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_ Power, under the name of E u2fc2'.5?z»:-5 Piailodemim,
i1z’(ti1‘ChOL1ght fit to quefiion two things 1721:
down by Dofior sHa:mmorzz;’ in his Addrefle te
. the Gerzeral,a7zd Co: 2;/Tel ofWar. The firfl is this
Affirmation , ifbzzt the few zmder Gods omzi Ge- pag-3»
’&‘J8)“7Z7?1E7Zt might wholly give up /aimfilf; and his Freedome to his Mczffers
will (the power of life Zveirzg onely exernpted _) mzd by bavirzg bi; eare V
bored, miglai: ofct Free-»mcm Z2eeome.aSlcwe for ever. A A
§. 2. Thefecond is this Quefiion, ¥/I/lszetlver ez=e1*a:gyimdrz»wae P3543“
by God or Z\fatu1~e izzvefled maozlfb power aver bi: 0995;: Life,, :2. e. to take
away his own life, or to lggli l2z'm..? s _
‘ § .3. This Aj~7irmatiorz,a11d this L@_:4e[t24ezz)l1e WiI1ingIyacknoW-
Eedgcs,‘ and is ic,o,nftAe11.ti that: 1:hs<*i.* Qtefiiorz {hall be iiaterpretesd
a down-;:ig,»ht Negaiorz, but never: any man was by God or Na2‘ure
irzveffed with A ssparfier wer his own life _., be power to Izjll laimfielfe.
{finned lizwing thus colaiiefi the cimtioil , as fares as concerns?
' A 2 him,
3 A I/'i72..—2':'mtim of
him, it remains that Iproeeed to itlfiitie both parts ofit. And 4
to that end, Ifhali think my {cit fui‘Ecient«y £7oi'titiea:i by two
advantages , which that Author Imtii been pleated to allow me
in this matter.
§.4. Fi1'it,tI1at it is not any opinion ofDo£i:ot I*1Ta‘rt2m0tz‘:I,iot}I;
the plain Words of Scriptme, which zn.‘e, under his name , thus
oppofed by this Author in both p1aet‘s. The former is in term
miszzlr, Eécodm 2 I . at the begixiiiiiig. If the fiwv.-mt {7m.«’! 1!71ct£tzl}'fiz_;J:,,
I love my Mafier, tire. I wilrzzot go outfi-ee, Tiber: 12;}: Mczffer ffmii ~
Zaring him to tbejfiadgex, eitc. And 1222' Mrz;”ter fba:’fbore bit eare “ibotow .
with an cmvle , and be [ball fimze l;.=z’m fd»* etier. And zigain, Dem‘.
I5’. 16- flI2dii‘]7)(3.':7 he, ifke C it. e. the fervent fete}?-ee at tf:eSaZ2~
lzcztick year.) flzy mz;*o tl:ee,,vI will tzotgo away fiom thee, eéfc. Them
them flyaltitaiee dzzcmvle ,, ?2"rZd"tbr14flit tlaérow bi: edre mzto tine door,
mzdbeflmll be thy fervmzt forever; and alfin to tie} bazzd-maid thou:
flralt do likewije.
That :1 plain place of Scripture fhould he thus niiiiaken
*for::n Aiiertion ofDo€’tor Hammoml, I am not permitted to
fi1{'pe€’t, becanfe that Author hath to his mention ofthe Doétors
Name added the tefiimony of Gen. 21. ‘which, though it be a
mifiake, I fuppofe, of the P1-in ter, for Ex. 2 1. will yet be a com»
petent teftimony of that Authors opinion,thatDoa‘3to-r Hammond
had Mafia: on his fide, and c-eiifeqnently, that both were to be
invoIv"d by him in the fame condemnation.
§. 6. The fame, I fi1pr,:>ofe°, I may zafiixziie of the other Ne’gr12‘z'::?3
qucitioned by him, that ’tis in Dot’tot I'1Id77?7770I2:2i,bt1t the repeat-=~
ing of the 6. Commandment ‘Z7iaaz4 ,’r’ralt zz«~:t1'2g’Il] according to
the latitude wherein all Jewifh and Ch t'z{’cizu'i VI/1:itets have in«
J'PW57"- Cat terpteted -it to the prohibition of felf--mura'er , as hathbeen
3”‘ HE'S“ fllewed by him at Ia1‘ge.in another place. % I
"§.7.. Having mentioned this firf‘: adfmrztdge agaiiifit this A”'tb0rg
fufficient certainly to fecure Doétor Hczmmorzd from histblarne,
and to make any Apologfe for him tlnnecefiitry , and well-nigh
feandaiotis, ( the Word ofGodbeing able to plead its own cattfeg,
‘withoxtitthe afliftance of any humane Advocate) I have yet the
benefit ofa. fecond kindmieflealloweti me by this miknown ad-=
vetfary; which, though Scripture were not oIi“Pmthority with
him, would encourage the DOC?CO1‘£”iOt to fear the falling tixieiet
.13
Mojesj the Author hath fimnevd three Aizfwers.
ii/eel .:i’elclre3fle, 6%‘.
his difplezifiite. That is," the unreconciieableneffz ofthofe two
opinions (the one with the other) which he is pleated to con--
ftont to Dofftor Hkzmmorzci, viz. that it Ihould be mzlawful for a,
few to give up his F reezlome, (ai2idvth2ttje1*oz’mde fhouid be,as he
calls it, an mzzzatumlfe2'vitm!e) and yet that it fhonid be put in
his power by God and Nature (for that is to a$.i~ii1 it lawful, and
egjreeabie to .Z\7czmre) to take away his own Life , or to kill
hinifelf. For it being by fob mentioned as an A{>r’:m7‘i_/in ofcotnw
inon Nature, that a man will lzvzér life give all be bath; and in
the accounts and pi'aCtifis of all men, the‘-it of-Lz'ber*tj,' being part,
ofthat all ; It will confequently be unreafon:::.ble, and impofliw
bie for him that hath once affitmed the pzirting with ones free»
dome to be an mzmzmralfer vi ‘W16, to deny the Ljllirzg of bimfilf to
be an urzrzcztuml murtber : And therefore, having fo‘fair advan-=
tages before me , not onei y the Scrzptzzre in z‘e7“mi72zb' on my fide,
but this Aa_."verfarry, by to eafie a conie uence, become my Secmzcl
aifo,,I am (not unwillingly) perfivacciled to. tender at briefreply
to thofe reafons, which item to have drawn this Author into
this eaftml difpnte; and to endeavour the preventing of thofe
E.l‘l‘(‘l11‘:;‘~, to which, aPi3ilode172i,c:;, or papzzlar Ditputer niay in
filth an Age of Liceiztioufizefle betray others.
(5, .8. To the cafe of the _7E'mi[79‘..9e?"U:‘1Ilt, giving up his freedcmze
to his Z\imf%e2~, C which vvzisbv the Do-‘:’tor mentioned out of
<5. 9. The firii, Tim itcamzot be czflirmed xqtorzgooderzdpregrzarzt
grozmait, ‘H3621’ ii-omeNetm*e the few bad mz_y_[L1c'lapuxa:*er, but that God
o2zhipermit~1ee‘.’it:o befe; and the fen? , lzyt/':u-ix mmszmral fetvitiide to
hr‘; Mzzfier , wtaeelafit; glpe of elicit /fzioerj,» that mm (ivould be 2'22 unto
i;?'zTrz:-ze, to obey it in the Zzrfis 'l‘}':=c;"‘i‘€-if; for hie fertvasziis we are whom
we obey. ‘ .
§.1o. To thisi ar2fi*r»er,Tiiat the afirmation of 1i~fqf3: in the
Scripture-_., [Tiiat this was permzired by God to the fewes] is to
me ct geod am! pregizmzt groz.ezdth.:1t the few had this power under:
Gog’; owrz Gazzerr-mzeizt , which is all that he afiirtns to be :15-
fiemeci by Dtiftor Iiemmozzd in that place; and therefore, the
_pnttin,<;ii1 thofe Oti1€1“WO1‘CiS [Of the fewes not bczvirzg it fiom
Mztzirej feems to he on purpofe defigned to take ofl’f'rom the
eleczrilf-€‘_;[;.?E* 3 anti the pregrzzrzzeie of the probation , and fo onely
i A 5 v G to
.
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A I/'i7¢e‘.%etztio2z of
to Cl;m‘l~I€I]., htttnot to i1}V€tl.l<;l.tTtt€ the argttxnent.
g. 11. But then fieoxadly, lztclde, that Goa’: permitting any
tl1l11,<,{tO any mam , is at pTe:gjZ:‘i’?2‘t argument, thtt fi*on1Nrzm~e
thattnatx lamb tbatpmmer : It by Power we mean a moral power,
:91‘ pawer ofdoing it m‘tl2ou'tfir2rze ;, And if by Gods pemzigiorz we
tzttdeefittnd his Zipprolazztiorz, as of a lawfitl faft. For, thus it is
eertain,that God never ft) permitx, as to ap;7*ove ( or not pt~oh§.~=
A hite) any thing, which by the Law of Alature may not be dmet
without fimze. For the Law sf Nature b.-Eng the Law of God, as
truly as any {30fifiZ‘€ Law of his promulgating; Imtl God in all
his Lewes being conihmt to himfelt, fo fétr as never toprokibite,
and permit the fame thing at the fame time to the fame men 5 It
is zmofl certain, that what God .t1*1us”permit5, 2\72ztm*e permits’
alfo , i. 2. leaves it lawful to be done , V or tpoffible without
Simze. t A
§.I2. But if by Fermi/]z”or-z this Amt}.-zor means no more then
difpenfation,or grant ofprefent Impzzzzzey, fueh as in the fewifb
Common-wealth was (fox: the bardzzeffe oftloeir I2ezzri-5) ztllowe Cl,
in the bufinefle ofllieoree, qr (for the mul tiplyizng oft-hem) in
Polygamie, then it will fare refl upon him to prot:e,aned not only
(as he faith)tofuppoe,that God th us(and thus onlyjpermitted
it to be fo: But thisl {hall fuppofie impofllble to he proved,
tl1ot1gh it can not lie upon me to demonflrate the Negative, nor
{hall I fo much fear the p1*ohable11efle ofhis unprov’d grotmd~
leflefitppofitiozz, as to endeavour it. For indeed, what degree of
Iikerze is there betwixt thofe divorce: and pobgamies , (Which
were fuch inordinate Libertiex) and this other of divefiing
himfelf ofLi£»erz°_y .9 Only the {ante that is betwixt two Cm-=
treries. A A t e
- §. 13. lffhall notneed furtlzer to infill on this, both for the
plai11 Words ofScrépture, and heeaufls it is the acknowledgment
of this very Author, peg. 18. That tbzlr may lawfully be done fer
the obtaizzirzg of (1! greczfer good; which being compa red with Romg; .
*zJer.8; makes up 21 demonfiration , that 3. m:2.~n h:
Ze
was no very painful: thing; fure not to much as Cirocumti zarz;
and yet °tvvou1d be a little firatnge, that when a Pnafélite‘ was re-
eeived among thefews WithCz‘rcumcifia7z,that fhouid be deemed a.
puniihment on him for his not continuing a Gerztz‘le_.,or that his h
Convetfion tO.JL1da1f1”11€,0iWhiCh this was the Cerem07n*,{}1on1d
he thereupon counteti an t1.t1z1att;§a1 Sinnes: The avtfwetirzg inch
hrgtlv
my
A Vindication of
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Arguments as thefe ,, would require a more chearftii and plea.-
fant hulnour, then the times, or occafiotz ofthefe debates Wiii -
well permit. y A
, §.1 6. The Iafl: Anfwer looks a little more dernurely , That
his giving himfizlf up to he a flave for ever, did referre to, hand term‘;-
nate in the year of j’uhz'.lee_., we. and that he a’z'a'not ma12ghimfeZfirre-
cooerahbr a [[ave,_,@~c. [T hat that was to terminate in the yeare of
hilee] is faid without farther proofi then only of this unte-
fiified afiirrnation in a parenthefis, ‘Ihat that was the year ofhzl: flee-
dome from that fervitude which the corruptiorz of hi: ottrz will had
hrought upon him : which is the proving athin-g by a bare repeating
of it in other Words _., and onely throwing a littie dirt upon it; i
F or how doth it appeare that it is a piece of«Corrttptz’orz (for a
man that loves hi: Mafier, as the Text faith, and is better pleafed
with his fervice, thenwith his former liberty) thus to choofe
that which he likes befi? Or how comes the caflrirzg of Liberty
to a COT7‘1t{)ii071 of the will , when cafting ofyolagt, andfervitade, is
capable offo good a charafter .? Had the Words of S-aine
Paul, {peaking of {E1-vanes , [Ifthoa carzfi he flee, ujé it rather]
been brought to back this hare Afl'ertz'on , there had been fome
tolerable excnfe for fuch a begging of the quefiiorz as this: But;
i thofe Words extendnot to a command, that‘ every man fhould be
; obliged to be free, that can, but only to a permijiorz, that, if he
will rather uih it (z‘.e. preferre this Liberty) he moi’: 1awfi1lIy',
and cotnmendably may. But this Author hath not thought fit
to make this interpretation, oraccount of that place neceflary
to be given him. Asrfor the truth of his Afi-irmatiorz , that this
Borzdmarz with hi: eare hored, ‘WM releafea’ at the year ofjithilee, "tie
that, 'which,as it doth not well confifi with the Words of Mo fey,
Elriefhall ferve himyfort ever] Exod.2:t.6.t 8EiD€1«£i'. 15. I7. fo it is
not proved by any other p1ace,or made probable that[for ever] «
is not an ah/olate [for ever. A? One place in Leviticus, there is,
Chap.25.41. which faith, tiatthe poor Brother that is {old to
be ahorzd--fervarzt, {hall he firee at the year offahilee, and propor...
tionabiyy the fervarzt (fpoken of by mein Exodus 8: Dettterorzom_)')
5810 be fet tree from that _/ervz'tuo'e,i to which he was _/bid,
{ 2’. e. the forced and con/ftreitz’d,' not pnreiy voZztrztar_yfervz'tat!e)”
in” the feventha or flthhsttickyear, and fo by the flimereaforr
iii
l“/55? Ac»lc1;~"£3fl?3 6%‘.
in the jubilee , which is the great: Sabbatick ( madeup offevm
gimeg {even :) la‘: the place OfL€'¢9fI”iC15lx.F. '
§,, 37¢. Eur tlns Author nmf’c11mrl<, that this perfon thus fit
fife” ls not the few of whom Doflcor Hammond {palm ,, but the
other that hath made the volmztczry f m~rena’er ofhis Liberfj/_,l1€ that
"Wl1E’l1 the Sal2l2aticF\yea1~e con}es (or confequently the yeare of
"?'u5ilee,Whicl1 ofil. rs him the lame relgafc) refolves, that he will
Ezat go out flee ,, relhfes to make ufe of the advanmgc: ofa }rl€l?i[:?(’,
and fo hath no more 1*eleafes l3£l1ll1&5 zmcl confizquently by this
aft ofhis is in an irrezzerfible efiatqremains rt 123;-«W1: far ever. And
{'0 this more frecious azgfwer appears to have as llztle of tutti}?
i
. or l"ubflzmcei11 it, as the two former.
l fixer: is mzrrazztfmm Godfbr payirzg away 5222; Liberty infome clegmc-,,
, " B
§, 18. Towhilch, yet I might fi1rtl1er adcle , That in cafe it
were grantedfiazu: the next year of fizlrilee gzwc: 'a:l1ls man relsafe
a;lfO,y€t would not this avoid the concluden Cy oftlxis place for
{lie lcmvfulrzefjé ofgiving up our Ziberiy ( which is the only point
in hand ) becaufi: he that can do it forfleverz, or for fifzgy yeares, A
can finely do it: and although having doneit, he {hall have
Liberty, after that nuntxber ofyears, to retméi‘ , if he pleafe .3, yet:
is this no obligcztiozz that l1eflmZf retra8:, but only 21 p1*ivilcclgc
that he may; which priviledge he nmy again as lawfully dexiy
hinafilfe to make ufe ofw as before he did of lmis firfi Li»-
bergy.
§. I 9. Mean while the CoI2cZufz'o?z3, or clofe of tl1.lS Author: ream
foning is a little more extrczardimny yet. Fo1‘havl.l11gfi'om (the
gloss; @a:‘.§pcce.'3c.5zI of) the fuéélee, inf:-:rr’d that he did not mabg
l9imjEljir1‘ecove1“abl)' cl /lave, he proceeds. [Andiffo ('z‘.e. fare,
iaflm madenot; hinzfelf a {lave irrecoverably _) where :1; the mzrrmlzt
fiom God’, or Zxlam-e, far paflfrzg away his‘ fi~eecz'ome, or Liéerry at 03!! .?
and if fa, lzow '::vifl2oz.zs recall, and irreverfibbx .9 ] ls it pc;§llble
this Author coul& !:l‘lli‘1l{ thefe Conclufions dc21so:1l%;~;;tcd fo
3ogjc'a£Iy, as that he lhould {at them down by way «of qzm-
{liorz , which fuppofes them irrefragable at the firfl ask-~
lug? .
V §.. 2.0.. Fo1*thefix*{l.ofthem , is not the contrary rnoll clc:x11on-«
llrable? that ifhe were aflrwe till the yea1‘of-]1a5z'le€,(_aS °cis con-—~
fell he Was, and Withal that he was {o by God: permigmz) than
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for l"onle fpacefixougll not irrevocably. Dosh not he {erve
ll. ll, tllat ferves not eiermzi/y_? or is that no warrant at all,
which is fuch for a limited time only? Then fiwe are ewe not
at all permitted to be men, or warmrzted by God or Natme to live
in this world, hecaufe We have our fixbilee too 3 our time of
mczzmmiflicrz from hence. A A A
g. 2 E . And for the feeond , What is that hate plain Circfey?
firfi: to inferre the [not at £217] from the [rzszt z’r;ee1ute Lé5:27*sj,<»* *§’€a»;:*
:£bn1ewi1at tlxatl like better 3 of 2'. e. fo1f_f£z~5jeF*z'ozz U) Gowr.>2;72e22i‘,
wixich is, 1. in it {$315, farre removed f:‘o1nfl;z*ver_y; zmd 2. is
the cmcly Way to jecure naen fz‘o1z1thedarzger 053:) is all IhiZ’it
that Addrejfe had occafioxl to :1. cu, m:' plead for at £1121: time.
§ ..24,.Onc thing nzore there is, which Imay be allowed to add,
(having thus far 1*ep1y’d to all his anfixTe1‘s)th:a.t the CO11Ch1fi(.‘1.I1
which W8.-$"iI1 the .4dd2*e_[Te infem""d from that gxtafiice of the
§"e$z:*s,‘ was faxwhar c0nfirm"d by thfi prafiice ofdivexfez I—j§’eaz‘.32e.7:5,
whc can 11€ith€‘.1.' bc fixcuffid by the pretmce of .11 permiflorz, or
fpeciall dzfiaerzféztiorz from Godto doe Lmnziturall tlxixags (as ha‘:
thinks may be aHi1~n1edV%ofthej‘ew)nor:yetwere obféirved by the
moi§’t %rat'i5on;a~1 yHifioriarz5 to havedoxxe émy thing Contrary toliez -
fan or Nature, in changing abfolutcliberty for foznwhat which
i7:em<:d better ,, andnmre advemtagious to thank, to Wit, For fe-~
«mrity, and proteffion, z’.e.T in changing at flare of common boflilfly,
(the unhappicrfl lot in n:,m1re ) for that 0thm‘(fet down by the
xfyqfife as theebficfi of ths-h'Chri{‘z4ia1x *pm*_;’£:z'te3 zmd ewnulzztiozzi, x~ Jwmn
an.-a‘§.* corzéserzréorz) a; quiat fizzled peace. A The advamage 0:’? which ;,P;;,,,,,,', '
d1amgc 3 he that is not inclined to acknowledge 3 mufc be 01%. "cpiA97z pg:-“£;—A
xvsmper of mime or body {ca difimt from that which God hath £3“-‘v *3°”“X°‘*"‘
given 1’131€3fi‘).I;‘.t 1 {ball not wonder, that that% whichfeenzcs to me 4”‘
mofl den1on{‘a1*a£’c§.ve1§z ssflérted 3 is to him {O fzwre {rota being:
acknowis 3g~:*& fuck. Mi‘1’ha1iadde no more to the vindicating;~; {B5
xhefirfl prapafitiong will 31 mm: mrizia the :ew2gi'a::'iozz 0? bemmg 03:
more &angcr-ous zzrg;:rs?22r3r2‘:*5 ft 3:. '
§. 23. I p1*ocm:c’i as b:*i::fl.y to the fizccmd , which is pm-
gpofedin the Addrejfie by 1:<.r2:.y of qz.zeflio2z_., I«;Vi::etl:2e;*e*ver any mm
mi»; by God 3 or Natme 9 imzefled wk power of lei; wprz Lz‘_~;‘I;:» 3
i. e. with pon?e2%~ M taieg cmzcgy bi; cam Life 3 to lg?! .’2i::=2je*z” ca .9
The vindhtating of whiclx, I muft acimovzledge a tasks, to
“which I die} not cxpeét that the Doétor fhmzeld be califis
having ne:t,ti1h1oW, been (0 fullv convinctad of tbs: c!a32:~3;w::§
% Bi/.2 < V
A Virrzd;«‘mtim¢ of
ill confeqnences of favouring the excefles of thofe merit
Wits, who have maintained paradoxes , or of the ifl1p1‘OYi--=
dence of thofe that have tempted others by the publifhing of
them. . V
§. 26. For certainly about two years fince, before the time,
that the pofitlmmom Bzaz9c£zr : was fer out , a man might in this
Nation have adventur’d to have ashedrfo calme a queflion [whe-
rbera man might Lczwfully kill bimfelf? ] and not have feareda
challenge in print for this iniury, or encroachment upon the ii»
berty of our Nature. Andi conceive thofe Lawes of our Land,
which have lool<"d on this f elfe-firmghter as an inhumane crime,
and punilh°d it after Deatb,with the denial} ofCl:rz’flrz’arz burz‘al!,8t
a marke of reproach upon the gm-ve,might,when time was,have
been able to have come in to the aflifiance offo known a truth;
had not the {acted rites of Chrijfiarz Zmrial! been now {'0 defpified,
and profaned, that the wanting them hath ceafed to be efleemed
apunifhment among us 5 had not the Cufiome of lei!/irzg other
men fo harafs"d our c0nfciences,and obliterated all the remain» a
t ders ofwritten,and unwritten Lawe:,that We need not be won-
dred at, if thefwords, which have been (0 fiefht abroad, mifiake
their way fomtimes,8t return on the owners breafls. And Iafily,
had not the deduétion been {'0 prone,and eafie from the General,
to the particulars, from the Larefulrzejfe of a Natiom deftroying
irfelfe, to a firzgle perfians going and doing likewife , from the
jnfiifying ofcivil inteiiine flaughters of the pab1z’12\e , to that other
more tolerable crime of a fizzgle violeyzce.
§ . 26. As it is, I {hall not endeavour to perfwade my felfe(as
the Pyrrlamzizzzz in Sextu: Enxpiw-icz.;s would teach me to do) that
I was in a dream, when I read D. Hammond cited, and confuted
for thus af'Hrn1ing?I muff rather provide for the encounter,and
haiien to arzfnve1'thea1"gumerzt5, which this Author hath offered
againfl this branch of the lixth C ommmzdment (as he met with it
in the Doétors hands} or elfe ’twil be poflible this opinion may
gather Profelyres alfo in this age, wherein nothing can be faidrfo
incredibieywhich fome men doe not make a {hift to take u’p,and
believe very contentedly. " A ‘
§. 27. His firfi argument is drawne from the Dofiors con-~
ceillion, that man barb power from God and Z\Tafztre over his Own?
body
the flciofreflea 6"c.
body to cm? am! lame i‘t,a?3:,’! over his name freeafome to pczfle it away;
from ‘whence; if he doc any thing , he mufl undertake to con»-
chzde 3 that therefore iselmtlv gower over his Zzfe alfo 5 And to do
that, he muff make good thefe three things: A
§. 28. I . That fince the confutation of the former propofi-~
tion, he hath now chang’d his minde , and agrees with Doftoe
Hcmzmozzd, that a man hath from God oreNamre pawer over £725‘
freedome to page z't"away, (for othetwife, though it WEE} be an ad‘-
-vantage againft Do8tor Hammond’, who confefi: it, yet will it not
be of ufe to himielfwho profefleth the contraty)and agaimthet
he hath forgotten whatin his "ver y lafl period he had afirmedj
[that God dotianat intruff and allow any man to bazrepower to demo}
his own image, i. e. to take away mam: life, £15:/aim _., or them mhom
he makes Gods, i. e. ..Magz'flr*ate5 ta whom he depures his own place]
for {are it cannot; be thought, that every private man in the 00222-
mzmigw of Nature, is fuck a V icegerent of Gad, or Magéflrczre.
§.29. 2. That the argumemf , :3 mizzori ad majzo: czfiir*rnativz?~ , is
va1id,again{’r a1lLogicl>\, viz : Th at he that hath power over the
body, or over freedome, is fuppofed to have pawer ove1"Lifeazz:{b;,
and {'0 that the Surgeon , that nztay fcarifie the fiefh, or out offaxn
Atme , may therefore as Lawfully I/Zafb the throate 3 and c:14t0,~7
the bead alfog, and in like manner that the Mafier.,by being fuch,
is become the fi'dge ofltis Servant , and hath ztmoug Cbrifiiarzs
that pmwer of his Life ,, which he hath fieldorn been allowed a»
mong the worft ofi-Ieathens. A e
65. go. And . ThatGod, which hathput fomething in our
power, is thereby obligeo to referve nothing to himfelf; Or
that by giving us the ilfiff fiuifue , or benefits of Life, he hath gjr
wen us the abfolute dcm2i2zz’arz, and propriety of it zthb.
<5. 31 . But withouteithet ofthei}: three more difhctxit under-
takings, the Autboztr hath attempted an eafiex' way,by ftxppoihag
that neither mttizzg of flefb , nor Pawizzg with V -eedame may "be en-
fiured by God or Nature, urzlejffe Nae)’ referre to fgcb azzezzd, tr-bere~
hy at farre greater good is to be er;jo_;'ea' , and ohtairzed : that cutting;
or Iczrzcizzg ( 'mz"ib01{t2‘bis" zzeceffzzry circmzzffaizce of a greater gpod) :21‘
:2‘. ffep or degyee toward felf-mm'tF3er 3 @**c. From whence the Con-
L‘I;¢fi07z‘§ I fuppofe , mufi be, that by the fame reafon the Kiifmg
of ones felf, may thcntalfo be conce-iv”d allowable by Goa’, when
- B 3 h it
11
xi I/izzesliczztioss of
I
5: is rt:fm;~”ti b y me to {itch an end 3 whereby 2. far greater gm! is
tube ewzjweef, and; abtairzed,bt1t never sift-.
§. 32. To Which} {hall naake theft: desir Repiyes, 3.. Thaw
thing dircfily farlwidafezz by God, cannot be thought approvetbic
by hiii13uPO1”1 the reft:ri*i11g of it to a morallfiizttch Iefié ifit be but
an aa’t2zzrzt'agz'om or profitable) good and. Their dcimzz.1tz'o;rzi: jmfifi.
that _{:{y 3 tbs}! may dae ezvéll that good may come. Andthat this is
meta beggizzg oflhe quefliorzg but that, indeed, fe’lf—bomicz1Jeis
-&T.°"«"}'iH3 and forbidden by Gad, will be clear by remembting theft
thmz things, I.Th<'.1t the command ofnot kg!/iztsg, is izzdefinite;
and that he that lgfls iaimfélf, doth certainly ggzz , that he that
[}Z>»ea’s fair mm blood , fbeds the Wood of a Man : and 2. That the
Imczge of God refiding on him(Whichtis thegramzd of this prohi-»
biitiall in Maféx, Gerz.9. 6.)is‘.ts as truly fo,when °t:'is be-helci in the
?‘€fl€&Cf0fZ, as when in the direéf Zizze , in my felf, as in any other
msm. 3. That the power 0fLifi? is refereed a pccu1iat't0iGod;
and not comnmnicated to the Crezzture,(fave om} y to his Vicem A t.
gerent) which nmy thus appear. Gm/as the Cmztor ofthe~RVo:*1dg .
8: fole doner oflifei, n1uf’cibe acknowledged to have the dominion 1
over it : This zfomizziozz COI1f7€qu€ntIy is cornmmzicated to nonebm; ’
tr,» tbofe to whomby God it is commmzicated; To the,Magifimte «
this psxwar is given by that Law ofGsa’;. whereby he prefcribes the
putting certain Malefzftorsi to Death; and Wherebyhe confii- s
tutes the Magjflmte his Vzce-geterztionEarti1, and fo the €x€C1£fi~ Q
mew“ of that Law, an cwezzgerfor wrath , Ram.1 4 . And whofbevtr
will chailtn ge the like pswsr, mufi‘ fh»;-“W the like charter and evi-= .
dmce; anti it be cmmot doe thagthat is fiifficient to prove that"
its barb it not; As ”tis fufficient to conviéi‘ any man oftbe in- .
gtifiicc of any biriciaime to my eflatc , that he cannot {haw any
Latisea’ whereby itwas c-?’i'v'cIt8 man 3 the d€fl10i‘.afii‘aflOi‘3 is abuzidantly
diiélfi’ , that thatipower is not in any przwte mcm any moreover V
b2?m_;’é.?f then stbers. And it is obfervabls to this very pitrpofe, 1
that though theStoic}q,to teachitheirDifcip1es apatlaggor Coumge
sgai.nfi:
the ,45z‘dr.c,-jg, 6w.
againfi whatfoevex: events,did talk of that {are remedy sgainfi
all tcn1tom1 preffi1tes,tl1e gofrzg out, or lglfirzg, tl:=emfelve5,(looking
on it favmtrably as at refugie or farzémary frozn all thofe thinos
. . ~ b
which nztght otherwxfe be tphaxahed unfupportable) ytt vxrlnen
. they confidered it thisother ‘way, (as every thing,they faichhad
mt» lacmdles) z‘. e. in tefpeét of Gad, who placed them here; it
was generally refolved by them, viz. by Sezzecagend the w§fe~ft of
-them,( and the more foolifh ofthat Se€’t are feldome fotmd to
p1'até7i_{e the contrary) that Wemufl not on our own‘ heads de-
fert our fiatiorz, but maintain that ground on which our Gezzemm ’
{hath {ct us, and wait with ccurafge and patience, tiH he think
{ht to command ushoff again. As
or the other two, power ob--—
yer the flefly, and the freedome, the cuttirzg 0fone,az1dpatti7zg with
the other, they are no degrees towards the taking; ztway 123,03 hut
-mt the contrary are ufed on purpof: for the p1*efe1*ving ofitz,
in its heing, or Weli being, the one by the rules ofphyfick, the
%{)th€1‘Ofp01iCi€3 and therefore is the power ofthofe allowed
us by God and N ature , ‘becaufe they are thus hzfhtxmental E0
that end, and fubmitted to our difcretionghhteattfe they may be
170. Thus are fome things referred to theSzemm2's ftxdgmetttyutd
put into his power, t0 a’z:[g?>ofi? offer the good of the Fztmflyg anti
yet others tefi=t'z2’ci peculiar, and facred in the Mazfiers own hands...
"Thus are my W'ritz‘zzgs ptttinto my Lawyers hand , fear him t0
ufe to the p.refervin§; of my Eflate; yet is not my Efiate pm;
into his power to difpofle of it at his pIcaf7ureh:sr fame greater -
tnd. And the argurnent: would be very infirm, becaufe that
power which the Steward orLaw}erhhathtintrufied to him,ought
hot ta be ufed by hirn,but in order to fame good end ; that there-=
‘fo3:e3 that which is not {'0 erzmtfleld to him 3 may he thus aHh-
med alfo. Some rayes there have ahvztyes been C0111n1L1I”1§.C21t€&
from Heaven to this Earth ofoursa and yet fame Flowers of
'th.:tt‘C£:1€{7tia1C?‘07Wl, which have been refierved asfacrea’, and 5:2»
. commzxrzicable. And {(3 there will be no kind ofweight or con»-
-elubdencieein this prefént way o«f'argui7zg, this ballarzcirzg offiefb or
liberty with Life, till it appearalfo from the _{Ezme._,, or equal e~vz’-
tyder-zce, thgt thofe are rejérved by God, as Life appears to be. This
certainly, without any more help, is at full fi*1t”iSf-a<9€iO.I1~tO this
;fl¥'.gL1m€I1E.
But
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73-4
4»-
.x:‘z' I’/iezoliczztioiz of
§. 33.. But then fecondly, E?“ ex olozozolazzn‘, the Kizlirzg my felf
is no way ordinable to good. 1 . “Tie not orchnable to mine own
pireferzt worldly odvarztoge, as lorzcing , and fuléjeflion may be, that is
cleare; and that is a reafon Why God lhould not give us this
Liberty, (though if we were not able to render reaforzs, the wif-
dome of" the Law-giver were reafim enough) And fo1*fm‘zu:re ad-
vantages to my jelf, the being with Clarifi , which is forte lxetzfee,
t. that cannot be taken notice of by bare Natm~e,. till that be
Clbri[iiczrzi2;ezl and then , I 2. according to the Clorifiimzs rules»
we have all reafon to refolve that °twill not be purchas°d by
any other way, but by that which God hath prefcribed toward
it, zle. by lawful nn prohibited courfes. it being evident , that
the Cronvn which is held in God: hand {hall not be difpenced to
any, but thofe which do vopclpw; a’;6Ae'%’v firive lawfully; and that
patience ofvvaiting til God cals, is one of the Lawes that are thus
gprefcribed in our £3/.»3’;»e;. ’
§.3+. As for advantages to others, the Pullile-weal, or peace,
"tis not imaginable, how the leillirzg my felf can be directly, or
otherwifc then by accident,ordinable to that 5 Whatfoever can
be conceived ofit, will be as fufhciently provided for by the Mo-
gifirates having power oflife; and that he may have fiom God im-
mediately, as Well as he can be fuppofed to have it from any a&
ofcollation from me, if_°tWere in my power.
(5 3s . Lafily, For any moral, or Chriliian virtue, or yet fat»
then, the illxifl-mtizzg of the Glory of our Creator, ( which alone
deferve the title A of good ends) ”tis not the having an mzlimitecl
power , thaezmmezliotely, or direéily contributes to thefe, but the
nmlting ufe of the limited ponvers we have, theeeimployizzg the lives
t‘«=.rl1ici1 he hath given us, according to his will, and not the cle-
firoyirzg them C07itTcI7'_}’ to it, I {hall not need to profecnte this. All
that is in this place pretended by the Author to this pnrpofe, is
onely this, that 2; more may fieely 0onfe7zt,(ma' willingly expofe bi; life
to cleotla for o ggreoter, or publil7\e1' good.
§. 36. Where by con_/ezztirzg 1 {ball fnppofe him to mean a cor:-=
fezzt ofthe will to that aétion which immediately follows, z'.e.t’o
the%exLoofi7zg lair lif e to deatla, (and if by corzfent he {hould mean any
thing elfe, has the corzfezztirzg that the other {hall kill him , or the
making it fi-ee and lcmvfull to that other to take away his Life ,
then
._.._
i rbeladdrgg», Am. A
mhien.ihaet;l1iiihe put two ve1jyhdif’cant'th.inigs teogethergaxaed {'o’:t;is but
mhe or=E:ii*na17y. fallaciy plmrium irzterragatiérzzzm 3 aned:7in..th2rt,No1:ion
offlonfzrzting Iifha;1]_anioin £}~1“ew’i;that maz1=“.‘:mayéi7zat, :e.h.:u§h non:
Mme)‘ {o to Co2z_f?2r1't,) fflnh to the proving ofitflxis, A itiiuxs, that his
remaining endeavours (as far as concerns Do.8c0r;;Hamm'0z2d)
ave direfited. »accord1in;g"1yihe*faithi, §‘He:"1rmz’ll§befl2 "boldm to
flare fl9fei:%eflz?o7-zwiar» -it bfiigbt, r i.e.;:t“o remove it from: the wor+ds,am:l
fence WheifeiI‘1‘iDo8:or Hamimand proipofed ii: (and in which it
fis:thathi‘hiisiAwho1e difcourfe is grounded) to ..thofe other wxorde
iofhiesown , moi’: extreanxly "ciiIi.:=.n”t zin fimndiandfence 5 and in
which I am as con fidenitiithaitithee truth is on his fide, (ifCon_/'eni
o ‘Lfignifie noemoreithenl taI~:e itto fignifie)‘a'srI:am,othat th3;t't1‘uth
doth n"ot“contradiE"c thof: iother“tmths,Whi‘ch;by Do&or Hamw
%mar¢drare fl1p€1‘PCI‘u&€d on his foundation»._-, or tI1at*tl1ePw~op0fi~
’ tiorz, has "tie Rated by the Dofitor, i:s;a11*::1;ha;t is neceffary to "‘b’e“fl‘f‘.1‘
hrrn"ci for the founding ~o‘£th"e\neflZ=,i ox: obegfieuce-~t\:2.~'_
its; 42.» In the former oeftl1‘e£°e’caf°es, Wlien tlie purfilallce-iOf‘
that good end is flrié? dutie, as-in cafe I am commanded to corzfefle
Cb,rz'fl,y01*to my Prince in pmtefiin-g my » Country, . There
as my endeavour is required of me by that precept 5 {O is my mo-
mofi endeavours, fi1ehaas.I~; n1ufh1otiAren1it, wharfoever the dcmger
be 5 And ifthat.da7zg~er prove to be the utmoji dcmger,- even" of my"
lzfeit («lg ‘yetthe wmimmzd ofcorzfla-rzcie, of notfeorirzg; or foirzt»
illga and th e.Chara€te1* ofperfefi‘ love given by Saint _‘fo/972, that
it. cuffs“ Wt of’-3.czr,t and the odenuntiatirons againfi the feorfizll or
cowardly, doe all joyn to extend my Obligation to purfue this
ft; necefi_'ar y End Without any receding; and if the Crofle it {elf
liein my way toward this end, tO,tayl’@.it.MP,. i. e. A willingly to
V fubnzit;
we.,wrgm,c§~c. 1;,-
fubmi{;_t«O Gods Pmvidence,V w"hic'hA%hath thought fittfl call me
to this Trial], ifitbe even of refiflirzg unto blond. Andfo’fliI1a1‘I
Khat I doe, is the conflanr, patient, chearful/‘fitbmifiozz {to God‘: A
WEN (in his providerztzéczll ~dz_'/jza/Zrzg% crfmy life, and in permittizzg
-ache injurious to takeit frem rnc: « and nothing elfe 5 in abfo-~
lute chc;»ic«:~0§_f~*0Z2eclierzce,. but not ~of % Death; 2. facrificing to du»
t§£_a1_1d€fire of»..Life, but not otherwife undertaking to difpo17:
0 1:3. I A
. §. 43. H:-mceis it that -n2y‘sJe2zizzri:zg of my Life dothnot ,
xzlear, orfree the »Izz-mder, from any degree of finne, ‘or guilt ‘in. V
thus t:1k.7Lng‘it away from me. Twas but a Sczmzfme or Trope in
jzcizkmfi SCmI_c:ii@r s, ‘to fay, they did not wrong the C/ariflicrrzs by
£;§!(ing"‘them, but onely hafien them to%their dc Ired honie : And A
thk Farbfiers were able to anfwcrthe Pcmrlogifme -by the 11116311
Et}aic?.>\£’s,AVdifiinguifhing betwixt a mixr, and dbjblnte will 5 and {Z}
cconchxding their /Zcmgbtcrs to be Injm-fies, though they "WC*I‘€ WiL.
» 3'iz1'vijzen1bracéd; tI1e..Pez;{écutors m be VPer;{emtor~.¢ {£1115 though that
23
{ Othcr ware Martyrs.
% W §. Whichis a ah-mozzj?rative‘prooF, tha.t"tis the Izzm-Idem
not Sufiierer, whofcsaé? the killing is fuppoiéd to be,and fo that
I am not in this cafe ofexpofizzg my Life, fuppofed to give any
*C0?2_f??1tthat»l1e flxallkzfll me, or confequently to divcffmy felf
ofthe power of my.Lz‘fe, or indeed to have a.nyfucl1.pm:rer ov er
it. For Whatfoever is a.bf&p.1ute'inV my ‘power to dijfifijé “of; that I
may lawfully conf'e11't;: to pm with ;That if I doe pa1f’t‘Wit'h9 it, _
ipfb faéja, andjure " bécomes/his, to whom Ipart; with jit:%'(a11d ‘f Ddhz 69
if there be anyerrorin i-it ,’tis chargeable on the giver,‘ who was ‘W’ ’§7_"”
Ihl1S.p1‘OfiIf_€I_V %Iiber=a1~l above Vtheproportiozn -: And cord-I2~ ”;::”;';C’§;-_
quently for himto take ar1d%t1feit, is inzlaim no ‘fnxncg As that mtg,‘ A
part ofmy Efiate which is in my power, mayby-me be pad’: 0- juriih
'yer9t;0 :.m0t11m*bygz'ft, and bemg fa, 1,5 1a.Wfu11'y pofléfi‘ avzadcnw
ycmyd by the receiver. %._ ” » T A
*5 . 45 . And therefore,I £ay,ifche Iawfi1*1neflE=: of the expoflrzg
m* Lif€.4WOL11d conclude me to have apawer over igit mufi be as
p¢1‘f€&I.y 1awfi1Ilfo1~ th€;T}’?‘dI2t, in-to Whof: hands my A Life( in
the cazzfe/jfzzg, 0f7Cbrz‘ff) is by me expofed, t0 take that -Life from A
me,as"tis for the poor mam into Whofe hands naygoods are by me ,
_§_)“I:i‘§Z (sin obedimccto Cbrifis cQn1n1a5d..c)fmercifz«tlnefi ) to receivde
V % 2 an’ A
IZ'i7zdiN£af~téo2£
and cmry:away*thto1E;§oam1;%.. which.=baing em. abfu-rdi.c~y_.too ‘groffa
to; be defend-ed b.}z-a.n%%y, will, Ijfuppofe, i'ncIiIn%c~»thisfimthor toy
difbcm the;dtifia.n cc.-£betw:imt: the u-cfi‘ions, as t«hc=~o7ze isby;*Lhi_n1,¢{V
andé a;3~N;the amber; was. by.“ o8corHammand%pmpefé:d. V %
T A §.;4;5‘;-..«. A«n:d%.Ain\l:ike mamwr alfm», W151 en the puryfjzed By~
m¢3:;Vis&—v%?€ch~o;ugh not,"ab£?®111teIy4r:e4:efl?:~ry, y:et)> éeistaraénd? more ew-
ce»I.lem 3v thenm %t2ha Pxfeccm of‘ being f§zitI§fie£"%untQ a'?eez2“:’9”~=, andwfxmeé
promifl: ofrewczrd made to him that layes down , or lofla; bi; lifé
for CFirifl3;fii41{g.*, do nm»ch»oblige~%to carzf%zzncy,at1‘ca{’c,&%aAs~much
afl’L1I‘:€~:t+hat:fixc~h co2zffamy{ha11A1be%% acceptable to-God,» (and that‘
Ihfi more by how n1z1ch«:g1} as when tfie pjarticu1”aAr~n1atte;%
ofthc aéhio-11.1ms;nn3de1§precept:. B5.-.11-«;1fi7<:xV«tha;t=oti*re~2r‘ accidemrzl %cl’if~«L
fe~1‘em:e-~W*i1l maken<):vau*iation.in»t~h@na2vin , [110I’~ m=akeAi%t% at L313;
p{’Ob§1bICi_s,“th3.E"€DCP6fiIZg*II1y life bero«icctZL9~was% not Wa1rran r: the- phra fe- o F faj‘z'2zg"
domzwz. 27’: e. I zfe for rbeflreeyg V? tximt fi1m»fi gnific 3: 11 02:» the; }:¥_é:‘Z£Izg'i2im]é1f;%
1‘ be Ac/drqfléa
(i70z'r~he goadzzefleé oftzhe Sbep!aeam'?co11fif%s«n:ot$ i114%that-jrhe cutting
his. own throat, Whrmtthe I'Volfei1wad*es; the Flock; butrhe
making uzfe of his Life to» the utmofi, wherein itnaayw be ¢z~:!7).rz¢z~
mgeomtoAthAc$Sbeep’, a nd:z:enmrz'ng and hazarcfiaigfit intheircle.
fence or quarrel; yca,ande contcntedly. fufiring A(not~~a&in._q% in)‘
his own death, that hexnmybe able to avert theirs. For this is‘
thcmaazxzingof 7t«3'i€4roc¢s ».£;u.;¢:?zy , to lay a’own:»the1%i~fc, ('p.:¢ax.i;»A‘uvav-
££':2cu.e, ”tn.'aerz1wre«i2z'm_/élf 'uaZwzta.rily into c2’ang,er , '7ra5'g9cfi3o?x*£t.7é.a3*‘:nut«- vz-13‘
«.Lw.».;¢?§;;,¢,_ in the 110t.ion~ in W.h'1ch the Greeli Gloffaries explain the
1
ph1%a1'é,fi‘on1amgg£,eo}\3.2‘. e. Szromvémueziwvain HQ/j/chm», andthe A
Latz”zze,.V Fambo*Iczrmm%azzimzsefm;qfl"e,;, z‘.e.. all Q‘n’fi_Wi<£h Bfrvfiéfffivhfiy-D cow
expofie it, not to be flalicitom for the defame ofit , as to forgo@
dam oAr:Acfa:zszrit.y,,cafn came;oEthc::poonfl1eep~intrufltd to hirn,for the“
p~rcfer.vwiAn%g-oi“i.t;:.
§:. 49:, A fecond Argument is bytrhis Autbom=%tA0uch€d«~ on,
(_tho~L1gh: not formallyurged “abyzs, him) t.l1zu: th epjrefewirzg "wbv%Ze%
_{c}%ci.e~tz7es, : ram-A, pemiflyizzg ,; rim; good: azzc1:cz:~1>2¢£2li!Q:+V4e2:vd%; u cmcl rl.mt' fbe:z'm-~«
pzmityjz‘ 0 *afl'e1zderm: l;§eirzg%* the‘ reacfiqfbe way to. the dz‘jfi21m‘z'on+ a2zd1de-~-
flm€z‘z7ea7z ‘Of _/i2cieties%L, Nature. z35fi£pp.of_:f2d\ta di5fateThm~i anew nmrtf/j1oz¢lcl<3
m‘rI:er%jz¢t1y» dz'e:¥,_ than 'mI:ole=jc)cietz'es mzj;4flI_y: pzrriffr.» This-Con-¢
clufion, and Premifi?:s, the'D0J€‘c0r dothj. as:%the“~A11th.orA fore»
% f:1W5 nuofitwillingly.acknowledge,W but: witha1l;d'1fcer11s not
l10W~it pr.ovcs. that a.:man hat11Vpkower%o+ue*Vr bi; own life : it w~i'11%bew
fl1ffiC*{i.€11‘C:7 God by. a.ny.;0ther meanes as by~infi2ming, it-*il1Ath(2‘
.Enixzm,~.%~8cxc.,):do: place that: power“ of life in. 0tli:EI‘("S‘..' The L1tn1~:;fEa‘
which thisawa§r;Aaf7a-nguinrgs can pr,cmnd¢ to conclude, is,~1*. »T~‘h‘a~t%
whatfo ever; anyman ~11ath;i~n<;his- owyzpawengtha :?c~ris %.1'cafc)13a%b1e ft‘; r
him to dt*Ii.Ve1*:up*=i11tz0:~thc%Gbz:mzarsr/:rcmdg, ~€tHl.1s«t:~0 nmkwc it c3.~fic~
. or p.Qffib1”e:r to diitharge*hisirazfi-5 by t11efe%:=ud\*a:1tagc:s .to~c on-
1:<1-ibute to clue pub}ik€.qL1i€tii8{'W€a1 :2. that God ‘that hatia -%
t:~l1e'power»'of~Iife,.and fe.A1‘ar , :1s~uto nmkea~nmnA
giver(oL1*-have} chm: ‘wI1ichh:3vIm~tb not, m:=1f to 3 cfirain G ad fr~om
having; the {ole oa*z'gim:£ powcr 0‘:‘t}1z1t, which 0::hm‘Wi{E: nzignt
bc‘ackn0WIsdgcci to be*v<;i’(Cd in 11 im.
§‘~§I“.% As fo1"At11e_{z4J:g2‘;:-ofi;*io22which thf.‘ ..£¥¢».%:.’;='or here a.d;’;s cmrlxc-:*
,4 1?:;.‘zCK
3
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A Viozoiicoztionof
heck of this, [In cafe~terz men in the commurzz'tieofNoture claofe one
to rz41e;overtbem, azzdorze of them they /fiozztozzeoufly fitbjefied [ball nmr-n
finer one of his fellow Sebjeéh] (wIoez'eocpor2 be demands whether the
liuler jo fetup, mo.ry_not bybis onmconfezzt by *oir*me of that power he
received from him among the refi, put fits}: av. mzzrriaerer to death. )
To this I anfwer, that the Gowerzzour-may in this cafepztttbeo
Mwtfoe ref to death, but this Fiotoby virtue oefzméie power or eon;/ezzt
ofthemtirtherer, but by zmrlaoritie from,-God, Whoalone hath
the power~tofLife 5 Int relation to which ‘it is that the Gooemour
is P(i1€'d_.J‘1otf}Lo:'@' ®.s.§", o Mizzifler of God, in this very motion, as
she is 3éx.J‘:x@‘ §ts 5g’;/2353 rm oroerzger for oerotb or -gozmzjfber Csfoffextw
ders. A h
{:3 :32. That which E3311 the Sztojekffs power the Goverrzour may
have by the Subjefis conflzzzt, and by evirtue ofthe power which be
‘2’EL‘€i‘U€d fiom him 5 And therefore it is that the gower of oiolerzt «re»
fifliyzg invaders, the right ofrepel/frag; ‘force by force, which God and
Notmre hath given thefizzgle man in commmzitie ofNoztm'e, is nowg
elm cafe coffubnnifiion to the Govemour, parted With, aufi depo«-
fitedshyexhinn, fo far as refers to the hGovemour5. and though it be
founded in‘ felf7-defence, _yet he .that thus violently vrefifis the
powers, {hall receive to l.2.z'mJ€elf domrzation.
§. 53. But ’fl‘iH_that which isnotin the sasjeeo powegis not, A
A 1 nay cattmot he tvefied by tl1eoS’z4'lvje€i‘ in the Goverzzour, but Hooves
A from an higher principle (front him that really hath the power A
::md~con2esvfron1 the Subjeffs coo;/'erz2‘, onely as from the coufiz fines
gm“: no-72, or by way of refirltdrzceg, That as Godtecon1mtmicatesnot
this power of life to any but the Gwemour 5 (0 thatemans Co2z_/erzt,
that he ihcmld be his Goverrzour, doth remotely (:smdLby12vay of
heozzditiozz, or qnolzflirzgh of the 5Su;bje8tt0 a cetpacitiie of receiving
that power from God) ton cur to -thetoreifitag oofthat power‘ in that‘
perfon. Thus doth the tem serofthezaire-contribute to the qua-~
Eifying the flime, or putrit naattert to receive influerzces from the
SLzmze,and then ythofe z’2g‘i’z4ence5 beget life in it:,and endow it with
that higher eprinciple, which the temper of the oire, tlaat com
tributed ailit could, (having not thus n«1t1chinf.tspower)cou1d
not be af’fi1*n1‘d to cozztribute to it.
§. get. And fo you fee the Doftors Way offlatingthis que-»
320;: dmh as ft111y“~§_..71‘O‘.’§d€ fat‘ the f2;‘7ziflJiz2g; o_f.1§.,4.’?zZefaE?or5, and
’ pee-2»
the flddrejfé, é"c.&,: I gt.
pre/erwirzg ofcommunitzes, as the fuppofing the power oflzfe etoprae »
teed originally from the Peo;>Ie,.w0uId be able to doe; As her
that affirmes the Soul in every birth to be zizfufedi by God, makes‘
as {me aprovifion for Gerzeratiozz, andconfequently for the pte--—
erwtiorz ofthehumane fieties, as they that fuppofe the Saz«:l;to-
he traduced from the P6tI”€?2l‘5‘3“, as well a$*ti'1€ Beefy.
§. 55., Histelafi Argtunem: isxftoih Rom.5‘.7r. For dgood met: me‘
wszdd dare. to die, i.e. faith.he,W.ou1d. with tbcpreferzce ofd re’/éived
Spirit d *9; the word [dtzrizzgj faith he, noting apre_{erzc'e ofmznde.
terrified with nodarzgers. To this argument again, as far as by the
Authour it can be extended, i. e. to the acknowledgensent, or
concluding of the lawfulrzefa of at mlidzzt coardgiozar ju/ferizzg
dcatla, either for apubfikg goad5 or for 'fomeaZi
Rule, which alwayes prefcrihes the prefiervingoftltofe trea- :i:f=£;’?:P:;f€u_"
fures, by God and Nature entrufied to us.
i 5. 57.; Having madethis fl~10rt,and fizdden return to this dc 50;./fol.
Authours reafonings,a Doftor Hammond will leave the n1atte,1:Ph”~ 1* 3%
mofi: willinglymrhere this Authom: hath placed it, at theft-et Pr“; 13”“
i | a
N am me its"
(as c3u9€v??1:»~ among the Attick Writers, is, faith P.bryrzicu:, ufed qnidcm 2724-»-
c‘iéLm', 6&5». ~
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V22 " A I/ifl6iicd“tFii92z'0f‘
aL1ing:muom,»and urzprejudiced Readers , ‘and_wi1“1; cnédeavouf (:1;
un pa«‘&}0nate1y%as any&man)‘to‘%app1‘o've himfe1f=a Sermnt of Reg.
firz, and aembracer or fi‘z‘md~ vffrmb, wberefloever be meet5"mitb':itj;
upoirwhich fcorc,he is content to.ackn‘oWw1*edge7fome.obIigati*-L
011:8 I0 th'1S.41£f/707' , who hath occafionedthisfurther: furvey of
his fo rmcr aHirn1ations,and givenrall other men fame cayufefn
be more corfirmed in the perfwafion and ~afTurance of the~trut'i1
of them. And thusmuch I comcive-is fufficient tohavc faid.up~
on this occiafion. ~ A A "
—-vuIwu-vUl
§ . 58 . B {It it feenas the VReia‘*'der: qvfliet'V i's'Anot to be owbt;fi.ni°d {Q
‘ 1"! cafily ;, forwhile that‘ Whiclfhathrbcen uthx;isMf§id¢wag
under the Printer: ha11d,Mr.j”obn Gaadfiizijvfiflagoffgm."ggmeforth
fl‘!1}i‘by the mention ofDo&or Hcmmzmzds Name twice in l1§»£
T{§1fe~Page,‘gave reafon to délay thisfV%Vi2z;1icatio%rz (0 long, till i;
§n1%ht appfla}-c Whetheriitwgugd be ufeful to ?.dcIea.ny [hiI]g' tQ
It A Hpon 1: 15 new occa “I011 y way Cf"‘.PDfl*-.' cript. 4And..he1aein
it ‘I1-ath v rovcd%a little un‘Iuok°l 'tl% * tth A :17 ad. 7 ‘ . w
fame cagfe falling upon this~1:a}£f'ag:din't}i:'l.;,fc?d7:efl% g£f1f§3I§'d?§E
. »i~ , ‘ _ , \ .,. . . %. M If
Of Our prefenr dxfcourfe) hathycc 111 ms yudgmcnt upn-it . fo
Vt vzixried from the fomzer Am-hor, that as‘h~eJhath ~3?ie1deCI”‘wt'he-que..
mg, 22_ {hon ilxthertfo dcb2i.te‘d;.*and co11fefit1haj::no»A-mwzz bgztbby nature the
A ' ‘W ‘ :7 ~d% :en :2:
§§”§Z.§’§§I}§’§h?°:§§2§e3rf21f3;E§’3§$1ePi3f§§f§‘§nie“eE"E§§S§‘£°” ‘,3?’
power ccmnot be derived to [fizz sby M 22 L ti; A12 1 _
I confzfié is fomewhat firanfée, t11ateti1V:10‘a§ fl]‘?C:$'d.I3eE~ir€I’:Ia};,iI:1}€c':I[fil¢:’r:f‘-F:
_ rivable by;:men,a.r fiom tbed4people,which at the fame t:-ifne ibis confiafi
;:o’fh§:.can.. no man bath. 1 have lately I_ear1:§’d=a“*“VxS';3o~~fcIa%Prfmerb from Mafler
brought H6’ "#715?! 3 31113 find _by ffearchfche meaning of 1t to be this plain
Burifihat is Englzfbil T%1at‘nCcI>tIIv1I111%1s;d{e1~_1v2rbfie fr0?1§11y121acea :whi¢h wa«_.;
310, B pnevert ere: an r.. on wmacn A % A A]; _ [3
H C an‘ Co7zféquencetofiarz{1_in tbfa authority oftbi-wbétxgjzsei ‘E303
R03 11‘-a1i>€t 3iZ;]1:tIfi73g gzve: theft to another which Im"tb.12at it__/felfl
ff} 311 U 37 a It 11eve1*defi1»e a firmer 5afi.¢‘foI“any Qoncluizom
950 m-1115.9 1311511 fuel; an agknowlcd#ged1?rzmz‘yleVas .th1~§. %Sh0u1d
v--u
the Addriefig @*c°. »
l finde any part of my pofihilions in M. G00a'Wifl.S'yh3._,I1C_iS , and he
iuliifie his Title to it , by pretending the donation or _/Elle ifi*o“m
Philodemiue to him , Sc lproduce evidence that this was ‘never in
the poflhfiion ofPhilademiur, would there be any more required
ofrne, to conclude confequently , that ”tWas not derivable from
Philodemius to him? would it not bea iirange reply,to» fay,That ’
this eorzfequezzce depended on the Authority of Cl Topicl; Moocime .3
The word [Topielzg] I fitppofe to be here prefixt by him upon a =
defigne of dimirzutiorz, as Topical! is equivalent with prohohle, arid
oppos’d to demozzfirative. But I hope this is not thus a Topick
Moxime.Can any demoizflratiorz be more convincing, then that
which is built upon aPrincz'pZe, as ac:knowledg"d as any in the
Mothemotit'IQ5 and the contrary of which implies a corztradifiion "
[to hcwe,and not to have .9]
§. 59. Asfor the reafon ofclenying this confequence, which
Mailer Goodwizz renders, be-caufe [though no particular man hath by
izoture this power over his“ oron Life , yet at at member of cornmmzity he
_hoth, not [imply 61 power, hut o necefity lying upon him hy way of duty,
era. to conjérzt with others, that his life [holilhe tolgefrom him] I.’Ti's
I not to be imaginable, that he Lhould have a zzeeef/it} of dutylying
upon him , who hath not fimply at power, meaning, as here he
mull, a power ofdoing it l(I‘WfLt.ll_)'. And 2.Fo r this poooer,or rzecef-»
fit)’ of conjenting onely ( as that areas from the power ofgivizzg)
~ this will be of no kinde of force , unlefli: it alfo appear that tithe
Mogifirate derives the power of life ( which is f.1ppos"cl to‘ be in
him)from this corzferzt oftheirs,ot‘ that it is this confént of theirs
8: nothing els which gives him that power.yBut this is fo far from
being proved , that it is not fo much as ofiirm’d by Mr. Goodwin:
And on the other fideitis cleare , that the bare corzflziztizzg that a
thing {hall be taken out of my hands , is very ydifiant from the
taking upon me to give it the latter pretends and fuptpofeth a
pofl"e{[1‘on or inveflimre in the giver , the former doth notfl‘n1th_e
Confenterg and fo, though the latter would be of fame ufe (15
granted) to inferre Mr. Goodrvizzs conclufion, that‘ “the power if y
origirzolly fion; the peopiei-, yet the former will beno jway sable 120
inferre it. A A A ' " l
§. 60. The matter tivill‘ he very vifible by eocohople in any Tfliflfi
er Si‘ewor'dfl2ip. Thelhrd intrufls tDo his Steward thekeeping ofa
‘ i ' funmie
as
144-“ ‘
fummlee ofmoneyfiftert that the aflignsit over>to"?f'0tr";e 07ther;max“tL‘
V erigirza/J) irzlltbe peoylé , butt‘ co‘rzfcrir'e'daz;3 _t}jfe‘ RyIér~* immedigztegy fiom
A iVi”iwIic*zzti0t7¢ttie of A it _
w
by Bil! Attorrzey, and legally veils this’ right in th7a=tll0tl1er'.iie ln
this tcafe~‘the~ Sfeward_fom1erly intmfiecl co2zfl?r2‘lf-Va lthiif th‘-it tether *
mantttake» Vveha;1;=l:istethit1s4v byeethe Lord gfligned to him 3 and;'i1:£tlecd+~
3>;:.n,e¢e{fity;llies t1pc)ii1ifh.in'1fby wziyltof duty .fo‘t(_>~%do.i In this cafe?
Iifliallleask M.1G: froim-ltwbom tl1.»1-5;money,L11sdelrzv°d to this other‘ ? "
fro in ltl1e'; and ‘that a& o‘flthe~Subje8t is no‘ expreflion of‘antyrigbt">L
mam; from him eanveyable to the Sorzrze _., but oneIy»of’=h4ies Trufl‘;
w2dfl»£507'd1'72dfZ.0fl”f0 the King. And this is generally the differen cc
fietwixttlnveffitures;atnd“1’ruf%.¢ : wjhatvis vefledinl me, tlltmaygive
ml-4 derive t“o* anfo’ther>; what is intru lied l onel-y,g I i.C3.I_1I'l0__mt : the“
j Servalntécannottdifpofc Ofhis Mdfi€”i£90d5‘ 3 ; yet thatghis Maftér:=l
‘dzffiwofitli may {land good , : he*e~tnayt~anleftpo__i'1'r;t*in‘ I1:-Lmd3depend~s V
*0 n, and wakthercforegl Cohcéivc, .foii1ndiufl:rxoufly mvo1v"d_.,and
obfcum-dIb“y>Mr. Goodwirl‘.
<§;.e-6%-1». Aftert this, Mailer Goodwizz infenfibly glides into an‘-;
emher piecetof artifice; e‘17ae power of life, faithihe, z}.reminentZy"
‘xrridi’ tiirtudlly 2'72‘: thee» _peopIe ecollefiively taken ,
’ .£h1Vd‘ia2;“g»ait1‘tl=,ev-A A*;»irfi‘c't¢z_;,i and la lbad_y’ofmer2 =,e have pmer overli'tbe2‘;r mm
’léfierfl!iadiédlfiyitlurzd5Virtimlb!, tbougb rzotforimall/)1. This periodof
'.Maflje1*‘Gabd1iiiriifeei1is'tolbca newtlwa ofAnfwer , by applying
~ t:Iillin5’tioint~to the Aiztecederzt 1, as the fl’)
though not A fbrmafly.
A rmer Was by denying the
Eorzjéque7zce.:- The Aiztecederztt was That no man bath by natural the
pafvetj o'v6;1"* bit own- life, 690- ]: from whence the Adcfrefle conu
V cluLdcls5t~hLait tthercforel [T53 power icdnnot bié%%deriv’dfi4om the peaple]
:50-lthi5M’~%fi¢I‘ Gqqdwirz fir-flUret11r%ns his acknowledgment, That
zftlae con_'{equencei‘be{{“' right“, it=‘i:.qiclear ca_{Z:~:,l tbiatfl? Regal powerir note"
Gad,
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F A T ’ is ’is"an ackvxiowledgxncnt in him ofthe‘ t1‘ll_f11_‘_' pf t}1e
;i;;”4:z£ece;iem,azwda do ubt onlygof the.C973,[’-’q’f‘e7‘Cea ’"vvh%‘itVb"a¢c<éfi4*
:i_fi‘gIy‘ h:$in1mcdiate1yproceéds V to iniqglidate : A11dff h€f
,;%’%::isZa44 1itt1€ fi'range% and anNa1¢gumentth%at% his figfi aEttem§t wfas
; fiiot very fuccefiflrl t‘0*him) % that he fhquld now AfoVfé) oVn;~cftt1r%i1
todeny thc.A71?€Cederzt,%at leafl to diflirzgzgifb of it, ’1¥igjfi1*i§gb;;effQ fe
' fO:_dbf01Ht-9b“.g1’a?Zfédif.jBL“; tQ Vpaffe over tI1is,and"'a1AIE5‘W‘
A ilibérty‘ ofreca11ing_}his'bounty, let us cxarninc the force‘ of his
‘”dz'flz‘IVzé7i0’rzA.~%. A % , _ V _ % » ‘ A A »
6.2-% The force%this.cz'Jfirzé3‘ipn_doth not, I conceive , W1‘:-==
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A Vindication of
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, ,
have in them fome higher and more eminent virtue or faculty,
n .
the power of every man over his own life, and that that fiapplics
the place of that formal p_ot:ve1* , and that by it the People’ beget
or produce the power oflzfe In the Supreme Ma;:t[trcxte , as truly,
as, ifthey had it fofmdlffla they C0U1d d0? This Is the meaning
of the difcinétion in the ordinary, and onely notion of it, an&
nmii he it,ifIit be rightly appliable zit but Mr.Goodwz'n interprets
his meaning of it for far from this , for farfroni importing or
concluding the People to have fuch an higher power or faculty‘
(to Which[Emirzently] and[Vz'rtztally]in oppofition to [Forma//y}
belongs) that ’tis indeed by him fet down as much Ainferiout to
that power formally inherent. For thus he interprets it: A Matt,
and (Z hotly ofMetz, have power over their own lives Roo’icalfy,a22o’ Vir-~
ma//y 3 in refiéeét whereof, they imoy*render themfeloes to a Magiflrete,
and to Lewes, which if they violate, they muff he in Iaazéard of their
lives, time. By this Idifcern two things: I. That by this Emi-
nent, Vz'rmar1,R adzeol power, Mr. Goodwin underiiands that(Whi'C“h;
is far en ongh from the meaning ofthofe words, and) which
Logicians call a remote, or intlz’reé‘t power, as that is oppos”d to
an immediate, or direét’) or rather a power, to which this efieét is‘
meerly accidental 3 as if the Pcltzetll’ were {aid to have power to .
cure himfelf, nieaningthereby that he hath power to fithmit
himfeif to the Phyfiticm, who is able to cure him. And for Mr.
Goodwin to afliime the liberty of {peaking thus IargeIy,Was not,
'1“ fuppofe,his want of knowledge in propriety,but his Wiiling-~
nefi-e to receive advantage ficom this ahufif of Words. And then
2; If this be the onely meaning of the foure hard Words ,
(Erztirzezttlyi,57/irrtuolb, Radically, and F ormoZly_) vies. that ’tis z‘tzthe'
power of men (or the people in community of nature) to render
themfelves to cz life,-;i{trate,at2d to Lower, to which rerzdrirzgltwilli
he cotz/eqaerzt , that they flmll hazmd their lives upon oiolatizzg; thofe
Lin’-‘es 5 then, I fay, are Mr. Goodwin and DO&OI“.H0.'77’l77-20/‘Id very
Well agreed; for this his explication of that difiinfiion is very
reconciieable with thofe Words. of the A‘t/drefle. Th/it givirzg up
their ( z7.e. the peoples) Liherties to one, or more, melee: that more
or men or Ruler over them, and being of Ruler‘, to him helorzgs (deri'o°tt’
from Got’, not from them.) the power of Life, which Goo’: decree
hath zteloted in the Sztpreme power, or Ruler ,_ who it there oreirz,
» i t t that
Me Addreflen 6”./:.
tbatteltttiozz of wvezzger for wrath or pzmiflmzezzt , ct Mérzi;,*’te;~_ofGocz;,
Rom. I 3. @‘”C.F0}:’ whence is it that their ttndting themfelves to
a Mczgz:/irate, in Mr.Gaodw£2zs fiile, brlxtgs LIPOAH them tltstt bctzam’
aflives, in cafie ofviolation of Laws, unlefle it bethat he that
hath power of their lives , places that power in that Mczgz'ffr~ate
to Whom they have rendred,or fitbjeéted themfelves‘? That this
is God 3 and 110$ the PEOPIEB I will not conclude to be M1". Gacldw
win: 0pit3ion,beeattfe’tis his nmin dcfign to prove the contrary;
but that thofe worcls ofhis,and his dl.fili‘1t€>ClOi‘1 fo explained Wil
bear that fenfe,l meamthat they will be truegand ackttowledgfci
by him 5, that acknowleclgtes the power ofLij'e to be onely in the
Supream Go'uemlour,de1*lv’d"fi*om God, I conceive filfficiently ma-~
nlfsfigand confequently,that tltottglt this power he fitid to be in
the People remotely,im;7r0perl_y,and izzdirefibgattd to in Mt‘.G0adwirz£
motion ofemirzerztly, (W2. yet°tis not from the People, but front
God on ely, that the Govemou 1‘ bath it.
§. 6 '= . The reply will be as ready, zmd eafie alfo to all force?
or concludelaey ofthe tftext Argument,,tl1:tt which is taken from
the Peoples power, to naake, or conferzt to the mabgzzg of Capital
t Law. For I . Mr. Goarfwizz cannot be igI101“£1l1tth3.t it hath been
fometimes in the met ofKz’7zg5 to make Lawes,Without the ad»
dition ofany corygzzt oftbe people: fuch were the Prirzcipum placita
amongthe Iiomcmsz and after it was thought fit by Princes to
lay fame relltalttt on themielves, both that they might be better
advifed, and mo re readily obeyedg then, though the peoples can-ow
fizz: hath been deenfd necefléttjy , yet doth this belong onely to
the reggtlatéztg and modifiizzg the exetcife of this power : the
Ft-tzdamerztallpower it fizlfof life , being in the Supream G0'ZJ€T7ZC-£113.
telbre the maljng thefe Latives. NoW"t?is very eztfie to diflzingttiilt
betwixt tltefe two; tltepower , afid the Regiztalatizzg; of the exerci
l oftllmtp:cm=e2*; the power in the gtolle , and the tletermirzcztiarz ef
tbat‘prm2er to this, or that pzttticular aétion. Tl1e~z';zterpqfi'i.m of‘
man in the latter ofthefe, doth no way premclge the 1" J16 privi~
ledge-of Gad in the donation of tl‘1‘€‘f01“m€.‘1:‘ of them: As tliti.’ 4
Grace ofGod is his peculiar, and proper gift; zmtl yet mum may
give Direéiiarzs; and Rules , how We are to aft by that Principle,
’Wl1at ufe it will befi become us to make ofthat p1“€ClOE1-S-~--tdleilt
entrufied to us. And therefore, for the gttttt Noa2z~day-Truth,
3 ‘ ' Vv’l1.lCl‘,§;'
97
WK“?
..
Mvr.Good;7;§irz‘A jin<‘iucetH f’rdVn1*tI1efe5a11dj <:onfific_l efa-A %
‘ fio‘11s, viz. batgmen b_)/%?'Zc7tmfe Iarwefizcba po"¥x*er4jo'ver tfaeirifives,
>45 -z)oZuntar’il_y,.€’9?C.' to expojfetbem in the ‘fir0}§;§of pz2blique%fl:3_£z"i;§,
in cafia they fl2czll%ofi’e7zd ,z’9~c.] This beixxg&grahted,is of,1”1f<)L‘"f ?i“{:e
$.agai';1fiDo€’cori4 Hammorzd,;b‘ut d0thVi’3th‘ ’hJ'1Pfl} ra:i1;e:~V1“ixp;‘a:3%{‘e;4a
%%Pufilique ?ufl?c’€ab1€ to fi*‘?k“=5-9-3 £’.°‘FP€*?%*3;*7ife a1t‘eadv~v:fi7éd
"imhe IV-1'ag;ij?ij'%a&-;z2e1r jis%d61~iv’%dfl to theband of‘Pu.’2iic§gt_
éfufifceyblltf:'Qi‘11;fcn1c other higher. prii1cipIe%fz;%i2:. that of Gods,
{Q ,=W}1on1 E/,fi,J\v£]>t',H5'i§V the cwe2zgz‘zzg,%o1~ipmzifbirzg“ofoferzders, pm»
'”1ia1*1yjbelQ11gs;and no othewr, butin 'fubo1*dii1ati0411 to_,a.ncl fubw
Y‘
% tution fmn1&fhim. A
‘jg. 54.. Aiid “Mia: 1€T‘t§:e’w4Ic2ng,A’as—M;Goadw;a2rzgfléaagcm.
ibéwe no power ‘to take away the life of I2is7jizl2je5‘r'5%%%V*rzJ2it!3;2§§¢t: cquf;>,%f‘or
» %% for ever}; caufig 351% ojzely jiacfa as by ‘Law are puzzifiable aa:ith%dea4rb;.?‘
what if the cqarzrzpt cammmzd them to “be Vtl:»ez':F* omrz ‘ExeCuti0rz€?‘5?’
Do%t:hitf'o11ow from I1€nCe, that thei‘€f0 f€; 1'16 .hath the war of
} life«f1‘0mthePeople,not fi*0n1%%God%..?VDoth” the flower *0 God (9
jconfi{’g_in doing, caujélejfe, or 2‘rrdtio'rzczIZAthirxwgs, t_h:1§not%I1ing
_ ‘wh'i%%Ch¢;%%iS B316: Cis7dmedemtely, AA 01* ofdirzateb{.,¢ %c‘:a":1'% be’ %ifx1agi11"d% to
£01116 {£01111 hin:£?%‘I {hall ”fi1pp%E§feTTth2:tiGod}’::ir72jE@'e hath perfiaféz
V.Vfi}alozézérz2o:z& r>m-the woiid g and yet tlziathe 0b1%mTicsV%rtI1cercz:[E‘,%,?»n d ‘cfifperzfirgg of"thatpo7a*7e}*,g,az1c§
hath not power‘ ofdoing any thing contrary to thofe mlesgof e-
A terxzc1Zja:fiz'ce,mvhich he Hath prefcribed to him {7c1f§Which to dogby %
all Wiiémen _Imtl1 been counted an aé} %ofif22;§e{.*il.it_y,11ot OFPQWEF.
- -And Co’11fi~:que11;t1;y,hmv11.:1tL11*a1l is it that he ‘fh_C)LI-1d.V“\th_US deter-
mine anr warmrzry
VA fromamjl Lct%w.]fF01'"ffi1reA the i‘an:1eGdd that gives the Magiflrafe
$11: grower ofZi__7‘e;-doth %con1mandl11n1 2.1fo~.n.ot% to throw zmray ;thaJt
pre.»-=
we ;»iI.c%lc12*.eflZ%, eévc;
p;«e‘tim1:setru£f’c caufelefly, n121kesehin1r’his ’Mz‘7zz:/lrer fdrew-rdtbitoeetbeyfi r
tiaazhdof: evil , andeo.:a:.re_ra1~%1w11% a remdrderfto them that doe‘:we£i%f,;;$;
ai1d?th‘0L1egh:Iheefl4b]e€f hlmnot toan'y,earth1y fizperiarg, but; re-1»
fem: him. to his own revere tribunal, yetifl’1efitb.jeé?5 h‘im:1:o reafm,,
and rules offufizce , and:( when he hath undertaken to govern
by th%at«StandaIfd Atoethe pofltz’-ve 9 municipal Lewes ofthat parti- A
wleareKiz1gdom: alio, zmci hath been as particular in p1*efZ:rib_ihg:e
Lkmresetogeethe Prince; to avoid Oppreffiorzee or am of :Hez'gbt , aAs}%etoA_,e
A Siébjeéfs to abfiain from refiflcmce. e
V g. 65. As for that proof % which ’Mr. Gkiadmitz.1%‘e.. «irzvefljture of
Autbori V; ‘‘ oreV1ik' a »C o'mmczrzd,% 1 yet*ae:t11‘ateee2%; ionelye &'H'A';Afi?Tmdt»iflg:v,
pyeceptg ethieeenatu re of ;VVhi'1Ch57.1_S 5 .; that it¥b?i;I‘1:c1s 1101; adjémper, aV2¢=y1d;;‘
fdconiequexxtly n1ay=Ibe fizfpended at e‘f.Ie', and not from
God.rAnd therefore in the cafe__which’M1'.Gaodrw'rz hath been con-==
fident to referee to Doétor Hqmmbrzd to Atbitrate, [ W7aetl;:er the
Kizzg bat}: any Regular orjufiy power‘ over the lives afimen _., atberzbeit
that which it proportiorrfd, .@“c. by the Laws of the State] I fuppofe
the Do&or'may agree with Mr. Goodwin , and yet never be en»
% f0rc‘°d,or concluded’ by that eonceffion, to quefiion the Origirzal
ofthe powerfram God‘, the difference being difcernible between
the Power itfelf,‘ and every particular exercije oftlaat power; and
the f ffvezzfiorz of the latter , tfarre from including the emzeztcttion,
or cazzclellirzg aftbe former, A M »
;§.. 67. The fame anfwer will clear Mr. Goodazvfrzs fitcceeding
Plea, peg. 26. That if the power oflfizzgs over the lives ofmerz, were
by immediate derieatiorz from Gad, then ymujitbis power be umforme,
efifc. in all Kirzgdoymes wbatfoever. ] This corzfequerzce is far from
all appearance of truth .3, Becaufe the power may be from
God, and yet that God that give: the power, may leave it; in the
Par.j£iC.L11ar €«7€€T€‘?'fi»5 Ofita to be ‘determined eithetf by the arbitra-
MQH3
z«/be .aam/Jr»; 6%‘;
"~3«§i: -
1 tion, and free will5 and prudence O'f"tl1€‘G0‘U€TI20m’”, where there
r ,tare- noflmves, or by the Regulatiarzof Lanes, where thereare
‘ fuch 5 The Dimezzfirm, or propartzozz ofpower over the lives oftbe Sub-
jeé‘z*5,1/vhich a Governour claims, confifis not in izzdivifibili, in any
. certain, or definite point, but is that which may enable him to
i difcharge his office of Ruler, z‘. e. to proteéi his people, andre-»
flrain their inordinacies. And as farre as Reaflm, and (Which
are fuppofed to be a branch ofthat) g2m*tz‘cula:rrLawes, (fnbordi-»
nate to Gods Word) feeit fit to extendthe exercife oftbat power,
fo far may that Ruler regularly extend it; And Whatfoever proa-
portion it be, that heis intrufied with by Goa’, °tis not reafonable
N that he fhould ir1*atioI1ally extend the exercife ofit; And this re»-
guldtiorz ofiizdefiizite power bylfllch prudent limits as thefe 8.
why the 7/rziverfirli law of Reafbzz and jufliee, or by the particular
conclnfions, which the wifdome of Lam-givers hath thought fit;
to deduce from thence)cannotjuPcly be qL1ar*1*ell’d,a$ a retrerzeb-»
A ..r-merzttaftpower, any more, then rtheeinfinite goodnefie ofGod
-~'Wl11Cl1 perrnlts him not to be able to “doe any thing which is
v contrary to that attribnte,is a mmzicli7ig,01* 1‘€Pcra1ning his Omrzi-»
J: _ gaotezze5;bL1t~"is onely a cultivating and drelling of it,apari7rzg offtbe
‘ excefles, and exorbitancers ofit, and leavingit a jormld channelly
inflcead of a vafl or wzbridlea’ Oceano r
= §. 68.And thus I fuppofe the nature offlrzgels or men,which
iwhave bounds of Virtue and Confcierzeqand Lewes prefcribed thern,
withinrwhich they are to move, and not to range unlirnited in
Q
the defert of their own unce1“taIn propofals, cannotthereby be
faid to have loft the liberty of their jf;,ecz'e.s‘, orto have received In
drawers from God in their rcreatiozz, .-though fome regulations ( it .
mull be acknowledged) they are under,and confequently,r!eter~
~rnz”2zcxtz'orz.r and firflaezzfiozzs for "the exercifie of tlseiqaowers. And what
inconveniencefthe aflirrning of this will bring upon the Doéior,
what hazard ofblcgfikemirzg 0;‘ Go d, e’9°c. I mull profefle my felffo
came, as not to fore-l-fee,or imagine, hovvfoever rMa{’c‘er Goodwizrr
,':.aZ1xe'rgi’;z ayamai; hath helpt him to thanfie. afl1ch.invifible More
27205, and Arzalgms in our paflage. yy
§. 69. Next, it is but czfi?rm"d, and not at all ‘made probable
by Mafier Goadwirz, that the Ajfirmizzg the Kirzgrpower wear the
lives inf tlaepeoyle to bee by _z'ma2edz'm‘e gerivatiozz firm Goa; ta
l - ,mz':2'e
32
A Vindicollloo of
_...._—u—.-———
fmite them with blindne e,@“‘c. and not to c?ifeover1'o t/sen: the Day: (gm;
]3erfl2ebcz( I fuppofe he meanes by this trope, the due bouzzflzzzzd
-. limits) of I/itch their power] l am forty M.Goor1roin lhould think it;
e fit that fuchpopular borarzg_ues lhould be adngitted to fupply the
‘ place ofredfomand {hallb1*iefly reply,Th:1t they that afilrrne the
power of the Sword to be from God derived to Mogiftrates, doe ate
the fame time clefine, and afjfirm, that tho fe MaI,gi_;7lm*tes are tore-+
main rcztiozzrzll creotzttes, and to continue under the Soeerozgntie
of Keaforz, and all the branches of that, as fhrre as their putt»
culars are concerned in it, Le. to be ruled by the vzziverfizli
Lorre: officflice and Equity, by the Civill Sanétions which tend
to the prelerving of Societies, and confequently by the Patti»
color Local], or muzzicipoll Lowe: of any Country, which are {.1 p.
pofed tohavre a peculiar propriety toward the preferving, and re»
gulating of that People,
§. 70. °Twill now be to little purpofe to prove that thefe
two affirmations are 1‘€CG11Cil€abl€3tl'l€ one deriving the power of
life to the Ruler from God, the other aek11owledging the regu«-
lotion ofthis power by thefe bounds 5 For there is no kind ofree
pugnancgor cont1*adi&ion,notl1ing but accord anc&an1'1.,ty be-»
tween them : The very Hand of God that conferres his power},
gives this very direfiiotz and Law for the exercife of it, that they
that rule other. men fhoulclthemfelves be guided by Ztegfozz in all t
their aétions : A And what that recz_/Ion is. in each pztrtzcular E”:-
tnergent, they are not alwayes,or onely, the }2«te?iC.écIIS o f _Mo fer?
“which. are fitto direét us_.,but the wifdorne fometimes of Porn}-
euhtz“ Lam, and'Law~mal:ez*5. And fo there is {mall danger either
ofenfioorirzg Kings; or diflurbizzg States ( as he feems willing to
fear) by this Doérrirzeg which though it define the Original! of
this power to be from Heaven, can yet allow the regeletiozz of
the power for the Eocercifla of it to be ofan inferio ur3.Humarze,Poli~»
ticel Origination.‘ e .
A A o§.l 7;. O11eArgu.ment more Mr. Goodmirz is pleafed to take
in to difgroeve thleimmediatel de.*~iwtiorz of this power of life from
God. Beeat1lfe_.,fai‘th he, that deritvatiorz which is immediate fiom
God, can by: no woyes be o,fif£ed,f, fmtfoexed, or promoted by any crem-
ture, or, .feeancl":72eazze.c:l but this derivation of that power lz'_:ie is at
leofifertbered by thee old? of flaefeogle in elefiing, on Ergo.l7fl1all
hoe
"Un._u..
the Addrefle, five,
not examine the force oi‘ his enfiting prohzttions, which have
firailtics enough in them, but {hail be content to fitppofe the
mofl he can wifh, or im2tg;iine,t2z'z,. That the people doe eleéi Orr
ehoofe their K’z'ng_; In this cafe, faith the Doétor, The people give not
the power of their lives to that King, hut by givirzg upjlgeir Libertiegy
the. to him, nominate him to that ofiice of flrpreom power, which,
%>:here_/oever it 21:, Godfuperirweflr with the power oflife. This is the
Doéfory {iating of the quefiion in his Addreflir, and thereby the
iiaparation is evident between the A6? of the People in Eleéiirzg the
“_ _. .__
e per f on of the Ruler, and the .467 ofGoo’ in conferring this power of
life. All that can be {aid of the former ofthefe is, that that Ad‘?
ofthe people is the means ofdetermirzizzg, the General] decree ofGoo!’
(that Rulers fhall (as his Deputies) have the power oflife) to this
parficrzlar perfon,not that it is an ct/fifient, or fociai caufe in con-
ve ing this power to the Px.u1er,- much lefie that it {hall under»
taiie to wrefi this power out of Gods hands, and aflilme itinto
their owrze ;, but, I fay, as (:1 coufiz fine quiz‘ norz,or a previous prepo--
rotion of the fubjefit, by their choife qualifying the perfon to be
thus irzoefled,and irnpower"d by God. And fo, though the peo-»
ple in this cafe are fuppofisd to do fotnvvhat, i.e.toEtlee‘r’,and that
eileéiion toe determine this power ofG'ocIs to this perfon, yet is
this power derived foleiy from God, as the Ao’a’re_/fe hath fufht.i-
ently expIain"d,and not from any A6? of the People: And there-
fore the wo1'd[Furtherirzg]i11 M.GoodmErz5 argurnen t,may be taken
(assert equivocal word) in a double fenfe,either to denote aéi’ -
oi/a/]ificz2zce,o1*contribution of force, or efiicac-y,toWard the pro-
duéiion of the eyfieft, viz. of the power oflife in the Euler: And‘ .
in that fence it is not true, that the Ad’? of the People in ,Ele€ii7zg,
doth further 'thz}.r power, it being the {ole A8: of Gad: decree to give
that power, and nothing elfe. Or elfethe wo1'd[Furthe1'ing]n1ay
be tflkéll to fignifie no more then preparitzg or qualifyizzg the Sub-
. jeét to 21 cztpaeitie Cfrt ceiving this power from God, (as fohn Bar-
1:‘ fi prepared mens hearts for the rec'e.z‘m'rzg of Chrzfl, when he
came, but had nothing to doe in the m2',7.?o2z of him, which was
the {ole work of God) and thus indeed, the Eleéiiorz ofthe people
nmy further the derivation of this power from God,to filth at par»-
ticniar 1‘l1i€1‘;3 nd there is nothing more ordinary then for Goo/5'"
r works to he thus fzrrtl.-e'ed by fecond caufes or means, even.
E2
33
Vmalicatiorz of
his work-ofGrace,wl1ich he owns molt peculiarly.‘ The re.{"em«=
blance made Life of in the Adclrefl7e,is very comntodious to clear
this whole matter. in the Gerzeratiorz ofa ehilde, theiParent.s_ are
acknowledgecl to contribute much, to be notonely furtherers, ,
but even efiiciermiii the produétion, Yetis it commonly agreed, t i
that God creates, infi1fc3,.tand infpircsthe Soul immediately. I i
need not exa;nti11e,vorvattefi the truth of the orclinztry opinion,
titat the foul comes fi*on1 Heatre7z,..not from the Parents ggbecaufe
it now ufe it as 21 refemblztnce onely,and that itmay be alloweci 5
to be, though it fhould not be true»; and thus farat leafl it will
be aTg1£m€IZfzIfii'.'e,tl1at the eleéiizzg; of the perfon ofthelitzler by the
p€0pl€,ClOti1 no more conclude that the pan"-eroflife is not fu per-~ A»
infufecl and derived _to;the 1{_nler.Cf'o choiTen)%fron1 Heaven, then it
the P.:«1rents begetting ofthe"chi1de is an argument, that the Soul T;
is not fltperinfiilld from God. Our Plooenomemzi may be all very
happily folved by this way offetting it; and G. exceptions s
fiiperfetltd, and the conclufion Cleared, which was the onely
one, which the Addrefle defircel to infer by this eonfideration,
M123. That wbatflaever werefizppafed ofrbe peoples elefiizzgttfaeir Ruler,
yet t}'ae..S 1: reampower rzeitber 13: nor can rbe in the comrnuzzity of the
people by fifTC€ meerly oft/oeir Owigirzal/, or mmzmll Liberty, upon this
hrm ground(noty.et fhal-{en by M.G.ox*Pbz'ledemiz1t)that the power
eflift’, which is part of the Supreczm Power,is not part of the flatu-
rall Lzbertie, nor confequen ti y either inherent in it the Commzmz'ty
ofmezz, nor by them coninntnieable to any Rep:-efezztative. &’7reg:>
t =i’J‘ez J‘2:£fa,e,Tl1e'ot1ely thing, which this Rejoynder (as the for»
mer difcourfejvvats defigned to demonf’crate n1ofi:i1‘refi*agab1y.
§- 72. And lmving proceeded thus fhrre to make return to
M. Goodwill; offers ofreafivz,I {hall not encleavour to make pay«
ment to his Seofi‘e5,ipag. 28. or vindicate Doftor Hcmzmond from
his clxargefof ovetweerzirzgrm/§,t”9ec.iTho'usigh, his not at all intelligi-=
ble to me,.hoWtl1olfe words in the .:§’da’re,j'e E For it is pojflale
J
fl~W I 7731')’ Plrfjwglizz ntiz-rt! ofrm evidezzt Truth, which perioapsyou have
1Zt0f:»_f,6il}_é‘7Z 7l0fi€l€ Offi] fl~ICJl1id=b€-Ciit-1Fg€ablC With*tl1is oinerzo-o¢iaa.,,v,,~<
or interpretable to tiny further {en fe, then onely this,Tha.t this
truthg°fo..evide-ntxin @'o€lor Hammotzds. opinion, ‘Was not by him
«i‘t“<>11VC~€1V€.€l ,t,O the’-.,,fufheie1i?tly, taken notice of, or laid to heart by
m.f.‘.*El1,_i:§)'tl:"iZS7'll0Z11 hethen,n12.de.his~:Add;-elfe,‘A And ,if;h;,t; Beam;
tvere,
‘ fuppofes it a Grammatifdll Om’: (33 Téxvtmis
2‘/fie £2, 63%‘.
(‘together with the refi of his perfwa1’i0n under the title ofibe
whole Legion oftbe Royall Faéiiorz as the firfl-Z2o_r2z oftbat e?2i!/ Ge-4
“".n .
—-‘.--_._..
J35
°WC1‘€iti1€‘1‘€in mifi2ike11,oi~ if ihebe iilfily ciiarged in his nextfpage V’
neratiorz of F latterezzgfor producing plains Afgiimems offiea--» ‘
{on and Scripture, to avert that which appearidrtoshini aheavy
Sinus, andjixeigenient, —from_ :1 Nation; I rnuii th-en betake my
felfe to my Prayers, that God will forgive me my more di»f'cerhi-4
bite finnes, (whenixmacencies andgood oflices to nnankind are
beconne fo culpable) and get out 0’: his company as foon as i
cam, who can fo readily fhifi: the difc0L11'fef1*0n1 ree_,/orzing; to
defami22g,i.iiax1d fuppiy?iwiih~reproac/ac; what VVRSTfi7&11I.i.i}gil1 Arc
gzzsments.
§. 73.; ” I am nowcome to amend of thisciebate concern ing 7
the Power oflifei, but cammt be fo pmdesut, or thrifty of my %
pains, as to difienible the Other exceptions,which(in this book)
MI Goodwirz hath made to fome otherqpartsi of the Addreflegi I 7'
{hail ive iou zisbriefansaccount ofthenuiaseiis Q‘ffii:sIe.
3 Y . A x, ‘\
§. 74. Thefi1'Pt,IS111Sd1fi1k€Ofthat Crztzclgamzota zorz,>as he
iiiies it", oftlae Ro_yaZi"Doc°¥or, takgtzg notice [tbets'tbe -Sirpream Power3.or ~ i
Ruler 2'4 fliledby the A;afile,Fx.on1.1 3. the Mirzifler of God, and not of
eke people] How this comes to be fiiled a. Criticl;>\;t7z»za'tczriorz,(which
i=.5‘?:4'yz1'z'z;c:i,' :gpr2'z;cfi,
are the parts rliviflve of :yg,ce;,qu.wr:‘m‘3) Where there is no ufe made
of Grammozr to deduce it, norindeecl of any thing but of the
Vi . fviol7~ ' i
chopul .
Gram. Git,"
plain words,‘ as they lie in the Text _) i:l1ave11Qt the skill, ‘or 121-» A
gacity to divine. A1s1‘:h.:;u; DWoc?cor Ha2;zn.2ozzd2i‘1ii1~n1es isithisi, that
the Szzpreczm potter, Rom. I 3 . :2 [filed by the H_Apaf2‘/Ze,A the Mz'2zi,’ierof
God, cmd not of 1/oe people. Aiid is not this rnemitefc to arm’ that
looks on Rc»n2.I 3.4. where he is twice fliicd oM.»2’;z.ov@ ®;;§3»’, “tie
Mi72iz:[i'er oféiokl, and is neiti1ei*ti1e1‘e, nor a.1:aym.:.ere {Lie iiiieci is
the Mirzzfier of iifhe PeopZe.‘"
§. 75. BlitgfaiiilMi.VG0D.’[’W§?l"I7Jz3‘7Z0sT§>(1}’i?l-"r‘if2{{I;E'5 'tkec're.a’z'tof
19:3: Coilflufiozz, that Kizzgs are the Servarzrs azza’ Mirzifiers of the Pese-
ple. The /1}”>ofl‘Ze5 were the M’z‘ez‘fie2*5 ofG*om’, azz.c!_yets1F:e3'pred’cb
themfislves‘ alfo the fer'vmzz‘s of Men, 2% Cscgr. 4, =5. and Mi2ziJ"ier.9
~z?be— Sczirm, Rom. 13'. 25",, 81C. To this I Ziliiai/R761‘, erh”:1t the
phi~af€J‘2:£no.p@~9.gg.Mirzigier o7‘Gs0d,s Egazifis ;:*.i[“v’Iz'rzz*’2‘erf afifGoa’s
eehc-ugix ie m
Qsrdizzatiozz, zimi lizfiiitzztioraz, mid
9 - 5 V
ay fis1‘11iiie11:ev"iia_t_
“J 1"‘ “xi:
.- _a“;1€§~
4 A Viizclicatiovz of
elfe, yet this is the onelyi notion wherein Doéior Hdmmonrf
takes it in his l4ddrej]e,according to Rom.1 3. of which he fpeaks,
where t:Igeporzt2Iersfizre_;’c1z'dlto be 9,-dairzed by %d, and to i)€bl1lS1?9‘df-E;
mince. ow e t at is t ms a Mini er 0 ad, cannot e a o o
the People, becaufe thefe two Ordfinatibns being incompatible,
he that holds by one,mnl’t needs difclairn holding by the other.
Another notion there may be of the ph rafe,as it fignifies perfor-v
mirzg afjervice tafGod5 anfd fo inclsleed the fame .AP§'}§flIi'q that goes
God, ma be a ‘ervarzto Men at (0; and to that, a . oowiizs
probatiolhs are direétedz and though 8. Paul: J‘:cucozze‘I'v «£3/tote,
his carryirzg ofalmes, and cozztrilmtiozzs to the poore Saizzts, be no very
properinfiance to this pnrpofe; yet thus °tis acknowledged,
that S. Paul may be a fervent of Men, and perform Ofhces of Hu-
mility to them, (though by the way this Ser'vmztoftheirs be- a by
haves himfelffometimes very like a Mafler, and comes with a
find when he fees it convenient.) a VW
§. 76. But this is nothing to the putpofe to infer the King to
be a‘za:'my©- 031/r3'§tel'77'w.1I, a Mizzifler oftbe People in the former no-=
t:ion,z'.e. a Minifter of the peoples Irzflitutiorzg and therefore all that
Mafier Goodwizz addes of the Reafons Why the Ruler, Rom. I 3 .
is not called the Mizzifler aftbepeople, is very extrin fecall to that
purpofe. The utmofi that he can enforce from that place is,
that the King attend: on the pzrblique good. But fure that will availe
as little to prove that he is not a Mirzifler-ofGods irzflitutizzg, or
one that hath the power from him, as the Shepheatds Waiting
over the Flock, is a proof that he is orclained, or irzflimted by
his Sheep. .
§- 77. The next undertaking 0PM. Goodwin againfi Dofitoe
Hammond, is to prove that the Civil]! Megiflrczte is by Saint Peter‘
call"d oivegwvrfyn x7ior;¢; which he renders the Otdirzcmce or CT€’(l—~
ture of Man, becauje they receive their very being tom the people M
Kings, and as Magijirates. Dofior Hammond mth, l conceive,
fiifhcientlyvindicated that Text ofS.Peter from this interpre- ,
tation, and ’twere eafie to fhew that the ihrafe eye wvrlx/n filo-1;
9 F E’
‘ muff by all Analogy be rendred Hz-zmcme c'recm:r‘e 5’ not Ordimzrzce,
or creature ofMazz 3 by laumazze crea'tm'e, meaning any part of
mankind; by creature of man, a thing of nsans c_teating. The
phrafe to exprefle the latter ofthefe would be. :c75cr,u“x aéyogréam,
taking
t/76‘ Addrefieg zfivc,
taking Creatz.n‘e fo1:produé7~z'on, orwoprli, and Mam for the czrtificer,
or wotipzazz of it ; what is {aid in the Addrefle, is fufficient to ch’...
rec‘): any fober nian to a right underfianding o f that place. And
M. Goodwzrzs exceptions are very far from perfwading the con...
tpgtpy, As 1. [Thu {he King is there called Supream, not in refiefl of ‘ i
the commmzity oftbepeople, 45, fititil he, the Doéfor fizppofetb, bum:
compar"d with jiibordirzate Rulersj But this is of no force againfi
the Dofzor in that place, where all that he inferres from their
tit1e'oF_{i4pream,is,that they are the very perfons that are enfiiled
the Ordizzarzce ofGod,Ro.13.8c that is the figzzal eF:vczmc°i‘er which he
emétions in that texgwithout taking notice ofany other afpea;
of the word Supream, or drawing any nice conclufion from it.
§. 78. His iecondexception is againfi the concludence ofa
Negative Argumerzt. Which I acknowledge an exception fo far as
to keep that Argument from being demonihrative, in cafe all
the force of it were fetcht fi~om the Z\Tegative;BL1t that Argument
from the Negative ( or fironi the govemour: not being {aid to be _
fem? by the people) is but pneluflavy and preparative to another
more forcible branch of the /frgumevzt, viz. that( on the contra-I
tie) Supremacy is aflixt to the King, and Subjeéiioirz for the Lora’;
_fal;e,con1n1a11ded to be paid him, (as migionfrom him is afiirtned
of all other Magifirates) And both thofeput together, the Kizzgs
I2ez'7zgFup1‘ed7n, (i.e. inferior to none but God) and Szabjefiiorz be-
ingaffirined to be due to him for the Lordsfdlzg, (i. e. becaufe of
thereiation which he fiaztds -in to God, by Whom he is {aid to
be ordained,Rotm. 13. ) rnaywell enough pafie for £1 cbaraéier of“
fome remark upon the King, and keep the pretended rendring
-of eivfigcovrivn x7ia:g,h*on1 being the necefletry importance of that
Text,o r the Supream power from being concluded to be origiu
mzl/y in the people.
§. 79. As for the [groazzirzg of the ereatfarzor creature] Ram. 84.
“Which Doéio r H ammorzd renders [the hope of the Hezztbezz Iforld]
'tis not a11M.G0odwz'm Uxlctpcaxica that will render it an impro-
tbatbie interpretation. That the Heatherzworld (though without
"I:»ope,i.e.in a defperate condition in refpefic offaivation, as long
as they remained in their iciolzztries) were yet to capable iofre-V
eceiving benefit of Cbrifls cominginto the world, that Cbri ‘ie
ealled Defiderimzz omrzium Gentium; the defire ofali Nations, in
' - Haggai?
37
A Vimiicetieie of '
_. ,......_, _.;:,.,.,t.._..« .....-..._.,,.......—_, V
_,.,.,.m-‘-rq-Jr.-‘"1-r:1a:.'.mv-.—..-.~¢::*_-r“-".“.—x —~ ~ ""
Haggdggmd .;,,e,gJ\Mia«, téspm, the expeéiatiorz of the Gezztiles, in the
SeE,i‘“[tl:Flgll]ES—1‘€l1d1‘ll‘:ag ofjlacobs Proplteciegthat they feeing'th‘eir
own impure Conditigpfl delired the mesgns ofrefl0rzT7zgtthei1'lofi: '
M m‘e;1ll1rC’3.'.‘lI1Cl confeqnently are {and to defire Cbrifi, Witllout-CX-7
plicit foreknowing any thing othtrn,(hecaL1fe that whtch they M
defired was no otherwife conupalfible, but by him) is no nicety
of the Do8cors invention, but largely infiflecl on by S.iiAu;,{uflz'rze
in his“Bo_okes De Cz‘v.Dei 5 and this one Confideration is fieply
litflicietacwto rall;.the__ineomteniences 'WhichfiMr.. Goodmirz hath
fprung in tl1:lS'lI1E€l‘p1‘CtatiOn..
go go. As for the other difficulties which to him feem to
,3prell'e and refill the interpreting of the following W0 rds to this
’ tenle, they are notgfo folermlly me.ntioned.hy Mr. Gorodwizz as to
own my ifl1p€1‘tl!1EnC€;_.,if ll fhonldr enla;re;e;o11 themgthoughl can
T - alfurelhim that Do€’co'rH;zmmondlmt11liongfince confidered the
i whole Context, and is ready to give an account of-‘the agree-»
ablenelle of it to his prefent notion, whenfoever it {hell he feta-«o
ionable. Onely in favour to the Reader",he:cloth not Lntnecellitm
Aft rily obtrude iton him at this time,n1eaning; to expeflz a. fairer
‘_,.opportunit1e for tha.t, and other the hke diflertations.
§ . 8 IBM: Mgfiext Goodwirz upon the granting of this notion
of«;réE’m 9f"']lo'TI,5-°, for theheathen world, hath falne upon a fpeciall.
4;/rw1o‘91$" am», that howeverytlt “zgrzi es the world zmder the can zde-=
_ T 3/ ..
mrion of being the Creature or creatiorz of God’. “And then he won-=
ders Vi7l1y_e5Vr3'gco;riy;g ;(}fq:glhot1ld nothgnifie the Magiflrete he he
the crecztzbrz of Mam, and how by this z”rzterpretcztz'ozztrbrzt c‘_o7zC1uflm of
the Kirzgr being the creczmre of the people, 23:" crvoyded. To this Ian...
fWe1‘punc9tt1alIy,tl1at M.Goodwz”nbeing the afhrmer of this do-
Aftrine, [iI7mt the Kirzg is the creature oftbepeoplej and his proofof
it being thofe words of S.Peter, Wh ere olI§edz‘erzce~“»is eommandeT&-
_to be paid 7r§L’o'§’ ¢Zy»3~gmrfu2x,;{}feee, as‘ itise byhim rendred, to every
rrecztiozz, or ordirzazzce, or crecztzzre ofmzm, It is certainly fnflicient
for Doétor Hammond (to chi prove this conchihon f0lI1f€1‘I‘€’-'&
front that place of S.Peter ) 1f he {hall be able to -mention ano-
n. ther probable interpretation of thofe words, from whence
1 that Corzcluflqrz will notshein ferredg efpecially if by other places
of Scripture he makeit ntzmifefl, that that interpretation is
.,t*noll agreeable tothe armlo,giefo_fthat and other Sc1‘iptMre5. N one
the Aalolreyfig
this hath D. I-Icimmond done thy lhewing that «:2-Aim apsgmfma
3.750-ts is a phrafe which needs not fignifie anymore then every
. man, or Iaztmarze creature, not onely Clarifiicm, but Gentile, or Hea-
then alfo. Which if it he the entire notation of the phrafe(as at
this time M. Goodwin is content to grant )’then fare is there no
ground for him from thence to conclude,that the King is aizn3'g=a9-'-
erivn. ;c7io'zg-.lt1 that other fo diftant fenfeg cm iordirmrzce or creature of
tiaepeople. As long as M. G. conclufion depends upon that one
onely notion of the phrafe, fo long, unlefle that be acknow-no
ledgeci the genuine fenfe of it, (as certainly ’tisnot,When an 0-»
ther fo difilantt from that, r is fuppofed poflible to be it ) there is
no fiability to be expeéted‘ to that conclufion, whofe premilles
are thus forfeited by hisown C072C€‘_[fi0?l. ‘
§. 82. As for the Doéiors Anfwer to the fitppofed Obje€’tion,«
(where by the parallel Command ofborzouriizg all, ver. 17. he infers"
the limitation of the St1bje..17. cannot fnre fo properly be fetcht from
Rom. 1 2. 1 o. asit may from the circnnifiancesof the Text and?
verfes on each fide of it in the place of S.Peter.In the former ver- ‘
fes, I 3 , and I4... the words clearly refer to the ClO3.‘i1’l’11CiOf olvedi-4 t
ence to Superiomxgalzd fo vet. 15.the mention ofGods I727! [that by
well-daizzg, we flyouldput iefilerzcetbe igzzorarzce oftfoolzlfb men] (age ‘
that by obeying of our S'upetiam*5 we ihould take ofl"the§Sca11dal '
that lay on Chrz'flrz’a7ziiy5as if it made men illS’z4bjeEz‘s, ‘ZJET. 1 6.)doth
plenarily belong alfo to the fame matter. So again,bo7zosm*izzg t/oer"
Kirzg in the end ofthe 1 7.ve'r. aiidfervarzts obeying their Majiers, vet.
I 8. are very forward to concurre with this notion 3 And the
precept Oflovirzg-the Zarotberlaood, i.‘ e. their fellow-Cbrifiiarzr‘, and of
feczrmg God,(t'ron1 wl1ichfear the bozzaur divolves upon [his Vice- t
gerent) will no way prejudice this notion of the laarzourr there A
{poken oi; that it beloxigs onely to the debt Of z'nfe1'imd1‘S to [W A
PET£'0m“55:3’n(l{O tl1£tt.~tl1€l:A'/'/]RL‘C Onely t§.Of€ all that are thus Cgf ‘
pahle ofit.
39
A Vindication of
<5. 83. As for the borzozttittg of Wz'c1owe.c (by Mafier G0q0r;h’;7;zf_‘ ‘"d
men tion"d from Saint Pcmltot‘1'z'motb_y) that fi11‘E»"’iS not appIia-
ble to this matter, fin ce the /aaizour th ere, is the releetflrzg, or feed; a ‘
ring of them, giving them that bazzout 0ff1«£P[?l_}’; which is acknow-
lee
importance ofit.
§. 84.. As little reafbn hath NL Goodwin tti conclude that the
precept ofbeizzg Subjefi? ozzeto another, I Petug. 3. Ihould not he a.
precept of olzediencetto Supetiors, when the Words immedtiate1y=
precedent are, Libgwife'}'e)'oungerfitbmit your fislves to the Elders;
and thofe Elders‘, tie}:/'2. the vrotg/..asf;zay’ie.; 8.: o”§'zto'no7r§”v7e;, the Pctfiors
and Bifbops oftbe Church. ’Tis poihble indeed that the [ one (mou-
tber] may be, Otberstbefide ’Superz'or:,' butfure "tis not fo pto~
hably ('0, when that which imrnediately precedes, is Submii
to Elders, to which the fitbjefiiozt here added, is not a phtafe
ofdimimztiozz, but of additiorz rather,and when God: refiflirzg the‘
proud, that immediatelyfollowes, is, faith Saint Aiig“/hitae, ( as
in the Poet, debellare firperbos) the direét Cont1‘a1‘y to Subjeéfzlr
pczrcere, the giving pardozz, or grace to the obedient Sztbjeéfrs. And
thus Iconceive the parallel Words of Saint Pcml,Epb.2.2. I . Sub»
hmittillgyourfelwes one to cmotber] are mofi: probably to he inter~
preted to thofe among you who arein any relation oFfi4perz‘ori--
ty,for fo 1t followes i111mediate1y_.,t2er.2 2 .Wz't:e5]ubxnit }'0Wf€t"v85 f0
30W 03% Hmbmzds, 8cc. W hereas, when he retumes to the Hu[-- ‘
hands dutie toward the I/}7z'fe,it is ttotfitbmijforz but love only». 21.25
Other places I might eafily mention, Where the word Cciamimsg)
may”-very Well fignifie no more then atbers. So the ééoptoapyefiée
e3M5Aa:g 73 a'ag;t7r’Ic5;,e.am, corzfefl“e}'our faults one to artozberjam. 3.
I 6. cannot farther be extended then to a direifion C0 th?-‘fitiie
to make cfozfijyiazz ofhis t /izztzesg whether h to _%otbe1*5 fi:'71pl,>'-, orto
thofe 02‘/:7E'7’.$‘ Whoml1e11atI1irz]m*”d, but Db1i§.§-.‘t1'1 not them that
are in /aeazlt/2 to corzfefle their flizs reciprocal! )1 or back again to the
Iichgand ft) in the next Words [arzdprzgfi Wee aizwiaaw, for one czzzau
afberj that is, that the brethren in health ihotdtl p2'a§‘= flat them am:
.arefic1Qand not reciprocaé/)1 that the _/z'clz~{h.)u1d pray £3 Ijthfi 11 ill
health, the end of the prayer there mentioned being ‘Me. 3a9?i*2-=.=,
2‘IJ6IT__}’€?I1{I_}l5C bealedgwhich end, and clot}: doth, I conceive, con.-
fine
ged to be another notion of the Word, not that which “in h A
the t1fthComma2zcIemerzt,and thofe other places, IS the prin<.ipa1l- A
/1502:
;_
the y_Ao[dr)efj'e, 6?. ll
fine the difcourfe to the fictg firfi to c07z_fefle, and to the healthie
after to pray for the fich, and no more. And foe emit:/at sit aEANi—-
M4’) 1 Pet. 4. 9. notes ho fi>z'taIz'z‘y to the flrcmger.r- that Wanted, and a
not mutual/' , reciprocal] erztertairzmerzts one of the other : For
thot1gl1 it is poflible that it might note the inhabitants civilitie
to the traveller firfi, and then that travellers repayment 0 F the like,
when he comes to be a fixt Irzhczhimzzt, yet the Word Eéuot, fleeti-
,ger.s_.,i beingordinarily taken as a ffaecies of men in want (as bee-
fides forne places of Scripture, I remember in jufi. Mart. jecoizd
# flpoleg. {peaking of the o;j‘5ette+9g he faith that by that meanes the
Pnefeai became the guardicmof flrarzger.r,eh~c. and ofall that were pint
wmzt) I conceive Maggie: is no more then hjrzde to that fort of
[more flrangers, and that without any expeétation of being enter-=
tairfd b them again, for that the /Ilmes-giver lhonld expeét that
return i>II1'OI1‘1 the poore or ftmnger, is both mzreafimahle and urzchriu
fiizmalfo. So Id/J@ I2. I. :(gt.7'c!m'ab’1‘e7V oZ‘2w’rAu»; cannot be taken
reciprocally, that they which trod‘ on others were alfo trod up-»
on by them, but that one trod upon another, agreeable to our pre-
fent fenfe: So A617. 26. lie 75 ei.J‘me7'1'e aiaaziaesls not that the
perfon z'zy'ur"d was irzjarious alfo, but onely that one z‘njur”d the
other. And yet more plainly, Rom. 2. 15. their thoughts excufing
or accuflng, Mgr:-aifu aiaafiacap, where it cannot beirnagined that the
though ts 772H2‘2-.'a'l[)’ or reciprocally accufe or exeufe_., the aecufiztiazt
belonging to the cozzfiieizce, which dccufeth the erronious Will,but
not in like mannerto the will, that that Aihonld accuje the Cazz-
‘ fcieflce. Thefe places are added ex ahundarztig Thatof Ephefl 5..
will be able alone to ferve the meme, ifthefe others ihould not ll
be tliotiglit to be Zlemorzflmtive. I have thus briefly reply”d to
thefe other exceptions of M. Goodwirz as fame as concernes that
Place in Saint Peter, and I fuppofe have vindicated it from be--
»ing the foundation of M. Goodw-iris beloved dogma (which I Ihall
eiefirehirn to thew to be the aflirrnation of any one ancient Fa-
ther or.Commentator on that place,or of any one place ofScri-
ptnre befides_.,Which might help to countenance it) that Kirzgs
are the creczwres ofthe peeple.
i §. 85 . There are yet {orne old reckoninszs which M.Good1=e2rz
is Willing to make even with the Doéior, and I mnfi beg a very
little patience from the Reader to obferve what account he hath
given of them. i F 2 He
4’? p
M A Vindication of
§, 35. He begins‘-With fair words ofDo€’tor_Hammo2zd, anti
acknowledgements, that bcwirzg fieqneiztly beard ofbim, Iaevzzever
tI;eardvazz.ytIai7zg mt well and worthy of :1 mm, his jztdgemerzt irzriae
grand State-quefliorz of the tttémes o2ze<,Zy»ea»:eepted.That the dif charge of
his Confcience in obedience to the fitth Commmzdement fhould be
thus made an exception againfc the D0802", hehath fmfe learnt
M3 Eeuiflgag neither to ti1i1'li{Cfl'T(I?lg€, not take iiiflt M. G. hands,
remembring that former ofthe':CIarifl-iczrzs which were antiently in
the World, in the abfence of other vifible crimes, were thought;
worthy ofall reproaches for their common profeflion, or being“
»Cbriflz°mzs. One thing oneiy I fhaii fitppofe, I have the D0307‘:
leave to aflhre M. G. that it was no fpeciaizZefi2~e to engage M. G.
which caufed~the particulztr-mentions, and refutations offome
pafléges in his bookes,tbut onely the opinionp which ltetlmdgthat
they might probably prove matter of feduéiiorz to the Reader
(andthat feduétion ofa Ci‘.11]g€1‘O!.1S confequence)itfl1ch 11eceflh-
.1“iC antidotestwere not provided to crvert, or prevent the dmzget.
‘D.Hapmmo7zd,?Ifi1ppofe, isnnot over-fond offuch difputes, orde-
bates as thefe, and is never more in confhaixtt, then when he
lifshunder fitcltietagagemettts.
e§ - 87. Some paflétges in M.G.Bzttc'I2ers Zrle/jfrzg, were a firii great
temptation tohim, which though 1'efifiedtby the love of quiet,
prepared him to receive more violent imprefiions fiiom. fome
e~en1a1~ktab1eSte&ions in the Anticavelierifme, And at left the fire
kindled, and his pen gave teftimonie of it.
§- 88. The pat‘tic't1ia1's he then took notice ofin M.G.Were
1. His dexterities in evacuating the force of Tertzd/iazzs tefiimo-
nies con cerning the patierzce, and non-refifiumce ofthe Primitive
Cbriffiarzs, and thefe are at large refitted in the traét of Refiflirzg,
355- Page 10. to page 2o. Secondly, his fhrtmge afifirmatiott of
-Gods bidirzg fiom the fir]? Clorifiiazzs this lil:-ertie af refifiirzg Superz‘-— 1
«ours, at part of In’; cémzfell to brirzg AIltit‘b7‘ifl into tine '1v0tZc!, and i:~z3~
mcuzifefiirzg it. toumzow, 41»: (1 meme: ofcafiirzg Arzticbrzfi out. The
letter ofthefetWo,D.H.conceived as iirange, and as da1n§3;et*otts
a tDo€trine', as he ever met with, and therefore exarnined it to
the bottcme. Re/z'ft.vpage 21%. to 28. Thefe two main nmttets of
V difference D. Hczmmorzd acknowledges to have mzutaged ztgztinft
MG. but I conceive W.vith0.t'tt any thing of afizewtitie 3 C»1“fDCC€’_)TE‘ to
any
i
use _mz7~e/jg», m.
smyykind, which flaould look likeyafiarticzilar defirehyafezzgagirzg
M yM...=G. And M. G. hfuh thought HE for many yea1“esvt05letth€'fe
y1‘eck011in§>_;ys fleep wxtlmut evex‘ giving the1eaf’c reply to either of
them. And now that [ofG0d5y loidizzg oftxmti/a.:fi~om tine Azzciezzt Clari-a
flimzs, and t11cl:e4f>i2zg /Izztic/9rz'ff M 1.72‘: tfarwze] hath not the for»
ywnetobe taken rnotice ofatyyayll. And fbr the other of 'Tertz:llz'mzy
. though that be new n1e21fltion’ed, yet is it a little fhramge that no
V weothcrretum would bemade to all the Doffoz-5 aizfwers, fave 0116-»
ly the tranfsrihing of two or three pages from M. Rmterford,
and M. P23*zz,as fmn1a paire of Rqyalifl-5, in their two trafcs of
.Lex Remamd Sovemzgjze pawerofParIz’amezzz‘5_,which fizrehe could
,i10t br.1ir:ve Wiflbc oi’ any Authority with the Doéfiar, though
he; is {O plyeafinat .as«ton:m1tiox1 t11efi'ierzdZi2yzefl'e of tfaeirfidgememfsy
mzd H08 Dofmfs in c'azj% oj7;rbe Alczfe .Kirzg: Befides this i1*a:2[créptia7z_.}
there is but one pafiagc in their: diflE:1‘fatio11s oftlze Dofiors, to
which he thinkes fit to make reply; and that is a Gmmmatical!
ur3'q>oz€AgAc6,t81k€I1 notice ofvrocgégg/w: by the Dewar, viz. M. Goadwims
attributing to Mozzmzziflg that he ca11°d hiz12iE;~Iftl1c I301)’ Glaofz‘.
This Dfiammorzd did conceive to be hiipfflhy W1-men by M. Gm!»
"zmirz, and 11 oz agreeably to the rules of the Gramms3r,1mlcffé as in
Srne5?}*m?zm', Areopagi are fat fo1‘theAz‘eopagz‘ies, £2) 6 c*o2zt:'a, Mozz-
m:zz'fl'we1.‘e fit by M. ‘Ge/501‘ Mozztmzm. In this cafimi incidenmi
dlarge M. G. thinkes hhinfielf very nearly conccrfid, more it
f€€‘II1S,.th€11 in giving RCCOHNC e3ithe1* of his Cez2_,/we ofTem4IYz'a7z.€
teffmzazzy afthe Cbvifiiazzs pzziiei~zCe, or of ‘ Gods kidiizg of T2'utiM_.,,
and a_yiflz’2:2g .4ntici:rz:/}. For to juflifie jchc Gmnzmatz‘ca*Zzzej]Z? of
theft W0rds,h [Mo2zra'«zzz'_;’z’" who ccz:§’£*d:’ai772_{'é.lJh-‘e the hazy Givofl ] a’grcat.
dc;~.:1H 0fpai1‘1cs is t-.ake11:, md 3 whole pages fpem: on that affiin
‘T15 not poihhlc I fllould tllimkc fit to éxercife my Rcadcflzay
cantinuixyug {Md} 9.. Debate as this a11y'1ong€v, but {hall thinkeit
abundantly filfhcicsxt to afiE.ax~c M. G. that the Englim renmizzes
fill} un§ufiificd_., upon this ground, that the Word. Morztarzifi is
:10;i=ofiG;j,7?zre , 2m<:Ii{*11<: {fill11aveim:1imtion5 to difpute§.t,Iiha1‘l
pm}~:of: hfim this pax‘a1.‘m}.: M. Gaozlwizz is cx CI:.»*rz'fiicr7z, wba died
hfn" ffse feimzes af ':«::>o1‘Zd;, ::m.c‘i;asE~;e}1in1J VV‘;;ethe:* it be Grczm-—
mai;z‘mli7ca1fi=: to have ihici this. As for the dseszp 1‘ec1*in3inati0n
aga;i:1i% D.}f:I. i§7 |