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Show ,i ‘ ~, in In"; of carnivore-WE [II/TH. Chalmt Liberty thing, without w hich he cannot livegyet hath that man the . . to difobey. his Authority, con. or If a man be interrogated by the Soveraign, bound (without aiiiiranee cerning a crime done by himfelfe, heis not have fliewn in the of Pardon ) to confefie it -, becaui'e no man (as I himielfe. accufe to Covenant by obliged fame Chapter) can be is contained Again, the Confent ofa Subyeé‘t to Soveraien Power, affirm: 3 in which in thevfe words, I Authorzjc, or take upon me, all/m naturall Liberty: former own his of ail, there is no reflriétion at my felfe when For by allowing him to kill me, 1am not bound to kill fellow, iffyou my or me, he Commands me. 'Tis one thing to fay, Kill It olpleafe -, anOther thing to fay,1 will kill my felfe, or my fellow. loweth therefore, that kill himfelfe, No man is bound by the words themfelves, either to a man may Obligation the ,that or any other man -, And confequentl to execute any fometimes have,upon the Comman of the Soveraign the Words of on dangerous, or difnonourable Office, dependeth not underflood by be to whichis our Submiflion ; but on the Intention , the the End thereof. When therefore our refufall to obey, fruftrates Lino is there then 5 ordained was Soveraignty End for which the berty to refufe :otherwife there is. NM. ,0 WP fight Upon this ground, a man that is commanded as a Souldier to Right enough to pu- fare, "rt/eye againfi the enemy,though his Soveraign have in many cafes refufe, ti‘ryc‘e/nflta- niih his refuiall with death, may neverthelcfle "1,7 "Ed"mew. 1'4,"le OfCOMMON-WE/ILTH. ClmpJI. tv man they as well cm, as the Innocent. There was indeed injur‘ticc in a the firfi breach oftheir duty ; Their bearing of Arms fubfequent to it, though it be to maintain what they have done, is no new unjuft aét And if it be onely to defend their pei‘fons, it is not unjuf'c at all. But the offer of pardon taketh from them , to whom it is offered, the P163 of {elf-dc fence,and maketh their perfeverance in afliftinc, or defending the refi, unlawfiill. 0 As for other Lyberties, they depend on the Silence ofthe Law. In T19: (mm/g cafes wncre the Soveiaign has piefcribed no rule, there the Subject Lila/z of [m], the Liberty to do, or forbeare, according to his own difcretion, 5457-5le dc. And therefore fuch Liberty is in fome places more, and in fome lefl'e- P‘W'b f" and in fome times more,in other times leffe, according as they thai: "I" S‘l‘mwf have the S overaignty {hall think mofl: convenient. As for Example d" I'm" there was a time, when in England a man might enter in to his'owri Land, ( and difpoffeffe fuch as wrongfully poffeffed it,) by force. But in after-times, that Liberty of Forcible Entry, was taken away by a Statute made ( by the King )in Parliament. And in fome places of the world, men have the Liberty of many wives : in other laces ' P fuch Liberty is not allowed, If a Subjeét have acon'troverfie with his Soveraigne, of debt or of right ofpoffeflion of lands or goods, or concerning any fervice'rcquired at his hands, or concerning any penalty,corporall, or pecunia< Souldier in his without Injuftice , as when he fubflituteth a fufficient place : for in this cafe he deferteth not the feche of the Commonwealth. And there is allowance to be made for naturall timorouf- ry, grounded on aprecedcnt Law; he hath the fame Liberty to fue for is right,as ifit were againft a Subject; and before fuch Judges as are appointed by the Soveraign. For feeing the Soveraign demand- tth by force of aformet Law, and not‘by vertue of his Power ' he declareth thereby, that he requireth no more, than {hall appear rd be nefTe, not onely to women, ( of whom no fuch dangerous duty is ex- due by that Law. The fiite therefore is not contrary to the will ofthe fight, pecfted,) but alfo to men of feminine courage. When Armies not there is on one tide, or both,a running away 3 yet when they do it but unjuftly, it do to out of trechcry, but fear, they are not efteeined diihonourabiy. For the fame rcafon, to avoyd battell, is not Injuor fiice, but Cowardife. But he that inrowleth himfelfe a Souldier, nature; timorous a of taketh impreft mony, taketh away the excufe and is obliged, not onely to go to the battell, but alfo not to run from C omit, Without his Captaines leave, And when the Defence of the mon-wealth, requireth at once the help of all that are able to bear Al‘mS, every one is obli ed -, becaufe otherwife the Inftitution of the Sloveraign; and confequently the Subjeét hath the Liberty to demand the hearing of his Cauie ; and fentence, according to that Law. But it hedcmandtor take any thing by pretence of his Power.7 there lyeth, in that caie,no action ofLaw: for all that is done by him in Veréue pf his Poitiernis (gone by the Authority of every Subjeé}, and on e ucnt ietiat rimg 5 21mad?ion againfi ' the Soveraign, ' " ‘ againil himi‘glfc. brings it If a Monarch, or Soverai n Affembl rant :1 Libert any of his Subjects , which Cgh'ant fiandiii'g? he is difable tbopi‘iiirid: Coirimon-wealth, which they have not the purpofc, or courage to for theiriafety, the Grant is voyd , unleffe he direfkly renounce or transferre the Soveraignty to another, r _ . . For in that he mightoPC"3l Y, preiei've, was in vain. t If it had been his Will, ) and in plain termes, have renounced or 'l‘o refit} the Sword of the Common-wealth, in defence of another man, guilty, or innocent, no man hath Liberty -, becaufe fuch Lie berty,taltes awayfrom the Soveraign, the means of Protecting us; and is therefore deflruétivc of the very eflcnce of Government. But in cafe :1 great many men together, have already refilled the SOVC' 1111ng Power unitiilly, 0r Committed fome Capitall crime, for which every one of theiuexpcfteth death, whether have they not the Lie defend One another 6 berry UK" [0 30yn together, and aiiiit, and 11; transferred it, and did not; it is to be underflood it was not his will - but that the Grant proceeded from ignorance ofthe repugnanCy be: tire-en luch ayLiberty and the Soveraign Power : and therefore the oyyeraignty is {fill retayned , and confequently all thofe Powers liinihh are neceffary to the exercifing thereof , fuch as are the Power," arre, and Peace, of judicature, of appointing Officers, and {:0 . 0f levying Mony, and the reft named inthc x8th C1', .i"3:2110"": , Certainly they have : For they but defend their lives,which the Guil(y The. |