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Show Thefirft Bookeoft hefist part. Cuar.o.§ A mae fieeictneen Cuar.o§2. ics to Dapiel,shewiunte vs,fecine Ged hath given thee the office of an Elder. Deiyo. fbenes vfeth thefame word forthe Magiftrateamong the Grecian s. Cicero in Cato cineth twoootherreafionsifor thisappellation § Apad Lacedemonios ght dimplifsimiums Macifras tiene geriintyatfant;fic etiam appelantur Scenes'; Among the Lacedamonian the chiefe Mas gitrates as they merefo areshey called Eldermen sand againe: Ratioen pruden tia nif effent tnfeitibus, non\[ummerue Concilina Adaiores nostri appellaf fent Sematuiw 3 Ufreafon and aduifen right) acquired the title of Regall : the other (which hadit'noty was knowne for Ty rarinicall : the one Godeftablithed in fauourofhis people : the other he permitted for theiraffliction. In the infancyofthis Regall authority, Princes as they were chofen for theit vertués onely,fo didthey meafure their powers by a great deale of moderation. And therefore (faith Fabius Piczor) Principes, quia iufli erant,cy telicionibus dediti.iure babiti Di & dittis ve anveo facili - werethe Eldarscand tudges ofthe People. And fointhe words of thofe falfe Ty Iges and witnef wecnt were wot inold.men; our ABceitors had ncuer called the bighes Senate, Conncell bry the wame of4 10 But though thefe reafons may well be pinen, yet wee doubt not but in this name of (Elders) for Gouernout's or Counfailers of State,thereis a figne thatthefirft Gouer hors were the Fathers of Families ; and wnder them the cldeft Sons. Andfrom thence Lordhhip and Dominion : fignifying (according to Priates,becaufe they were inst and religious were rightly accounted and called god. ‘And though({peaking humanely) the beginningof Empire may be afcribed to Reéas to fonand Netefiity ; yerit was God himfelfethat firtt kindledthis light in the mindes of Conduéer:'God himfelfe by his eternall pre Deete their Leaders'; and Cranes (by oder impofed)watch for theirowne fatety. Thejyp.¢ 5 Loyfean) puiffa moft High bearcth rule ouer the Kingdoniesof Men aid appointeth ouerit whowmfoene r hec> x ; pleafeth.By me({aith wifedome, {poken by the Son of God) Kings reigne;By mePrinces rile: ®! 8.15. andit # God faith Daniel) that fetteth vp Kings, ana taketh away Kings.And ‘that this Dav-221. Périnms Power ar command the other, Proprietas ant doinininm 3 Propriety or Aafter{bip: the.correlatiue ofthe oneis the fubiedt, ofthe other the flaye. dd Cafarem (faith he) poteflas omninm pertinet,ad fingules Proprictas ; Cefar hath power oncr all, and CUCrY 14% 99 Propriety : Neceflity (whichbin-3® tabilisproui~ thatthe eftate ofreafonable men ith vnderftand at once, dentie poreles-and thata generall floud ofco would become fat more mifera ble thanthat of beats, nfufion would afecond timeouerbyagenerall obedienceto order and flowthem,did theynot dominion preuentit. Forthe mighty,w in their owne ftrengths,found others ho again (by interchange oftimes)more mi trufted themfelues : the feeble fell vider the forcible ; and the equall from equal ehty than quall aga Infomuch thatlicen l receiued etiou s diforder (which feemed to prom ypuFian: a proucd ifea liberry vponia better triall;no leffe peril lous than an vninThefe Arguments by Neceffity propounded and by R eafon firmed, perfwaded all Nati| ons whic intai 40 h the Heauens Soe Ge fter,and to Magiftracy in fome eMa de ree. Vnderwhicl Ie brought withit leffe i euill,than i (one all men wife that obf a former mifc fe pe sin as ent gener. as jiafea gp i n g ene : eru t i eit ) fou nd fome imperf And therefore the fame Nec eflity which ented, and ection aaantis id the fame Rea Wer,bethoughtit felfe ofinu certaine equall rules,in whifon-which approch Dominion(in ugh eher ownl l.~ eee madet imits. For before the inuention e heir own furerss and Hangmen ;: me aluring bythis yard,and Waighingi fancies both oe Trean this ballance,both goo d Foras wif \ edo) me in Elderth} P pre ced edtheruleof Kings; fo Went theinuentions ofLawes, the wil] of Ki Populi rewllis legis: aSRE gibuserant: The OSb ar :arbitréa princi ngs forepunspre le 3 tawes than the wils of it follow ofprinces. Hcrecied b deer good; neither did thofe mens vertues value Were) Amer interdum ninais - at Kings, nor thofé mens vices deforme themthat S another whi o le farke nothinwes g HhHen#3 int ce it caerd meum ; Lo to nih pafil ome while t9o m™4ch, le,vid thaer r af tewe r fee fews yea aintoh Royall power)' La rs/(for direction wes Were eftablithed : an d that gouernment whicli ence hauing ordained Kings sand the lawof Nature Leaders,and Rulers ouer others! Forthe very Bées liaue their Prince;the proper power.) The kindesofthis Seignonrie,Seutca takestwo: nce in propriety, ot the one, PoteHtasaut ins firmun indicia partite men;wherebythey fawthat they could notlive and bee preferued without a Ruler and r)and Out ofit (Seferourie)for in bu owne: andagaine, Cefar émnia imperio pofsidet,finguli dominio 3 Ca/far hal. deth alt in his power sandenery man polfeffeth bes owne. But as men and vice began abundantly to increafe: fo obedience,the fiuit ofn lent feed feldome ripeneth) being ex amples.vtterly withered and fell aw paternall perfwafions (aftermankind began to negle@ and forget originalland firft giueroflife)becathein all onet-weak,citherto refift the firft inclinathe tion of euillorafter (when it became habituall) to conftraine'it. Sothat nlow,whe nthe hearts of men wer. eonely guided & fteered\b wife eas ofthe world,while 153 1 i had this mixture ofequality (holding in an cuen ballance fupreme power and common didthe Freachpitalianjand Spaniard takethe word (Signe Neceftitasel of theEitan) ofthe World, OrSévieres dovh.So itis written in Sufanna,Then the Affembly beleéned them as thofe that Goiternourouerthem: the Hebrew beating the fame'fenfe,which the Latine word Senes poweris giuen from God, Chri/ himfelfe witnefferh,(peaki ngto Pilate;Thouw conldef bane ao wopower at all against me,except it were giucn thee from aboue. : It wasthereforeby a threefold Tuftice thatthe Worldhath beene gouerned from thé beginning,(to wit)by4 Tuftice natural! : by which the Parents and Elders of Families lobit 19.21 gouerned their Childten;and Nephewes and Families ; in which gouernment the Obedience was called naturall Piety : Agdine,bya Iuftice diuine,dr awne fromthe Lawes and Ordinances of God ; and the Obedience hereiinto was called Contciené e : Atid laftly bya luftice citiill, begotten byboth the fofmer; & the Obedienceté this we call Duty. That bythefethree thofe of the eldeft times wete commande d, and that therule in genetall was Paternall,it ig moft enident : for Adam being Lordouer hisowne Chil dren,inftructed themin theferuice Gf Godhis Créeatour! 348 wee reade, Caisand Abel brouglit Oblations before God,'as they had beene taught by their Parentsthe Father 6£ > Mankinde. §. II. ; Of tiethrzecommendable farts of Gonernment with their opposites : andof the devrees ofbis mare fociety. Hatother Policy AVA / was exercifed; or State foundedafter fuchtimeas mati- kinde was greatly multiplied before the Floud, ircannorbee cettainely knowne, though it feeme by probable conie@ture; thar the fame was not without Kings in that firft Agevit bei ig poflible that manyPrinces oftlie Egyptians (re40 membre 1ongtheir antiquit es)wercbefore the general Floud:and very likely;that thecruel! O ppreffions inthat Ageproceededfrom {ome tyranny in Gouernment } or from fome tougher formeof Rule;than the Paternal, érofus afcribeth thetule of the Worldin thofe dayes to the Gyants of Libanus, who ¥r4/ lili ed (faith he) all Nations fromthe Sun-rifing to the Sun-fet. But in the fecond Age ¢ World,andafterfirch timeas the rule of lerfhip failed, three feuerall. fortso£ 1crmment werein feneralltimes cftablifhed among mer according to the dinersnae ires.of Places and People , Thefirft,the moft ancient; idmoft approued>wasthe Gouernment of : :to whichTyranny is oppofed) being alfora g tothe willofthe Commander, withoutfexod,or Men. Fora lawfull Prineeor Magiftrate juitys and of this condition ought eucry Maz ule of Gods word Indges andOfficers {halt show makethee peutr6.12, } tm th ¥Uttre The fecond ing by rn ‘ j & the prop lew ith righoleous thageMmeut, ifd principal Perfons eftablifhed by order, and rus m poreitas ;towhich Oligarchia (orthe pars y aveat-ones)is oppofed : asthe Décemviri.oy Trin hac Tl |