The unlawfulness of stretching forth the hand to resist or murder princes with the principal cases about resistance, considered, in two sermons : the first preacht upon the last thirtieth of January, the other, upon the day of thanksgiving, for the deliverance of the King and kingdom from the late treasonable conspiracy / by William Payne ...
'Tis that which is the main Strength, the true Foundation of Government, which supports the Princes Throne, and Guards it like an Angel from the Sons of Violence;
It's that which is the main Strength, the true Foundation of Government, which supports the Princes Throne, and Guards it like an Angel from the Sons of Violence;
Him was God pleased to make as great an Example of Loyalty to his Prince, and of Duty and Obedience to his Sovereign; and that purely from the same Principles of Religion and Conscience that made him so to God.
Him was God pleased to make as great an Exampl of Loyalty to his Prince, and of Duty and obedience to his Sovereign; and that purely from the same Principles of Religion and Conscience that made him so to God.
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Who would have taken away that Right which God had expresly given him; and deprived him of the Succession to the Crown, which Heaven had entituled him to.
Who would have taken away that Right which God had expressly given him; and deprived him of the Succession to the Crown, which Heaven had entitled him to.
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How much less than all this would have served some Men to fly out into open Resistance and Rebellion against their Governours? Yet he that was appointed by God's immediate Command, to be the next Heir of the Kingdom,
How much less than all this would have served Some Men to fly out into open Resistance and Rebellion against their Governors? Yet he that was appointed by God's immediate Command, to be the next Heir of the Kingdom,
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Nay, he that was the General of Israel, and a great Officer under Saul; and to such Magistrates more inferiour than David was in Israel, some People are for giving a Power to restrain and resist the Superiour Magistrate;
Nay, he that was the General of Israel, and a great Officer under Saul; and to such Magistrates more inferior than David was in Israel, Some People Are for giving a Power to restrain and resist the Superior Magistrate;
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yet he under these Circumstances, which if any, would make it lawful and justifiable to have done otherwise, he then only fled away, and made no manner of Resistance to Saul, who was his Prince, tho' he was likewise his unjust Persecutor: And to shew that he did this out of Conscience and Religion, and not for want of Power, or Ability to do otherwise (which is the only Reason that some men have against resisting ) God was pleased to put Saul into his Hands at the Cave in Engedi; and to give him an Opportunity to have done what he would with him;
yet he under these circumstances, which if any, would make it lawful and justifiable to have done otherwise, he then only fled away, and made no manner of Resistance to Saul, who was his Prince, though he was likewise his unjust Persecutor: And to show that he did this out of Conscience and Religion, and not for want of Power, or Ability to do otherwise (which is the only Reason that Some men have against resisting) God was pleased to put Saul into his Hands At the Cave in Engedi; and to give him an Opportunity to have done what he would with him;
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and the men that were then with him, would have persuaded him, That this was a Providence of God that shewed he would have the thing done, 1 Sam. 24.4.
and the men that were then with him, would have persuaded him, That this was a Providence of God that showed he would have the thing done, 1 Sam. 24.4.
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How would a much less Providence have been thought enough to make this lawful, and a sufficient Indication of the Will of God to some men who had no such promise at all as that was? but David was a better Interpreter, both of God's promise, and of his providence too;
How would a much less Providence have been Thought enough to make this lawful, and a sufficient Indication of the Will of God to Some men who had no such promise At all as that was? but David was a better Interpreter, both of God's promise, and of his providence too;
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and for that his Heart smote him afterwards at the 5th. verse. It were well if some Mens Hearts would smite them, who have cut off not the Hem of their Sovereign's Garment, but his Royal Head from his Body;
and for that his Heart smote him afterwards At the 5th. verse. It were well if Some Men's Hearts would smite them, who have Cut off not the Hem of their Sovereign's Garment, but his Royal Head from his Body;
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There David in the Night comes with Abishai into the Camp of Saul, and finds the Souldiers so careless and sleeping, that he got into the very Trench where Saul lay sleeping, with his spear by him, stuck at his Bolster in the ground,
There David in the Night comes with Abishai into the Camp of Saul, and finds the Soldiers so careless and sleeping, that he god into the very Trench where Saul lay sleeping, with his spear by him, stuck At his Bolster in the ground,
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords anointed and be guiltless? This Example of David is very full,
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his hand against the lords anointed and be guiltless? This Exampl of David is very full,
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and comes up to the greatest Cases, and allows of no Exceptions that can well be thought of to this his general Principle; and from that I shall offer to you these two things. 1. The great Unlawfulness of resisting,
and comes up to the greatest Cases, and allows of no Exceptions that can well be Thought of to this his general Principle; and from that I shall offer to you these two things. 1. The great Unlawfulness of resisting,
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1. From the Practice and Example of the wisest and best Men, who under the most hard and unjust Ʋsages, the most cruel Sufferings from their Governors;
1. From the Practice and Exampl of the Wisest and best Men, who under the most hard and unjust Ʋsages, the most cruel Sufferings from their Governors;
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I have prevented my self in the Instance of David, which is so considerable as may serve for a full Example of this under the Old Testament; tho' I might here mention the Behaviour of the Jews, under the Bondage and Cruelty of Pharaoh, who when he opprest them unmercifully,
I have prevented my self in the Instance of David, which is so considerable as may serve for a full Exampl of this under the Old Testament; though I might Here mention the Behaviour of the jews, under the Bondage and Cruelty of Pharaoh, who when he oppressed them unmercifully,
and stiff necked, and Rebellious Jews; and that is the Example of Christ and his Apostles, and the Primitive Christians; which as they are Patterns to us of all those Vertues that they taught and commanded;
and stiff necked, and Rebellious jews; and that is the Exampl of christ and his Apostles, and the Primitive Christians; which as they Are Patterns to us of all those Virtues that they taught and commanded;
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and this is more remarkable in them, because they happened to live under such Governours as were the most notorious for all manner of Wickedness, and especially for Cruelty and Injustice; and that most particularly to them, as well as others;
and this is more remarkable in them, Because they happened to live under such Governors as were the most notorious for all manner of Wickedness, and especially for Cruelty and Injustice; and that most particularly to them, as well as Others;
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but had occasion to shew his Dislike of all such Designs, and of all manner of resisting, or making use of the Sword against the Authority of our Governours, in that famous Case of St. Peter, Matt. 26.51, 52. who,
but had occasion to show his Dislike of all such Designs, and of all manner of resisting, or making use of the Sword against the authority of our Governors, in that famous Case of Saint Peter, Matt. 26.51, 52. who,
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and so far was St. Paul from resisting, that he repented of an hasty and inconsiderate Word, that he spake against the High Priest, who was judging him against the Law, Acts 23.5.
and so Far was Saint Paul from resisting, that he repented of an hasty and inconsiderate Word, that he spoke against the High Priest, who was judging him against the Law, Acts 23.5.
yet Nunquam Albiniani, vel Niquiam, vel Cassiani inveniri potuerunt Christiani, No Christians were ever of the Number of any of the Movers of Treason or Sedition, of what Party soever: They endured unheard of Cruelties from their Governours;
yet Never Albiniani, vel Niquiam, vel Cassiani inveniri potuerunt Christians, No Christians were ever of the Number of any of the Movers of Treason or Sedition, of what Party soever: They endured unheard of Cruelties from their Governors;
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and this often, as they complained in their Apologies, against Law too, such as would have stirr'd up those who had power to defend themselves, had they not learn'd such Principles from their Religion as forbad it;
and this often, as they complained in their Apologies, against Law too, such as would have stirred up those who had power to defend themselves, had they not learned such Principles from their Religion as forbade it;
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as made seven thousand Souldiers, who were Christians in Maximianus his Army, to suffer themselves to be all slain and murdered for the sake of their Religion,
as made seven thousand Soldiers, who were Christians in Maximianus his Army, to suffer themselves to be all slave and murdered for the sake of their Religion,
and that this NONLATINALPHABET is not only a temporal, but a Divine and Eternal Judgment, is plain from the fifth Verse, Wherefore ye must neeeds be subject, not only for Wrath, but even for Conscience sake:
and that this is not only a temporal, but a Divine and Eternal Judgement, is plain from the fifth Verse, Wherefore you must needs be Subject, not only for Wrath, but even for Conscience sake:
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The very Temper and Spirit of Christianity is against Resisting; it commands Meekness and Quietness, Peaceableness and Gentleness, the bearing of Injuries patiently from private persons, much more from our Governours;
The very Temper and Spirit of Christianity is against Resisting; it commands Meekness and Quietness, Peaceableness and Gentleness, the bearing of Injuries patiently from private Persons, much more from our Governors;
And it is very strange therefore that Religion should ever put men upon that which it so expresly forbids, that men should think it lawful to resist their Governours, upon the Account of that which plainly disallows any such thing.
And it is very strange Therefore that Religion should ever put men upon that which it so expressly forbids, that men should think it lawful to resist their Governors, upon the Account of that which plainly disallows any such thing.
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3. I might add in the third place, that Resistance is most contrary to the Constitution of our own Government, to the Fundamental Establishments of it;
3. I might add in the third place, that Resistance is most contrary to the Constitution of our own Government, to the Fundamental Establishments of it;
and the Primitive Christians, by this Colour and Pretence, that the Government under which they lived, was of another Nature than ours is in England; and that such is our Constitution,
and the Primitive Christians, by this Colour and Pretence, that the Government under which they lived, was of Another Nature than ours is in England; and that such is our Constitution,
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And by the same way, might they not discharge Wives, and Children, and Servants from those Duties the Gospel requires of each of them? Because there was great Difference between the State and Condition of those among the Jews, the Romans, and the Grecians formerly, and with us now.
And by the same Way, might they not discharge Wives, and Children, and Servants from those Duties the Gospel requires of each of them? Because there was great Difference between the State and Condition of those among the jews, the Roman, and the Greeks formerly, and with us now.
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I confess, had we such a Government as the Lacedemonians under their Kings and Ephori, or as is in some other places, where the true Sovereignty is not as it is here in the Prince, they might run the Question into this, who were the Higher Powers, to whom Obedience and Non-resistance did belong, according to the Scriptures? But no English man can have reason to doubt of that here, who knows the Constitution of our own Kingdom, and can no more be ignorant who has the Sovereign Power, than a Servant, who is the Master of the House he lives in.
I confess, had we such a Government as the Lacedaemonians under their Kings and Ephori, or as is in Some other places, where the true Sovereignty is not as it is Here in the Prince, they might run the Question into this, who were the Higher Powers, to whom obedience and Nonresistance did belong, according to the Scriptures? But no English man can have reason to doubt of that Here, who knows the Constitution of our own Kingdom, and can no more be ignorant who has the Sovereign Power, than a Servant, who is the Master of the House he lives in.
4. As Resistance of our Governours is against the Examples, and the Principles of Christianity; and also contrary to the Constitution of our own Government;
4. As Resistance of our Governors is against the Examples, and the Principles of Christianity; and also contrary to the Constitution of our own Government;
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so 'tis contrary also, to Reason and Equity, and most prejudicial to the Good of the World, and the Welfare of Mankind: For what would be the Effect of it,
so it's contrary also, to Reason and Equity, and most prejudicial to the Good of the World, and the Welfare of Mankind: For what would be the Effect of it,
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This I question not, but may happen, and often has so and did so, especially under those Emperours, to whom yet the Scripture commanded Obedience and Non-resistance; but there is much less Mischief likely to befall Mankind from thence then there would,
This I question not, but may happen, and often has so and did so, especially under those emperors, to whom yet the Scripture commanded obedience and Nonresistance; but there is much less Mischief likely to befall Mankind from thence then there would,
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or the unreasonable Fears and Pretences of designing and unpeaceable Men, it were lawful to resist, and make a forcible Opposition against our Governours.
or the unreasonable Fears and Pretences of designing and unpeaceable Men, it were lawful to resist, and make a forcible Opposition against our Governors.
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And for this very Reason, I question not but that God, who designs the greatest good to Mankind that here we are capable of, has thus fix'd and determined it;
And for this very Reason, I question not but that God, who designs the greatest good to Mankind that Here we Are capable of, has thus fixed and determined it;
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but I haste to the second thing, which is chiefly here meant by stretching out the Hand, and that is the murdering and taking away the Life of God's anointed;
but I haste to the second thing, which is chiefly Here meant by stretching out the Hand, and that is the murdering and taking away the Life of God's anointed;
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1. From the Consideration that he was God's anointed, which was that which made David not dare to do so impious a thing, i. e. one appointed or ordained of God,
1. From the Consideration that he was God's anointed, which was that which made David not Dare to do so impious a thing, i. e. one appointed or ordained of God,
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The Word anointed, was used from the Custom of anointing Princes by God's Command, as a Ceremony of Investiture and Inauguration of them to their Government;
The Word anointed, was used from the Custom of anointing Princes by God's Command, as a Ceremony of Investiture and Inauguration of them to their Government;
so to Princes and Governours he communicates some of his own Power, and Greatness, and Majesty; and they are his immediate Deputies and Vicegerents commissionated as it were to govern and rule, and order this Lower World;
so to Princes and Governors he communicates Some of his own Power, and Greatness, and Majesty; and they Are his immediate Deputies and Vicegerents commissionated as it were to govern and Rule, and order this Lower World;
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and then if it be a kind of resisting God, and a resisting the Ordinance of God to resist them, what is it to murder, and take away the Lives of these Earthly Gods, those who are anointed and commissionated, ordained and appointed by God himself? If it be accounted Treason by Humane Laws, to kill a Judge or a Justice upon the Bench,
and then if it be a kind of resisting God, and a resisting the Ordinance of God to resist them, what is it to murder, and take away the Lives of these Earthly God's, those who Are anointed and commissionated, ordained and appointed by God himself? If it be accounted Treason by Humane Laws, to kill a Judge or a justice upon the Bench,
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then is it not Crimen laesae Majestatis divinae, a Treason against God, and of the highest Nature, to destroy and murder one that is God's immediate Deputy and Commissioner, and an Officer appointed to govern such a part of the World under him?
then is it not Crimen laesae Majestatis Divinae, a Treason against God, and of the highest Nature, to destroy and murder one that is God's immediate Deputy and Commissioner, and an Officer appointed to govern such a part of the World under him?
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and therefore this jus Gradii, this Power over Mens Lives must come immediately from God to the Magistrate, and since God has declared, that Vengeance is his, Rom. 12.19.
and Therefore this jus Gradii, this Power over Men's Lives must come immediately from God to the Magistrate, and since God has declared, that Vengeance is his, Rom. 12.19.
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For he is this NONLATINALPHABET, or Revenger, by an Authority received, immediately from God, and not from Men, who have not such a Power and Dominion over themselves,
For he is this, or Revenger, by an authority received, immediately from God, and not from Men, who have not such a Power and Dominion over themselves,
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from whence therefore shall the People, or the whole Community challenge to themselves this Power over the Life of their Sovereign, since the Power over their Lives is committed to him only by God? As the pretending this is the usurping upon the Divine Authority,
from whence Therefore shall the People, or the Whole Community challenge to themselves this Power over the Life of their Sovereign, since the Power over their Lives is committed to him only by God? As the pretending this is the usurping upon the Divine authority,
so 'tis the most horrid and villanous Murder in the World, not only of a Man, who bears the Image of God, which was the reason given against Homicide, Gen. 9.6. but of a King, who bears the Image of God upon another Account also, as he has some Rays of the Divine Majesty and Greatness, and Authority, communicated to him above other Men;
so it's the most horrid and villainous Murder in the World, not only of a Man, who bears the Image of God, which was the reason given against Homicide, Gen. 9.6. but of a King, who bears the Image of God upon Another Account also, as he has Some Rays of the Divine Majesty and Greatness, and authority, communicated to him above other Men;
and it is no way an Abatement, but an Aggravation of the Crime to do this in a pompous way of ludicrous and pretended Justice: For that is as if a Company of Robbers, before they took away a Man's Purse, should bring him to some of their Fellows,
and it is no Way an Abatement, but an Aggravation of the Crime to do this in a pompous Way of ludicrous and pretended justice: For that is as if a Company of Robbers, before they took away a Man's Purse, should bring him to Some of their Fellows,
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And even an uncertain Murder was to be expiated by all that lived within any City of such a Distance from it, Deut 21. Then what Vengeance may we think due, besides what we have felt already for the Blood of our Late Martyr'd Sovereign? And how shall this City, that was, I am sure, at no great distance, the nearest I doubt on all accounts, to this bloody Murder, be expiated and atoned from it? Let us use that Prayer that was appointed in that Case,
And even an uncertain Murder was to be expiated by all that lived within any city of such a Distance from it, Deuteronomy 21. Then what Vengeance may we think due, beside what we have felt already for the Blood of our Late Martyred Sovereign? And how shall this city, that was, I am sure, At no great distance, the nearest I doubt on all accounts, to this bloody Murder, be expiated and atoned from it? Let us use that Prayer that was appointed in that Case,
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Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy People Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, whom thou hast redeemed at last from the Slavery and the Cruelty of those bloody and violent Men,
Be merciful, Oh Lord, unto thy People Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, whom thou hast redeemed At last from the Slavery and the Cruelty of those bloody and violent Men,
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for the Murder of our Late Martyred Sovereign: How many such black Days are we to have, to stain and discredit our English Kalendar? Will the Traitors of our Nation equal the Number of the Romish Saints? They will in time, I doubt not, bid fair for it,
for the Murder of our Late Martyred Sovereign: How many such black Days Are we to have, to stain and discredit our English Calendar? Will the Traitors of our nation equal the Number of the Romish Saints? They will in time, I doubt not, bid fair for it,
and put our Plots in the same Rank with their fabulous Legends; else we had need of another sort of Act of Oblivion, that may make Time forget as well as Law; and blot out our Reproach to after Ages.
and put our Plots in the same Rank with their fabulous Legends; Else we had need of Another sort of Act of Oblivion, that may make Time forget as well as Law; and blot out our Reproach to After Ages.
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One of the best Princes that ever sate, not only upon the English, but upon any Throne, brought as a Malefactor before the Bench of his meanest Subjects,
One of the best Princes that ever sat, not only upon the English, but upon any Throne, brought as a Malefactor before the Bench of his Meanest Subject's,
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and ran down from every open Orifice, like common Water spilt upon the Ground, till the anointed of the Lord, thus used by merciless Villains, lay gasping and besmeared in his own, and his Brothers Blood.
and ran down from every open Orifice, like Common Water spilled upon the Ground, till the anointed of the Lord, thus used by merciless Villains, lay gasping and besmeared in his own, and his Brother's Blood.
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but go on like thirsty Blood-hounds, to kill and destroy, to massacre thousands of his faithful Subjects, to attend their beloved Prince, till they had made Rivers of Blood flow in every Street,
but go on like thirsty Bloodhounds, to kill and destroy, to massacre thousands of his faithful Subject's, to attend their Beloved Prince, till they had made rivers of Blood flow in every Street,
Should I tell you all this, and lay open so bloody a Scene before your Eyes, 'twould be but the very History of the late intended Tragedy, of that Hellish Conspiracy, which Heaven, whom we thank this day,
Should I tell you all this, and lay open so bloody a Scene before your Eyes, 'twould be but the very History of the late intended Tragedy, of that Hellish conspiracy, which Heaven, whom we thank this day,
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I shall therefore take off your thoughts a little from the thing it self, and put you upon thinking what it can ever be, that should engage men in such stupendous Villanies as these:
I shall Therefore take off your thoughts a little from the thing it self, and put you upon thinking what it can ever be, that should engage men in such stupendous Villainies as these:
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what hellish Charms can ever draw men into such abominable Designs; and how those, who call themselves Men and Christians, and, what they are more fond of than either, Protestants, should be guilty of what is so contrary and reproachful to all those Honourable Names.
what hellish Charms can ever draw men into such abominable Designs; and how those, who call themselves Men and Christians, and, what they Are more found of than either, Protestants, should be guilty of what is so contrary and reproachful to all those Honourable Names.
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It had been nothing so strange, if these men had been of a Religion, whose very Make is Treasonable, which has mingled Treason even with its Offices of Religion, and its Articles of Faith. Had they been of that Church, which obliges those of its Communion to worship Traitors as Saints, and to hold deposing of Kings as a Catholick Doctrine: Had they owned those General Councils that have decreed this,
It had been nothing so strange, if these men had been of a Religion, whose very Make is Treasonable, which has mingled Treason even with its Offices of Religion, and its Articles of Faith. Had they been of that Church, which obliges those of its Communion to worship Traitors as Saints, and to hold deposing of Kings as a Catholic Doctrine: Had they owned those General Councils that have decreed this,
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and acknowledged that Infallible Head, who could in Cathedra commend the Assassination of a Prince, and compare it to the best Actions in Scripture, next our Saviour dying for Mankind:
and acknowledged that Infallible Head, who could in Cathedra commend the Assassination of a Prince, and compare it to the best Actions in Scripture, next our Saviour dying for Mankind:
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It had not been half so much to be wondred at, if they had thus suckt Treason from the Breasts of their Roman Mother, or been nursed up in it at a Popish Seminary; then it would have been but natural to have had the Poyson broke out sometime or other into Plots, if the Season had been fair,
It had not been half so much to be wondered At, if they had thus sucked Treason from the Breasts of their Roman Mother, or been nursed up in it At a Popish Seminary; then it would have been but natural to have had the Poison broke out sometime or other into Plots, if the Season had been fair,
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and to pretend to Protestancy; and yet allow what every Protestant Church in the World condemns, is to resolve to be a Traitor, and to be of no Religion at all.
and to pretend to Protestancy; and yet allow what every Protestant Church in the World condemns, is to resolve to be a Traitor, and to be of no Religion At all.
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but where ever it is in Pope or Presbyter, in Conclave or Classis, in Jesuite or Fanatick, 'tis to be abhorred, detested, abominated by every good Christian;
but where ever it is in Pope or Presbyter, in Conclave or Classis, in Jesuit or Fanatic, it's to be abhorred, detested, abominated by every good Christian;
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Stretching out the hand to resist the Prince is most plainly unlawful, as I showed you formerly, from the Examples and the Principles of the Christian Religion, from the Constitution of our own Government,
Stretching out the hand to resist the Prince is most plainly unlawful, as I showed you formerly, from the Examples and the Principles of the Christian Religion, from the Constitution of our own Government,
I then understood that Phrase of Stretching out the hand in both those Senses, and so it takes in both the Parts of this present Conspiracy; and indeed though Monsters do not use to be alike,
I then understood that Phrase of Stretching out the hand in both those Senses, and so it Takes in both the Parts of this present conspiracy; and indeed though Monsters do not use to be alike,
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yet this does so much resemble that other Treason in its main parts and in its manner of production, that I could think of nothing fitter to shew the Villany of this,
yet this does so much resemble that other Treason in its main parts and in its manner of production, that I could think of nothing fitter to show the Villainy of this,
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and especially in that Method which shall meet with those Objections which are brought against that Duty of Nonresistance; those are chiefly some outlying Cases as they account them, which come not into this general Duty, but are Exemptions from it;
and especially in that Method which shall meet with those Objections which Are brought against that Duty of Nonresistance; those Are chiefly Some outlying Cases as they account them, which come not into this general Duty, but Are Exemptions from it;
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and so they are jugled and seduced into the saddest Treasons and Conspiracies; though a great many of them are like the Proposals of Mathematicians, to move the Earth if you grant them such and such Postulala, and allow things to be so ordered as they would suppose, which can never be really done,
and so they Are juggled and seduced into the Saddest Treasons and Conspiracies; though a great many of them Are like the Proposals of Mathematicians, to move the Earth if you grant them such and such Postulala, and allow things to be so ordered as they would suppose, which can never be really done,
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yet these Men do really move the Kingdom, and turn it out of its place by fancied and Romantick Cases, which it is impossible perhaps, should ever come into practice.
yet these Men do really move the Kingdom, and turn it out of its place by fancied and Romantic Cases, which it is impossible perhaps, should ever come into practice.
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But I intend to consider such Cases as are thought more probable and plausible, and which are the common Stumbling-blocks that lie in the way of this Duty,
But I intend to Consider such Cases as Are Thought more probable and plausible, and which Are the Common Stumbling-blocks that lie in the Way of this Duty,
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The Case of Religion, The Case of Legal Rights, The Case of Natural Defence, and the otherwise Remediless Case of Mankind, by the Encroachment of Princes.
The Case of Religion, The Case of Legal Rights, The Case of Natural Defence, and the otherwise Remediless Case of Mankind, by the Encroachment of Princes.
1. The Case of Religion, which is the greatest and most important Concern to Mankind, wherein their Souls and their Eternal Fortunes lie all at stake;
1. The Case of Religion, which is the greatest and most important Concern to Mankind, wherein their Souls and their Eternal Fortune's lie all At stake;
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if they stand not up sometimes and fight for their God and their Altars, which were Considerations that always inspired Men with the greatest Courage and Resolution.
if they stand not up sometime and fight for their God and their Altars, which were Considerations that always inspired Men with the greatest Courage and Resolution.
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If a Prince shall set up a false and Idolatrous Religion, and attempt to destroy the true Worship of God, here they think, both a Zeal for him and Religion,
If a Prince shall Set up a false and Idolatrous Religion, and attempt to destroy the true Worship of God, Here they think, both a Zeal for him and Religion,
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They who are such Gallants for their Religion, as immediately to draw and fight for it, do commonly abuse and prostitute it to some ill and Carnal ends,
They who Are such Gallants for their Religion, as immediately to draw and fight for it, do commonly abuse and prostitute it to Some ill and Carnal ends,
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At other times when any of the Jewish Kings set up Idolatry, and Worshipt Baal or other False Gods, none of the Prophets who were the mo•st zealous Lovers of their Law, and rebuked the Princes for those Faults to their very Faces, did yet ever call upon the Elders, or encourage the People to Resist them,
At other times when any of the Jewish Kings Set up Idolatry, and Worshipped Baal or other False God's, none of the prophets who were the mo•st zealous Lovers of their Law, and rebuked the Princes for those Faults to their very Faces, did yet ever call upon the Elders, or encourage the People to Resist them,
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and the most dangerous to the Souls of Men, but 'tis a better way to keep it out with our Hands bound to the Stake, then stretcht out against our Lawful Sovereign;
and the most dangerous to the Souls of Men, but it's a better Way to keep it out with our Hands bound to the Stake, then stretched out against our Lawful Sovereign;
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then surely they may forcibly desend their Laws, and consequently their Religion, or any thing that is thus twisted and complicated with their Laws which it is not in the Princes power to alter or unloose.
then surely they may forcibly descend their Laws, and consequently their Religion, or any thing that is thus twisted and complicated with their Laws which it is not in the Princes power to altar or unloose.
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as in the German Empire there is such a Provision made, that if the Emperour invade the Establisht Rights of the Princes, who though they are Sovereigns in their own Territories,
as in the Germane Empire there is such a Provision made, that if the Emperor invade the Established Rights of the Princes, who though they Are Sovereigns in their own Territories,
yet are sworn Subjects to him, they may take Arms, and such a Capitulation there was formerly between the King of Spain and the Low Countries; but in our Kingdom there is plainly no such thing,
yet Are sworn Subject's to him, they may take Arms, and such a Capitulation there was formerly between the King of Spain and the Low Countries; but in our Kingdom there is plainly no such thing,
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and care has been taken that none should imagine that there was any such kind of tacit or implicit condition, the Law making an express Declaration to the contrary, to wit, That it is unlawful to resist upon any account whatsoever, which puts the thing out of all manner of dispute, that we cannot by Law resist though it be to defend what we have by Law,
and care has been taken that none should imagine that there was any such kind of tacit or implicit condition, the Law making an express Declaration to the contrary, to wit, That it is unlawful to resist upon any account whatsoever, which puts the thing out of all manner of dispute, that we cannot by Law resist though it be to defend what we have by Law,
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2. As long as the Power of the Sword is wholly in the King by the Law of God and of Man, who shall ever use or draw it without an authority derived from him? From whence else shall any Man have a Commission to raise Companies, to array an Army, to be a Commander or a General over them,
2. As long as the Power of the Sword is wholly in the King by the Law of God and of Man, who shall ever use or draw it without an Authority derived from him? From whence Else shall any Man have a Commission to raise Companies, to array an Army, to be a Commander or a General over them,
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and to use that force which is often necessary for the execution of Justice, and giving force to Laws? for without that they are often but dead Letters,
and to use that force which is often necessary for the execution of justice, and giving force to Laws? for without that they Are often but dead Letters,
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3. If a Prince will injure his Subjects, and invade their Rights, nay, and their Lives against Law; when they have tried all other means, they must as Christ did patiently submit to an unjust Sentence, rather then resist;
3. If a Prince will injure his Subject's, and invade their Rights, nay, and their Lives against Law; when they have tried all other means, they must as christ did patiently submit to an unjust Sentence, rather then resist;
and, as the first Christians did, who often complain'd that they were punisht adversus formam, adversus naturam judicandi, contra ipsus quoque leges, Tertull. Apologet. c. 2. and that their Persecutors would not let them have the same benefit of the Roman Laws with others, aliter in nos quàm in caeteros nocentes disponitis, ibid.
and, as the First Christians did, who often complained that they were punished Adversus formam, Adversus naturam judicandi, contra ipsus quoque leges, Tertul Apologet c. 2. and that their Persecutors would not let them have the same benefit of the Roman Laws with Others, aliter in nos quàm in Others nocentes disponitis, Ibid.
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and in Passion, he call'd the High-Priest a Whited-wall, because when he sat to Judge him after the Law, he commanded him to be smitten contrary to the Law, Acts 23.3.
and in Passion, he called the High-Priest a Whited-wall, Because when he sat to Judge him After the Law, he commanded him to be smitten contrary to the Law, Acts 23.3.
3. But though the Law of the Land forbids Resistance, yet the Law of Nature, which no other Law can supersede, will allow it for our own necessary defence and Self-Preservation;
3. But though the Law of the Land forbids Resistance, yet the Law of Nature, which no other Law can supersede, will allow it for our own necessary defence and Self-Preservation;
yet it does not to resist the Publick Magistrate, for that would be destructive of publick good and injurious to the Peace and Welfare of Mankind, which the other is not;
yet it does not to resist the Public Magistrate, for that would be destructive of public good and injurious to the Peace and Welfare of Mankind, which the other is not;
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whoever considers himself as a Member of the vast Body of Mankind, or of a particular Kingdom, must think it as unreasonable and absurd to prefer his own private good to the publick,
whoever considers himself as a Member of the vast Body of Mankind, or of a particular Kingdom, must think it as unreasonable and absurd to prefer his own private good to the public,
as to believe a single part to be as great as the whole; This is the Prime and Fundamental Law of Nature, to promote as far as we are able, the publick good,
as to believe a single part to be as great as the Whole; This is the Prime and Fundamental Law of Nature, to promote as Far as we Are able, the public good,
and endeavour to increase, not so much our own private share, as the common and publick stock of Happiness which belongs to the whole Company and Community, in which our own is likewise included;
and endeavour to increase, not so much our own private share, as the Common and public stock of Happiness which belongs to the Whole Company and Community, in which our own is likewise included;
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and there is nothing more strong against Resistance which would not fail to bring in the greatest publick Mischief to avoid a less and more private one,
and there is nothing more strong against Resistance which would not fail to bring in the greatest public Mischief to avoid a less and more private one,
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1. We must never expect to find out a Remedy against all possible Inconveniencies in this World, in this low and imperfect State we shall always be subject to some publick as well as private Evils, the body politick will never be free from all manner of Infirmities and Diseases any more then the body Natural, such a Temperamentum ad pondus can never be expected in either as shall keep them from all illness at present, or corruption at the last.
1. We must never expect to find out a Remedy against all possible Inconveniences in this World, in this low and imperfect State we shall always be Subject to Some public as well as private Evils, the body politic will never be free from all manner of Infirmities and Diseases any more then the body Natural, such a Temperamentum ad pondus can never be expected in either as shall keep them from all illness At present, or corruption At the last.
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as Paracelsus kill'd himself in his Youth by endeavouring to make himself Immortal. The Papists, to prevent all possibility of Errour in Divine things, which God has not,
as Paracelsus killed himself in his Youth by endeavouring to make himself Immortal. The Papists, to prevent all possibility of Error in Divine things, which God has not,
They who should take account of the Prince, like the Ephori or the Tribunes, who should take account of them? and who again of them? we must run into an infinite Circle,
They who should take account of the Prince, like the Ephori or the Tribunes, who should take account of them? and who again of them? we must run into an infinite Circle,
when they know they may be punisht here, and shall be damned for it hereafter; and whilst the Hands and the Legs are to execute the Commands of the Head,
when they know they may be punished Here, and shall be damned for it hereafter; and while the Hands and the Legs Are to execute the Commands of the Head,
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Princes are God's immediate Officers and Lieutenants, and he will take particular inspection over them, that they abuse not his People committed to their Charge, to him alone they are accountable,
Princes Are God's immediate Officers and Lieutenants, and he will take particular inspection over them, that they abuse not his People committed to their Charge, to him alone they Are accountable,
To him they have given a Pledge by their Oaths, and if they break those, Satis est quod Deum expectent ultorem, It is sufficient that he to whom Vengeance belongeth, is the Avenger of all such, and this he is in so terrible a manner, that nothing has felt his Anger more dreadfully then a Tyrant's Conscience, no body has had more Horrours and Fears, more Stroaks of a Divine Nemesis upon him then he that has used his Power to cruel and unjust Designs;
To him they have given a Pledge by their Oaths, and if they break those, Satis est quod God expectent ultorem, It is sufficient that he to whom Vengeance belongeth, is the Avenger of all such, and this he is in so terrible a manner, that nothing has felt his Anger more dreadfully then a Tyrant's Conscience, no body has had more Horrors and Fears, more Strokes of a Divine Nemesis upon him then he that has used his Power to cruel and unjust Designs;
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that great Patron of Justice, and Great Governour of the World, who ruleth the raging of the Sea and the Madness of the People, will set bounds also to the Power and Injustice of Princes,
that great Patron of justice, and Great Governor of the World, who Ruleth the raging of the Sea and the Madness of the People, will Set bounds also to the Power and Injustice of Princes,
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and so far as is necessary for the good of the World, and for his Wise Designs, so far they shall go and no farther, but like Earthquakes and Tempests,
and so Far as is necessary for the good of the World, and for his Wise Designs, so Far they shall go and no farther, but like Earthquakes and Tempests,
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and I know no such way to lay it from ever rising again, as a full and clear Resolution to those fore-mentioned Cases which I have endeavoured to give.
and I know no such Way to lay it from ever rising again, as a full and clear Resolution to those forementioned Cases which I have endeavoured to give.
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As to the other way of Stretching out the Hand to take away the Life of the Lord's Anointed, that is so Horrid and Villanous, that one would think it should have none to defend it,
As to the other Way of Stretching out the Hand to take away the Life of the Lord's Anointed, that is so Horrid and Villainous, that one would think it should have none to defend it,
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the Opinions of the Jesuits are well known to be positive in the case, and others have fashion'd their Weapons at the Forge of those Philistines which are to take away the Lives of Princes,
the Opinions of the Jesuits Are well known to be positive in the case, and Others have fashioned their Weapons At the Forge of those philistines which Are to take away the Lives of Princes,
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and though they are not come to Consecrate Daggers for the purpose, and that because, they are against the Ceremony rather then the Villany, yet Pistols and Blunderbusses are thought to be Blessed Instruments for doing the great Work;
and though they Are not come to Consecrate Daggers for the purpose, and that Because, they Are against the Ceremony rather then the Villainy, yet Pistols and Blunderbusses Are Thought to be Blessed Instruments for doing the great Work;
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though they expect not to be Sainted for it and adored in Heaven, yet they expect what they will hardly allow the Saints themselves, to have their Images erected upon Earth,
though they expect not to be Sainted for it and adored in Heaven, yet they expect what they will hardly allow the Saints themselves, to have their Images erected upon Earth,
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Like Herostratus they design to make their Names Famous by doing some extraordinary Villany, and by daring to be wicked beyond the rest of Mankind, The committing such a Wickedness as others are astonisht to think of, is to be an Hero in Villany,
Like Herostratus they Design to make their Names Famous by doing Some extraordinary Villainy, and by daring to be wicked beyond the rest of Mankind, The committing such a Wickedness as Others Are astonished to think of, is to be an Hero in Villainy,
I cannot think that Men can seriously argue themselves into such Villanies as these, but it must be the very same thing that makes the Devil a Rebel to God, which makes these Men Regicides, and Traytours to their Sovereign;
I cannot think that Men can seriously argue themselves into such Villainies as these, but it must be the very same thing that makes the devil a Rebel to God, which makes these Men Regicides, and Traitors to their Sovereign;
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the killing of Tyrants was thought, a Vertue like that of Hercules, who destroy'd abundance of those Monsters, & nihil usitatius quam eorum interfectores in Caelo collocari:
the killing of Tyrants was Thought, a Virtue like that of Hercules, who destroyed abundance of those Monsters, & nihil usitatius quam Their interfectors in Caelo collocari:
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and not only the Greeks and the Romans did thus commend and honour them, but even in Scripture, Jael, and Judith, and Ehud, Barack, and Deborah, and those Jewish Deliverers of their Country stand all upon the Records of Fame and the Divine Approbation for Murdering Kings and Tyrants that were the Enemies of God and his peculiar People,
and not only the Greeks and the Romans did thus commend and honour them, but even in Scripture, Jael, and Judith, and Ehud, Barack, and Deborah, and those Jewish Deliverers of their Country stand all upon the Records of Fame and the Divine Approbation for Murdering Kings and Tyrants that were the Enemies of God and his peculiar People,
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and when the Cause of God and His People, the Cause of Religion and Conscience is the great thing that is to be carried on, who that has a Zeal for those, would not do any thing that is necessary for so glorious an end?
and when the Cause of God and His People, the Cause of Religion and Conscience is the great thing that is to be carried on, who that has a Zeal for those, would not do any thing that is necessary for so glorious an end?
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1. As to the Grecians and the Romans, when they affixt such worthy Names and Honours to the killers of Tyrants, they did not mean by Tyrants their lawful Princes but Ʋsurpers, that by force and violence assumed an unjust Power to themselves, contrary to the regular form of Government that was established among them, such as had no just Title to rule by the Laws of their Country,
1. As to the Greeks and the Roman, when they affixed such worthy Names and Honours to the killers of Tyrants, they did not mean by Tyrants their lawful Princes but Ʋsurpers, that by force and violence assumed an unjust Power to themselves, contrary to the regular from of Government that was established among them, such as had no just Title to Rule by the Laws of their Country,
and against such as these they were empowered by the establisht Laws of their Country, by the Lex Solonis among the Greeks, and the Lex Valeria among the Romans; and if any were guilty of doing this to their lawful Governours, it must be reckoned as part of that Ferity and barbarous Ignorance which was in those Nations before Christianity taught them better,
and against such as these they were empowered by the established Laws of their Country, by the Lex Solon's among the Greeks, and the Lex Valeria among the Romans; and if any were guilty of doing this to their lawful Governors, it must be reckoned as part of that Ferity and barbarous Ignorance which was in those nations before Christianity taught them better,
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when to kill themselves was accounted as Heroic a Vertue as to Murder a Tyrant; but the Soberest amongst them taught otherwise, NONLATINALPHABET, says Aristotle in his Politicks, the very Doctrine of Non-Resistance, and NONLATINALPHABET, says Plutarch, Agis & Cleom. The very words almost of David, It is not lawful to stretch forth the hand against a Prince,
when to kill themselves was accounted as Heroic a Virtue as to Murder a Tyrant; but the Soberest among them taught otherwise,, Says Aristotle in his Politics, the very Doctrine of Non-Resistance, and, Says Plutarch, Agis & Cleom The very words almost of David, It is not lawful to stretch forth the hand against a Prince,
and we have Examples even amongst both the Greeks and Romans of the same Punishment against those who were concerned in the Murder of their Princes, that David inflicted upon the Amalekite for the Death of Saul 2 Sam. 1.16.
and we have Examples even among both the Greeks and Romans of the same Punishment against those who were concerned in the Murder of their Princes, that David inflicted upon the Amalekite for the Death of Saul 2 Sam. 1.16.
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2. As to the comparing this Villany with the actions of Jael, and Judith, and Ehud, and others who destroyed those their Enemies with whom they were in a State of War, or had particular Commissions from God to authorize them in the doing such extraordinary Atchievements, they might as well,
2. As to the comparing this Villainy with the actions of Jael, and Judith, and Ehud, and Others who destroyed those their Enemies with whom they were in a State of War, or had particular Commissions from God to authorise them in the doing such extraordinary Achievements, they might as well,
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and with as good reason argue, that because David kill'd Goliah and destroy'd the Philistines, that therefore he might have taken away the Life of Saul; nay, that he might have made no more to kill him then the Lyon and the Bear, for God's Anointed are accounted by these Men,
and with as good reason argue, that Because David killed Goliath and destroyed the philistines, that Therefore he might have taken away the Life of Saul; nay, that he might have made no more to kill him then the lion and the Bear, for God's Anointed Are accounted by these Men,
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and the Protestant interest, the keeping out Popery and destroying Antichrist, or any such good end they are to accomplish, they may then do any thing that is necessary to this,
and the Protestant Interest, the keeping out Popery and destroying Antichrist, or any such good end they Are to accomplish, they may then do any thing that is necessary to this,
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so that we may form and fashion them as we please, and makes them meerly relative and dependent upon our Thoughts and Designs, which is to destroy all Religion.
so that we may from and fashion them as we please, and makes them merely relative and dependent upon our Thoughts and Designs, which is to destroy all Religion.
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but their Damnation must be just both with God and Man. But sad is it when Men shall form such Principles to themselves as shall lead them into such Hellish Villanies,
but their Damnation must be just both with God and Man. But sad is it when Men shall from such Principles to themselves as shall led them into such Hellish Villainies,
when they shall think these abominable Practises not only lawful but necessary to God's Glory, as if he could not bring about his own ends without their Wickedness,
when they shall think these abominable Practises not only lawful but necessary to God's Glory, as if he could not bring about his own ends without their Wickedness,
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and hast miraculously preserv'd him from the Plots and Conspiracies of all his Enemies, keep him always, we beseech thee, under the shadow of thy wings, preserve him as the Apple of thine Eye,
and hast miraculously preserved him from the Plots and Conspiracies of all his Enemies, keep him always, we beseech thee, under the shadow of thy wings, preserve him as the Apple of thine Eye,
