his
lawful! commauttdcs , cfchewing and
flying his fitry in his vnlawlull , with
out reli{tance,but by fobbes and tcares
to God, according to that Sentence v-

Ed in the primitiue church in the time

of the perfecution .
Prm.¢,et Lacbrymcfmt mm: Ea'Ic(i.¢.
Now , as for the defcribing the
allege.-mce,thatthe heges owe to their
Natiue King . out of the fundamental!
and ciuill Lawe,efpecially of this coun-
trie , asl romifcd, the grounde muff
firft bee etdowne of the firfl manner
of eflablifhing the Lawes and form:
of gouernement among vs: that the
ground being firfl right l-aide, we may
thereafter build tightly therevppon.
AI-

offiee tzionarrbiey.
Although it be true (according to the

.aflirmattoh of thofiei that ‘pryde them.

felu es to befithc fcourges of Tyrantes )’
that in‘ the firii beginning of Kings'ry-
{ing among Gent‘iles,in the-time ofthc
firfi age,diuers common-wealthes and
focieties of ' men chofed out one a-
mong themfeiues , who for his verrucs
& valou‘r,being moreerninent then the
§eii,was chofen out by them, and {et vp
In that froome , to maintaine"the weaa
kefi in-their’ right, to throw downeop.-
preflburs, and to {offer and continue
the [ocirty among men; which ‘could
not otherwife , but by vcrtuc of that v-_‘
nitie been/ell‘done : yctthefe examples
are nothing‘? pertinent to vs;   becaufc
our kingdome and diuerspgher MO;
narchiesaré not in th‘a‘t‘ca{é,’ but had
their begitmin‘g in a faréontrary fafhifi
For as our Chtonit:lts‘bcarc‘ Wife
neffe , this He , ‘and eTp’ec'ialiy our pair
of it, beingfcantiy inhabited, but by
very fcwe , and they as barbarous and
{cant of ciuilitye , as number , there
  comes

1'11: mt: Lew: _ I

comes out firfl King I-'er<gw:, with a
great number with him, outof Ireland,
whish was long inhabited before vs,
and making himfelfe maifler of the
Countrey , by his owne friendlhip,
and force,as wel of the Irelatutmm that
came with him, asof the country. men

t that willingly fell to hirn,he made him-

felfe King and Lorde , as well of the
whoielandcs , asof the whole inhabi-

tants withinthe fame. Thereafterhee t

and his {u_cce{l'ours , along while after

their beeing Kings , made and eftablia o

{bed their lawes from time to time,and
as the occafion required . So the truth
isdirealy contrary in our Rate to the
falfeaflirmation of fuch {editions wri-
ters, as would petfwadcvs, that the
Lawes and Rate of our countrcy were

eflabliihed before the admitting of 1 V

King : where by the contrary ye fee it
plainely proucd, that a wife King com-
ming in among barbares , Era. efiabli-9

. ihed theeilate and formc of gouerne.

ment, and thereafter made lawcs by
him-_

offiee Manmlict. I

himfelfe,and his {ucceflouts according
thereto. ’
The Kings therefore in Scotland
were before any eflates or ranlces of
men within the fame , before any Par-
liaments were holden , or lawes made:
"and by them, was the land: difiributed
( which at the firfl was whole theirs)
Rates ereéietl and decerned, 8c formes
of government deuifed &efi_abli{hed.
And {o it followes of neceflitie, that
the Kings were the authors & makers
of the lawes , and not the lawes of the
Kings. And to proue this ‘my aflertion
more clearly, it is euident by the ‘miles
of our Chancellery (which contain:
our eldefi 8: fundamental] lawes) that
the King is Damian: ornniam bonorzmt,
and Damian: dirtéius totiu: Deming; the
wholefubicéts being but his valfals , 8:
from him holding al theirlandsas their
0uer.lotd,who according to good fer.
uices done vnto him ,changeth their
holdings from tacke to few,from ward
to blanch , ereéteth new Baro nics ,anfl
~ Imi-

The true Lame .

vniteth olde, without aduifeor autho-'
ritie of eyther Parliament , or any 0--
ther fubaltetin iudiciall feate, So as if
wrong might be admitted in play (al-
beitl graunt gwrong ihould be wrong
in all petfons) the King.‘ might haue a
better colour for his pleafure ,with out
‘further reafon,to take the land from his
lieges ,as ou~_er-lord of the whole,and
do with it as pleafeth him, (ince all that
they holde is of him : then ,as fooliilt
‘writers fay, the people might vn-make
the king, 8; put an other in his roome.
But eyther ofthem,as vnlawfull,and a-
Eainfl the Ol'dlfl3IlCC of Godgougbt to
e alike odious to be thought , much

lefie put in praélife.
A And according to thefe fundamenf
tall lawes already al ledged,we daily fee
that in the Parliament .( which is no-
thing elfe but t_he head Court of the
King,and,his vaiials ) the lawes are but
craued by his fubieéfts,-and onely made
by him at their rogation,and with their
aduife. For albeit the King make daily
g r ' {iatutes

, offiee Marz4rcl:ic:§

flatutes and ordinances,inioyning firth
paines thereto as he thinks meet, with.
out any aduile of parliament or ellates:

' yet it lyes in the power of no'Parlia.

ment,to make, any kinde of lawe or lla-
tute, without his Sccpter be put to it,
for gluing it the force of a law. Andal-
though diuersehanges haue benein 0.
ther countries of the bloud Royalhand
kingly houfe , the lnngdome being ref;
hy conqueft frotnone to an other, as
In our neighbour countrey in England,
C which was ncuet in oures ) yet the
fame ground of the Kings right one:
all the lande , and fubicéts thereof te-
maineth alilte in all other free Mo-

narchies, as well as in this . For when  

the Ballard of Normandie came into
Efigland, 8: ma de himfelfe King,was it
not by lotee,and with a mighty army ‘.’
Where he gaue the law,& tooke none,
changed the lawes , inuertcd the order
ofgouetnement, fet downe the {haun-
gcrs his followers in many of the olde
polfeflburs roomes , as at this day well

appea-

T12: true Lam l

appeareth a great part of the Gentlei
men in England beeing come of the
Norman bloud ,and their old Lawes,
which to this day they are ruled by,ate
written in his language,& not in theirs.
And yet his fucceflors haue with great
happinefle enioyed the Ctowne to
this day . Whereof the like was alfo
done by all them that conquefted them
before. ’  

' And for conclulion of this poynt,
that the King is ouenlord cue: the
whole lands , it is likewife dayly pro-

ited by the Lawe of out hootdes , of .

want of Haires, & of Baflardies. For if
a hootd be foundvnder the earth,bea
caufe it is no more in the keeping or
vfe of any per{on,it of the law pertains
to the King . If a petfon, inhetitourqf
any landes or goods, dye without any
fort of heitcs , all his lands and goods
retume to the King. And if a baftard
dye vnrehabled without heyres of his
body (which rehabling onely lyes in
the Kings hands) all that he hath likf:

Wi e

of flee Momrabies.
wife returnes to the King. And asye fee
it manifefi, that the King is ouer-Lord
oi,‘ the whole land : fo is he Maifler .0.
net euery perfon that inhabiteth the
fame , hauing power ouerthe life, and

death of euery one ofthem.,ForaIthogh ‘

a iufi Prince will not take the life of a.-
ny of his fubieéis without: cleare lavve:
Yet.the lime lawes, whereby hee taketh
them, are made by himfelfe, or his pre-
decelfors. And fo the power flowes al-
Vflayes from himfelfe: as by dayly expe-
rience wee fee ,’ good and iult Princes
will from time to time make new lawes
and ftatutes, adioyning the penalties to
the breakers thereof : which before the
lawe was made, had bin no crime to the
fubiecl to haue committed. Not that I
denie the old definition ofa King , and
of: lame; which makes the King to be a
rP_€3king lawe, and the lawea dumb:

Hg : for certainelya King , that go-
llernes not by his lawe, can neither be
countable to God for his admini[trati-

0“ , nor haue a happy and eftabliihed

raignc. For albeit it betrue that I have
D at

The true Law:

at length prooued , that the King is a.-
boue thelawe, asboth the author, and .

giuer offlrength thereto : yet a good
King will, not‘ onely delight to rule his
fubieéts by the Lawesbut euen will con-

forme himfelfe in his owne aétions ther. l

vnto,alwayes keeping that ground, that
the health of the commonwealth be his
chiefe lawe.Ancl where he fees the lawe
doubt-fbme or rigorous, heemay inter-
pret or mittigate the lame : left other-
wife Summum it»: be ftmma z'm'uri4.And
therefore general lawes, made publikely
in Parliament , may, vpon knowne re»
fpeéts to the Kino by his authoritie be
tnittigated , and lllfpended vpon caufes
onely lmowne to him.
As likewifc , although I haue laide,a
ood King will frameall his actions to
EC according to the lawe : yet is he not
bound thereto but of his good will, and

for good example-giuing to his fub-- ,

ietfts. Forasin the Lawe ofabfiaining
from eating of flefh in Lemon, the King
-will,for examples lake, make his owne

houfe to obferue the lawe : yetno man .

Wlll

cf/9:: Manarcéies.
Will thinke he» needs to take a licence to
cate flelh. And although by ourI.awes
the bearing and wearing of hag-buttes,
and Piilolcts bee forbidden‘, yet no
man can finde any fault in the “King,

for caufing his traine vfc theme in‘ a—-'

fly raide vpon the bordourers , or other
malefaétours or rebellious fitbieétes.
50. as I haue already laid, a good King,
‘~_\lthough he be aboue the I_awe;wil fub-

166} and frame his aétions therto,for ex. '

ampleslake to his fubieéts , and of his
Owne free will , but not as fubieét or
und thereto.  
Since I haue lb clearely prouedthcn
out of the fundamentall laws & praétifc
of this Count:-y,what rightand powera

. King hath ouer his land 8c fubiefts, it is

tafie to be vndeifiood, what allegeancc
5: obedience his lieges owe vnto him. I
meane alwayes offuch freeivlonarchics
as our King is, &not of eleéliue Kings,-
and much lelTe of fuch fort of gouer—
nours, as the Dukes ofif/crzice arc, whofc
Ariflocratickqand limited gouernment
is nothing like to free Monarchies : al.

D 2, though

The true Lam
though the malice of fome writers hath
not beene alhamed to mislcnow any dif1
ference to be betwixt them. And if it be
not lawfiill to any particular Lordes te.

‘ nants or vaflals, vpon whatfoeuer pre-

text, to controll and difplace their mai-
fier, and ouer-lord (as is clearer nor the
Sunne by all lawes of the world) how
much lcffe may the fubiefts and vaffals
of their eat ouer-lord the King con.
troll or if place him 5' And fince in all
inferiour iudgements in the land , the
people may not vpon any refpeéts dif-

place their Maiiftrates , although but

fubaltern : for t epeople of a borough,
cannot dilplace their Prouofl before
the time of their ele6’tion:nor in Ecclefi-
afiical policy the flock can vpon any pre-
tence difplace the paflor, nor iudge of
him : yea euen the (poore f choolemafier
cannot be difplace by his fchollers : If
thefe,I lay (whereof fome are but infe-
riour, fu altern, and temporal! magi-
flrates, and none of them equall in any
fort to the dignitieof a King) cannot
be difplaced for any occalion or pre-
tex'

offiec Momzrcbiex. g

i text by them that fare ruled-by them:

how much lefl‘ is it lawful vpon any pre.
text to control or difplace the great Pro-
uoft, and eat Schoolcnaaifler of the
Whole Ian’ :except, by inuerting the or.
der of all law & reafon,the commanded
may be made to comand their comr-nan
der , the iudged to iudge their Iudge,
and they that are gouerned, to gouerne
their’ timeabout their lord & gouernor.
And the agreement of the Lawe of
nature in this our ground with the laws
and conflitutions of God, and man , al-
readie alledged,‘ will .by two fimilitudes
mfily appeare. The King towardes his
P¢Ople is rightly compared to a father

Ofchildren, and toa head ofa body ’

Compofed ofdiuerfe members. Foras
fathers,the good Princes,& Magifirates
Of the peofvle of God acknowledged
themfelues totheir fubieéts. And forall
Ofher well ruled common-wealths , the
le of Pater Pam}: was euex-,and is com.
monly vfed to Kings . And the proper
Office of a King towatdes his fubieétes
‘81'¢€svery well with the oflice of the
D 3 head

- The true Lam
head towards the body , and all mem-
bers thereof. For from the head, being
thefeate ofiudgement, proceedeth the
care and forefight of guiding , and pre-
uenting al euil that may come to the
body , or an part thereof. The head
cares for the odie , fo doth the King
for his people. As the difcourfe and di-
reétion flowcs from the head , and the
execution according thereunto belongs
to the refi of the members, euerie one
according to their oflice : fo is it betwixt
a wif e Prince , and his people. As the
iugement comming from the head may
not onely imploy the members , euery
onein their owne office, as longas they
areable for it; but likewifle in cafe any
of them be affeéted with any infirmitie,
muff care and prouide for their remedy,
in cafcrit be curable ; andif other.wi{E:‘,
gar cut them off for feare ofinfeéting of
the ref}: cuen {o is it betwixt the Prince;
and his peopIe.And as there is euer hopc’
of curing any difcafed membenby the di
reéiion of the head,as long as it is whole;
but by the contrary, if it be troubled, .81’
r ‘ thfi

A offiee Monarcbies.

the members are partakers of that paine, ~

12) is it betwixt the Prince 8: his people.

And nowe firft for the fathers parte
(whole naturall Ioue to his children I
defcribed in the firfl parte of this my

' difcourfe, {peaking of the duetie that

Kings owe to their fubieéts) confider,

Iprayyou,what duety his children owe
to him, and whether vpon any pretext
whatfoeuer, it will not be thought mon-
Rrous and vnnaturall to his fonnes, to
Pifevp againft him, to control! him at
their appetite, and when they thinke
g_ood,to fley him, or to cut him oflfland
adopt to themlelues any other they
pleafe in his roome.Or can any pretence
pfwickednelle or rigour on his part be 3
tuft excufe for his children to put hand
into him? And although we fee by the
Com!‘ e of nature, that Ioue euer vfeth to
defcend more then to afcend : in cafeit
were true , that the father hated and
wronged the children neuer fo much,

u‘ will any man, endued with the leaf!

fponke of reafon, thinke it lawfull for
them to meete him with the like 2' Yea,

D 4. {up

' ‘<12;

T/we mu: Lame

fuppofe the father were furioufly fol. ii

lowing his ions with a drawne fword:
is it lzwful for them to tume, and flrike
againe , or make any refiflance but by
flight -3 I thinlce furely, if there were no
more but the example of bruite beafls,

and vnreafonable creatures, it may ferue ‘

well inough to qualifie and room: this
myargument. We readeo ten the pie-
tie that the Storkes haue to their olde 8:

decayed parents. And generally wee .

l<now,that there are many forts ofbealls

and foules , that with violence and ma. e

ny bloody ftrokes will beate and banifh
their yong-ones from them, how foone
they perceiue them to bee able to fend
themfelues. But we neuer read or heard
of any refiflance on their part , except
among the vipers: which rooues fuch
perfons, as ought tobe rea onable crea.
turcs , and yetvnnaturally followe this
exampIe,to be indued with their vipe—
rous nature.

And for the fimilitud e of the head &
the bodie, it may very well {all out that
the head will be forced to garre cutte off

fome

offiee Momtrcbier.
fome rotten member (as I haue alreadie
laid) to keepe the reft of the bodie in in-
tegritie . But what Rate the bodie can
be in,if the head, for any infirmitie that

' can fall to it, be cutoff, Ileaueit to the

readers iudgem en t.l
" Soas ( to concludethis part) if the
children ‘may, vpon any pretext that

‘can be imagined , lawfully rife vp a-

gainft their Father, cutte hirnoff, and

.ehoofe any other whom they pleafe in
his roomgand ifthe body,for the weale

of it, may for any infirmitie that can be
in the head, {trike it off : then I can not
deny thatthe people may rebell , con-
troll,& dilplace, or cut of their King at
their own: pleafure, and vpon refpeéts
mooning them. And whether there {i-

  inilitudes reprefent better the Office of‘

a King; or the offices of Maiflers or
Deacons ofcraftes, or Doétors in Phy-
ficlte (w hich iolly comparifons are vfed
byfuch writers, as tnainetaine the con-
trary propofition) ~ I leauc it alfo to the
readers difcretion.  

And in cafe any doubts rnightarife

In

T5etmeL41ve
in any part of this treatife, I will (accor-
dingto my promife) with the‘ folution
of foure principall and mofi vyeightie
doubtes, thatthe aduerlaries may ob-
ieét, conclude this difcourl'e.And firfl it

iscafien vp by diuerfe , that emplo  

their pennes vpon Apologies for rebe -
lions and treafons , that euery man is

. borne to carry fuch a naturall ieale and

duetie to his common-wealth, as to his
Mother; that feein it fo rent, & deadly
wounded , as whi es it will be by wic-
ked and tyrannous Kin , good Citti-
zens willbe forcedfor is e naturall zeal:
and duetie they owe to their oyvne na-
tiue country,to put their hand to workc

— for freeing their commonwealth from

fuch a pelt:

Whereunto I giue two anfweres:
Firfi, it is a fure Axiom in Tlmilogz'e,that
euill [hould not be done, that good may

  come ofit. The wickednefle therefore

of the King can neuer make them , that
are ordained to be iudged by him , to
becomehis Iudges. And if it Be not
lawfull to apriuate man to rcuenge his

pri-

  q"fiec Monarcbics.
«priuate ‘iniurie vpon his priuateaduer-
farie (fince God hath onely giuen the
fword to the Magiftrate) howe much

' leffeis it lawfull to the people, or anie

part of them (who :11 are but priuate
men , the authoritie being alwaies with
the Magifirate , ‘as I haue already pro-
ued) to take vpon them the vfe of the
fword, whom to it belongs not, againfl
the publike Magifirate, whom to only it
belongeth.

Next , in place of relieuing the

V common-wealth out of diflreffe ( which

is their only excufe and colour) they
{hal heape double diftrefle and defo-

lation vpon it : and fo their rebellion 

ihal procure the contrary effects that
they pretend it for. For a King cannot
beimagined to be Fovnruly and tyran-
nous, but the commonwealth willbe
kept in better order, notwithflanding
thereof, by him , then it can bee by
his way~ta.l<ing‘.‘ Forfiifi, all fodaine
mu tions are perillous in Common-
we ths, hope being thereby giuen to
all bare men to let vp themfelues , and

’ -’ flie

77:: mt: Law:

{lie with other mens feathers, the reines
being loofed to all the infolencies that
difordered people can committe by
hope of impunitie,becaufe of the loofe~

nefle of all things.  
And next, it is certain: that a King
can neuer be fo monllroufly vitious,
but hee will generally fauour iuflice,
and maintaine fomeorder , exceptin
the particulars, wherein his inordinate
lufles and paflions carrie him away:
where by the contrary, no King bein ,
nothino isvnlawfull to none : And 0
the oldbe opinion of the Philofophers
prooues true, that better it is to line in
a common-wealth , where nothing is

lawefull, then where all things are law.

full to all men : the commonwealth at
that time refembling an vn-daunted
yong horfe, that hath caflen his rider.
Foras the Diuineé Poet Du Barm {ay-
cth : Better it were tofgfer [time drfirdcr
in tbe g/late,’ andfomejfotr in the common.
wealth, tl1en,z'n pretending to rg"nr1».c,w.

terl} to ouer.tbromr5e Republirkc.
The fecond obieétion they ground
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cffiee Monarcbicx. '3, 5

vpon the curiie, that hangs ouer the“ ‘*5; ‘j

common-wealth,‘ where a wicked King
raigneth. And,fay they, there cannot
beamoreacceptable deed in the fight
of G O D , nor more duetifull to their
common-weale, than to free the coun-

‘ trie offuch a curfe,and vindicat to them

their libertie , which is naturall to all
creatures to craue.

Whereunto, for anfwere, Igraunt in '
deede, that a wicked King is {cm by
God for a cutfe to his people , and a
plague for their finnes. But that it is
lawfullto them to {hake off that cutife
at their owne hand , which GOD hath
hide on them, that Ideny, and may
{'0 doe iufily. Will any deny that the
King of Baéel was a cui1Tc to the peo-.
ple of God, as was plainely forefpoketi
and threatned vnto them in the pro-
phecie of their Captiuitiee And what

, was Nero to the Chrifiian Church in

his time 1' And yet Ieremie , and Paul
(as ye haue els heard)commanded them
not onely to obey them, but hartily to
pray for their welfare. ' I
I

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,3 .

‘Tlzetrne Law:
It is certaine then (as I haue alreadie

by the Law of GOD fufficiently proo- V

ued) that patience , "earnefi prayers to
G O D ,- and amendment of their
liues , are the onely lawfull meanes to
mooue God to relieue them of that
heauie curfe . And as for vindicating to‘
themfelues their ownelibertie , what.
lawful! power haue they to reuoke to
themfelues againe thofe priuiledges,
which by their owne confent before

were {'0 ully put out of their handes 2’

for ifa-Prince cannot iuftly bring backe
againe to himfelfe the priuiledges once
befiowed by him , or his Predeceflbts
vpon any fiate,or rancke of his fubieéts:
how much lefle may the fubietfts reaue
outof the Princes hand that fuperiori-
tie,which he and his Predeceflbrs haue
ft) long hrooked ouer them.’

But the vnhappie iniquitie of the
time, which hath oft times giuen ouer-
good fuccefle to their treafonable at-
tempts, furnifheth them the groundof
their third obieétion . For , {av they,

r the fortunate fuccefle that God hath fo

oft

q/‘flee Mamzrcbies.
oft giuen to fuck: enterprifes , proo.
ueth plainely by the praétize,that God
fauourcd the iufineffe of their quarrell.
To the which I anfwere, that it istrue
indecde,that all the fuccefle ofbattels,as
well as of other worldly things, lieth on.
ly in Gods hand.And herefore it is, that
in the Scripture he takes to himfelfe the
flile of God of I-Iofles. But vppon that
Generall to conclude, that hee euer
'ues viétorie to the iuft quarrell,
would‘prooue the Plziliflims, and diuexs
other neighbour enemies of the- peo-
ple of G O D to haue oft times had
the iu{l- quarrell againli the people
of G O D, in refpeét of the many vi.
(Stories they obtained againl} them.
And by that fame argument they had
alto iufil quarrell againfi the Arke of
God. For they wan it in the field,and
kept it long prifoner in their countrey.
As likewifeby all good writers’, afivell
Theologues,as other, the Duelles and
{ingular combattes are difitllowed :
which are onely made vppon pretence,
that G O D will kith thereby the iu-
{lice

 

TI): true Law:
ftice of the quarrell. For wee muff con-
fider that the innocent party is not in.
nocentbefote God.And therefore God
will make oft times them that haue the

wrong fide reuenge iuftly his quart-ell;

and when he hath done,cafi his fcourge
in the fire : as hee oft times did to his
owne people, flirting vp and firengthe-
ning their enemies , while they were
humbled in his fight, and then deliue.
red them in their hands. 30 G O D,
as the great Iudge , may iuitlypunifh
his deputie , and for his rebellion a-
gainft him, fiirre vp his rebells to meet:

rim with the like. And when it is‘

done, the parte of the inftiument is no
better then the Diuells part isin temp-
ting and torturingfuch as G O Dcom-
mitteth to him as his hangman to doe.
Therfore, as I laid in the beginning, it is
oft times a very deceiuable argument,
to iudge of the caufc by the euent. _
And the laft obieétion is grounded
vpon the mutuall paétion an ad(tipu-

iation (as they call it) betwixt the King, .

and his people, at the time of his coro-
mfi.

  iffree Molurclzict.
nation. For thete,fay they,therc is a mum’-‘

all pa&i£>n,& contraét bound vp,8z {wornc

betwixt the king,& the people. W hervpon
it folIoweth,that if the one part of the con-
traéi: or. the Indcnt bee broken vpon the
kings fide,thc people are no longer bound
to keep their part of it, but are thetby freed
of their oath. For (fay they)a contraét be-

-twixt two parties of all lawe frees the one

pattie,if the other breake vnto him.

As to this contract} allcdged made at
the coronation of a King , although I de-_
nie any fuch contraét to be made then,
efpecially containing fuch a claufe irritant,
as they alledgezyet I confe(Te,that a king at
his coronation, or at the entry to his king-
dome , willingly promifeth to his people,
to difcharge honourably and truly‘ the
oflice giuen him by God ouer them. But
prefuming that therafter he breake his pro-
mile vnto the ncucr fo inexcufible, §que-
ftion is,who ihould be iudge of the bteake,
giuing vnto them this conttaét were made.
to them neuer {o ficlter, according to their
alleagcance. I thinke no man,that bath but
the finalleli entrance in the ciui1llawe,will

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‘t , 77:: me Lam
 if ._¢'iouht that of an lawe either ciuili, or quit?
nicipal of any nation,a contraét cannot be
thought broken by the one partie,& fo the
other likewif e to be freed therefro : except
that firfi a lawfull tryali and cognition be
had by the ordinary I tidge of the "breakers
therof. Or els euery manmaybe both par.
tie and iudgein his owne caufe : which is
abfurd once to be thought. Now in this
contraét (I lay) betwixt the King and his
peopIe,Qod is doutles the only iudg,both
becduife so him onely the King muff make
count of his adminifiration ( as is oft {aide
before) as likewile by the oathjn the coro-
nation, God is tnade I udge 8; reuenger of
the breakers.   Forin his prefence, as onely
I udge of oathsgal oaths ought to be made.
Thégfinee God is the oneiyilndge betwixt
the two parties contraétors ,' the Cogniti-
on and revenge mufi onely appertainc to
h im. It foil ow-es therf ore ofneceffitie,that
God muft firfi giue fentence vp6 the king
that breaketh, before the people canthink
- - théfelues freed oftheiroath. What i-uflice
1-,‘ ' then is. it,thatthc-party {hall beboth Iudge
. .- _ &_partie,v{urping' vpé bimfelfthe oflfiee of
. ' i ’ G od,

 

V,   .. V ._
 A yfint Mamrclziéf. , . \, _~ ~
Cod,tnay by this argumét eafily appcaret  
And {hall it lyein the hands ofaheatdlelle i ~~
multitude , when they pleafe to weary off,
fubieétion, to call offthe yoake of gouem- .
ifient mat God hath laid vpon them 5 to
iudge and punifh him , whome‘ by they».
ihould be iudged 8: puniihed; and in that ,_
cafe, ‘wherein by their,violen‘ce they kytlxd ‘ ‘~‘

 

by thctnfelutfs to be mofi paflionate parties,

!.5vl'e the office of an vngracious Iudge or
Arbiter 2' Nay,to fpcaketriily olthatcafcg
as it {lands betwixt the king and his peo-

. ple , none of them ought to iudge of the

others break. For confidering righ tl y the
two parties at the time of their mutual pro‘-
mife,thc king is the one ‘[5atty,& the whole
people in one body are the other parties’
And therfore,lince it is cettain,that a king;
in cafe fo it {hould fallout ,- that his people
in one body had rebelled againll him_, he
ihould not in that cafe,as thinking himfelfe
{tee of his promife 8c oath,become an vttee
enemy,& praétize th¢ wracke of his ‘whole
people 8: natiue coiitry : althogh he ought s _v
iuftly to punifh the ptincipall authors ‘and  ’
bellowes ofthat vniueéfalltebcllion : ho « .11;  
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i   A ' The tr»: Law: » .
=" A uch lefie then ought the people (thatare
‘glltvaies fubieét vnto him , and naked of all
-'f_‘sii?§atlthoritie on their part) preffe to iudge 85
to     ouerthrow him 2" otherwife the people, as
  the one pa-rtie contraéier , {hall no foonet‘
gg   ‘ challenge the king as breaker , but he as
‘ foone {hall iudge the as breakers : fo as,the
 viétors making. the ty ners thetraitours. (as
our prouerbe is) the partie {hall ay become
both iudge &‘party in his owne patticula-r,
as I have alreadie (aid.

And it is here likewife robe noted, that
the dutie azalleageance, which the people
fweareth to their prince,is not only bound
to themfeIues,. but likewife to their lawful!
heites and polie’ritie,the lineall fuecefiié of
crownes bein begun among the people

of God , and ppily continued in diners .

Chriliian common-wealthsa So as no ob-
iefiion eyther of herefie ,- or whatfoeuer
priuate {iatu-te or lawe may free the people
from their oath giuing to their king, 8: his
fucceliion , eliablilh ed by the olde funda-
tnentall lawes of the ltingdome. For-,as he:
is their heritable ouer.Iorde,& F) by byrth,
by any right in the coro-nation ,- com‘;
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offrec Mozurclzil . 

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ineth to his crowne 5 it is alike mag,  
(the crowne euer {tanding full) to dif _ ..    ,
him that {ucceedeth thereto, aslo eiea ,_ ,
former.For at the very moment of the   
piring of the king raigning, the neatefland 
lawfull heire entreth in his place. And lb 
to refute him, or intrude an other; is not to  
hold out vncomming in,but to expell, and
putout their righteous king. And I trufl
at this time whole I-‘ram: acknowledgeth
the fuperliitious rebellion of the Liguers ;
who,vpon pretence ofherefie, by force of
at mes held fo long out,to the great defola-
tion of their whole countrey, their natiue
and righteous king from poifefling of his
owne crowne and naturall ltingdome.
Not that by all this former dilcourfe of
mine, 6: Apologie for kings, I meane,that
whatfoeuer errours and intollerable abho.
minations a foueraigne Prince commit, he
ought to efcape al punilhmengas iftherhy
the worlde were onely ordained for kings,   _ .<
and they without controlment to turneic ‘
vpfide.downe at their pleafure. But by the
contrary,by remitting them to God (who 5,
is their only ordinary I ud ge)I remit the? ’

 
  
  
 

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‘.,:;?=3,.*‘3  ‘ '
   T5: tr!!! lame l ,
    and fharpcfl lchoole-rndifiet that‘
35“  ‘ uifed for them. For the further:
+e,,=;;.i  preferred by God aboue allothet
 “ and degrees of men, and the higher
this feat: is aboue theirs 5 the greater is
%_:tsobli'gation to his maker. And,there-
i‘ fore , in cafe he forget himfelfe (his vn-l
thanlsfulnes being in the lame mealure of
height) the {adder and lharper will his carg-

   
    
 
  

   

re£ti6 be: and according to the rcatnes ‘of .

the height heis in,the waight o his fall wil
recompence thefame. For the further that
any perfon is obliged to God , his olfencc
becomes and gtowes fo I1’) uch the greater,
then it would be in an othcuoue: th under.
elaps light oftner, and forer vpon the high
and {lately Oaltes, then on the lowe 8: limp-
ple willow trees. And the highefl bench is
fliddriefl to {it vp6.Neitheris it euer heard
thatany king forgets himf elf towards God,
win his vocationsbut God with the greats
ms of the plague teuengetli the greatncffc
. of his ingtatitude. Neither thinlce I by the
ce_& argumentflof this my dilcourfe fo
ade the people,that none wil here-
’ iivp,andtebellagainflwicked

 
   
 
 

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I inall your acftinns true C hriflians towzirdsj,

   
   
      
   
  
   

gffiw Mondrtfiie}. .
Princes’. But, rcmittinglto the 
ptouidence ofQnd to;-flirrcvp lu  V     ,
gcs as plcafcth him,l-"or punilhzncn 
lted kings (who made th: very vcr  A

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filthy dull of the earth to bridle thcin o’ 
cic of proud Pé.»zr4ob)My oncly purpo '~  ‘ .
intention in this ttcatifcis, to pt~rlwade, m 3 ,
farm as lycth in me, by theft furc andinfal  -
llble gtounds, all fuch good Chriflian read
ders , as bcarc not onelythc naked name
ofa Chriflian,but ltythc thcftuitcs thereof
in their daily Fortne'Qflifc , to lceepc their -
hartsnnd hands free from fuel) monfifous
and ‘ ‘vnnaturall rebellions , whcnfocucr
the wicked nclle of a Prince {hall procure »
the fame at Gods hands: that,whenit'{l1all 
pleafc God to call { uch {courgcs of princes,  t, 
and inflruments of his fitry, in the fire, yea 4‘ ' V
may {land vp with clean hands, 8; vnfpoté n
ted céfcicnces, baujng proued your {clu

 
    
 
  
  

God, and dutiFull{u%bi¢&s towardes you?
King, hztuing remittcd the iudgcmfntafldjil»
punifhmét ofall his wrongs to him,wh0&:
to onely ofrightitappcrtaincth. - -_ t .f‘

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