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Show Vb."- {‘ xxviii The PnEi‘AcE. The PREFACE. ~---:ch Irai'cible, and Concupiicible Faculties, and thereby re, , . ulates the Deorclination of their acts. Thus 1 have Treated of the leveral Apartrments 'oF Mans . We gyllii‘wzt'" Body, and their fine Walls and rich Furniture, wnicn are isliitiii'iiy d'fuoied in an excellent order, by reafon the inferior‘ parts are iiivdpfslliiiiiTubordfinate to the fuperior; and as being Tervrceabie to each Other, which {peaketh the admirable Artifice of the All, wife and Omnipotent lAgent. .. i 1 i "a b The Oeconomy of me Body politich, dom niucn icicni le that of the Body natural, in which all the Members are fubordinate to one Head, which is much akin to tne belt con/ {titution of Monarchical Government (having molt-of- Uni, ere-open it is molt ty, as all the lines meet in one Center) excellent, as it is farther remm ed from Anarchy. All Governments confilt in the due adminii‘tration "rhemturc fiigfiiw‘" of juttice, and the fubordination, and obedience of inferior TIM"- perlbns to luperior, till We come to a Tupream Authority, {sfl‘cT-im. (accountable to no body but God himfelt ) are of Divine 33:13:13, Inliitution derived from God liimielf (the fountain of all "in?" mm XXiX in one head -, And AriPtocrary is of a middle nature, more de« Arifiocraey generate then Monarchy, in that it CODilll'Etll of many Goverw 5,92%: nors, and more exalted then Democracy, becaule it is framed $33333: oil the belt. And thefe being premifed, Ibeg the favour to 13011106": {peak my own Senfe, which (as I humbly conceive) is that of Y" our Nation 5 That Parliamentary Government is an excellent Parliamen» Conititution, by reafon in it all thefe are compriied, in the King iizmifi't as Supreme, and in the TWO Houfes of Parliament, as His 32$??? Majelty's Great Council. Govtei‘rh Firit, the Government is ConPcituted in the King 25 Supreme, m 5‘ and to it is Monarchichal. Secondly, in the Lords, as His greatefi l\/1ini{'ters-; and To in Tome degree the Government may be ftyled Arit‘tocratical. Thirdly, it is in the Houfe of Com« mons, as the Reprefentarives of the People, and To the Parliaa mentary Government after a manner may be called Demo" cratical. ‘ Whereupon this kind of Government being united in the TheKingis . . a . . the head of King, as the Head and Fountain of it, 15 excellent and fans; ttharlia1 {afiory ; becaufe all Interefls of the Kingdom having in Tome mem' Power and Authority) Commanding Reverence and Obe/ dience to the Sanctions and Perfons of Governors, Who are rm a {hate in Government, as they are concerned in the Lea giilative Power, can give fuch an account of, and make an in; more or leis eminently Gods Vicegerents, as they are in, veiled with greater or lefs Power. fpeétion into the general Grievances of the Nation, and reétifie them by fober Debates, and deliberate Councils, in reference to wholfome Laws , which being Rated, are made firi'c Bills by the approbation of both Houles, and are afterward recom» mended tO His Sacrad Majef'ty, for his Royal AlTent, as the Ell Whereupon Governors being in Tome fort Particles of 0mm" $22233. the Divine Nature, are fiyled Gods in Holy Writ, in ?§;$.i‘é'§a. reference to the Royal Functions of Remunerative and me' Vindicative Jufl'ice. And it were to be heartily wiihed and prayed for, That all Governors, and efpecrally the Sll' preme in all Nations, may truly To partiCipate of the D1; vine Nature, That they be like God in thofe molt excel, lent Characters 017 Sanc‘tity and Power, to influence as well the Souls with virtuous and Pious incl'nations, as to command the Bodies of others by coercive Laws. rmkmd, The Supreme Power hath diverfe qualifications, and is :ifinvm‘ founded in one in Monarchy, in the bell in Ariitocracy, ' and in the People in Democracy, which is the word of Go, vernments, as it is molt near to Anarchy, and Confufion: Monarchy And therefore Monarchy is j dged the heft, as it refemblcs iff‘g:\'fc‘r‘fi_ Gods Government ( who is the molt truly fupreme in Good; mmnefs, Jui‘tice, and Wifdom) as it hath molt of Unity, becaule all Subjects do unite in one King, as all Members in fence of the Law : The Bills of the Lords and Commons being T_heErI"ence only preparatory, as giving the rough draughts ofLaws, which $3115:er are afterward finiihed, as receiving their form, birth, and life 5533:5333" from His Majefty's Royal Signature. "‘meg" VVherefore it is molt juli: and equitable for, Subjects to pay their molt humble Duty and Reverence to the King in their humble AddreflEs to His Majelly, and comply with his Sacred Commands in active and palsive Obedience, by reafon it is fifififlfi: not lawful upon any occafion whatfoever for the Subject to take isrinlawml? the Sword into his own hand and difpute the Commands OF his Soveraign, becaufe in To doing he maketh himfélfAblolute and Supreme, and as much as in him lieth difTolVeth the Goverm rncnt fetled by Law, and is guilty of Rebellion, Murder, In- jullice and Anarchy, which horrid Crimes would be much aga gravared with ingratitude, if acted in the Reign of our molt Gracious Sovereign, a' King of great Clemency, Love, and ' 7‘ h Mercy, |