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Show 1 66- Of W,-r tmd Ptttce th~ [or~s (hould be opene~ ~nd ~leed too much in the t:ure. Ho~belt,m thmgs not fo neceifary, and which p~rui~1 to ~he eibblifhing of the Invader m h1s unJufi pdfcffion ' if with?ut weat danger ob~·· dien' ~ may; b~ demed, 1t mu!t not be gt· ven. LX X IV. whether it be ltnr~full to kjJI · · an Invader, or exp~ll him by force t · · and in wh~t (~~tfes . To this queflion we frame thi~. anfwcr; Firft, if the lnvador , by unJuil war, and fuch <iS hath not the requifits accor• dino to the Law of Nations , hath feifed on ~he oovernmem • nor hath there fol· lowed a~y agreemen't, or faith givon him, but his poffdlion is, kept onely ~y force i in this cafe , the right o£ wat ieetneth to , temai1l', and therefore it )s.Jai.wfull to a~ again& him as againfl: an enemy ' .thao may lawfully be flain by any, e~~n by a. Apolodg·l?· c. p' ri'Vate man • .Aga-mft 7 raitors, lald Te~· qua.n -o 1cear. b l.. 0 man 111:>. :z.. 1, 1 HOI tullian ,' ttnd pu be, enemtes ,every Malrftalu & a fo"Ldicr. So aHb , aga•infl: deferrors ob publecos bt•~es. th~ war· that run from their colours, all ofllnu homo mz· 0 erfons ~ for the com~non quiet' }la<V~ a Its. r~loht indulged to them to execute pubhc.R 0 o f . h' * opl· , ~uiit~t/ttJtitrevenge. And _Iam_o Plutar~ .. s before i•. de [11to ad ilion that the tame 1s la wfull ' 1f ' 0 ~i[ormp.o tho i;1Vafion, a pubh<:k Law wor~11ex~~nt, ,o to kl { ,.Jml, J 0 • 0 givino' power to every one . at· that lhall adventurt to dQ tlus or thho h , 'W !C The Ftrft Part. which falls under fight; as, that being a private man lha!l gee a guard about him, or fbaJl invade the Fort; that fhall flay a Citizen uncondemned , or not by law-full judgment; that lhaH create magillrats without juH fuffrages. M1ny fuch Laws were extant in the Cities of greece , in which therefore ihe l<tlling of fuch Ty-rants was to be ellccmed Lawfull. Such was atAthcns the Law of Solon revived af-ter the return out of the Tirtteum, again!l the ovcrthrowers of the popular State , and fuch as had born offices after the o- X67 verthrow of it. As alfo at ~nme the Va- "' lerian .. Law .. if any one without the P Pb1~ .ra~chus pevple.s will fhould take the authority of v~ inj~edi~~tum a Magdhate : and the Conful.:tr Law after occidcre eum tithe Decemvirate, that none lhould ere- &tretqui diJm;ate a Magill:rate without appeal. whofo- '!~;um con&N-h dd r. . I'L ld b ' p11 tet'tt. Mox. e.~er .a one 10 , 1t ~nouo e la wfull to aeldit ~solon k~ll htm. Moreover, lt WJll be la wfull to ti qui domuuzklll the Invader , by the exprefs authori- t11m invadit de-. r.y of the rightfull Governour , whether Pl:e~l'n{o Jiem Kin~, Senate or People : As alfo of the dPwbt'l!ul,t. a~ Pr ote.-.n1.. ors oof C h'l ldren that are 'K ings, a1>t1t te juuod iac ieutmza m fuch as ]oJada was to }oas , when he talem permittit dethroned Athalia, Unlefs in thefe elks interftci. I cannot yield it lawful! for a pr}vat~ a Chron. :M· perfon by force to e"pell or kill an Inva• der of the higheH power. The reaibn is, becaufe it may be , the rightfull Gover:. nour had rather die Invader fhould be left in poffeAion , than occafion oiven to -.... d~ngerous and blvody Commotio~s, that dtJ |