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Show of W~tr a~Jcl PtMt doc by authority o~ the H1ghefi. That's without controvcrty amongfl a\l gopd men . If they command any thing con· .... trary'to naturall right or to the divine precepts , what they command is not to /.be' done. For the Apofilcs , vvhe:n ~hey faid, we mull obey God rather than men, appealed to a mofi certain rule , wrmen in all mens minds 'which Y ')U may finde almofl in the fame words in P fat P : but if for any fitch caufe, or otherw.iic bcc.au!e it is the plea.Cure qf the Sover~1gn, . mJury be offerd us, it is to be fu~erd wah pa· · :.r/- tie-nce , rather than refitted by force. L X I l. By the law o.f Naturc,war ' upon SuperitJrs , M fuch, is not . ordinartly lawful!. Au men indeed :natur:dly c~s we h~ve . (aid above) have right to keep ~ff.m· jury from themfeJ;es. But , ~iv,il iomt~ being ord:lined tof the m~mtena~ce ot tranquillity! thereltpon ariieth preicntly to the Commonwealth a certain greater right over us and ours , fo far a~ it is ne· ceffary to that end. The Commonwea!th therefore may , f9r publicq~e pea~e and order, prohibi te that promiicuous nght vf refilling: and no doubt is to be made of ~he will thereof, V')lhen without t~H the, end. cannot be attained. For if that pro· t~ifcuous rjoht of relifiioa continue,itwil l\DC be now 0 a Common :ealth' but _a dif· · iolute Yhe ftrft pArt. l.J1 foJute multitude ,·'fuch as were~ the Cy-clops, of whom EHripides faith , Every E.uripid. CJone gives Iawes til his •vife a11d children,. elope . and,~ confuf'ed company, where every ..• one commands and none ohtyezj:.: And the tfiD~1.Bcbn~:'s b . . , a. 11111 1a pro .. l-. Jd ortgtnes, who,as Salu1• relates, were a dit Valerius: favage kind of people, without laws, with- Non fmdera Itout rule, diforderly and difiolu'te :and the f.tlm_Vllacaitmt qetulians, of whom he iipeakech in an- plae~d . .:uar~lJ~- . , ra tem:nt.a me,. .. other place, that they were not govern d, w. neither by cu!tomcs , nor by the Law or commana of any Ruler. The manners of all Commonwealths. are io, as I have , .. . faid : 'It is a general agreeme;-;t of hu- , man foci tty ,fait. h Augufiin,to ohey KiiJg s. R.ex ~fl. faD ·~ To the Prince faith Tacitus have the tens Jllrt 1111/Je C.c:o ds gz·v en r. ' 'h r l · rr obnoxi~. JEr- 1upremepower; tot .e Juo;ects chylus • .Na,_ 1s left the glory of ohedteHce. HtG quoque, Pri1wpes fun;: I '!di._?;na di,g-m~ ha!Jenda funt Rex qru, lbJ!qum_dum. · facit. 9141/?ttu? v£quum atq·~ iniquum'JVgiiimperium ;;;~1:;, bJ~~II.a · .feras. Ser..~ca: . • tum pt1ftrtnd• Add that whtch IS tn Salufi *. To doe in[citia tft, Eu .. wJ,at he will "Without punijhment , that is ri(d. · to be Kin/(. Hence it is, that every where ,. . 'd the Ma jefiy, th:rt is the dj2nity whether · !~pun~ 9.1d11 .. 1 : f 1 , ...., ' vz~ 1 acert, 1 ~J' o. a peop e. or. of One that ha ch the ·I'C<,~tw rffe. · htghefi P?Wer•, ts defen~ed by fo many Pcrtinent .. hu,e·' Lawes, by fo rm.ny pundhmems:which .M.Anton1! dignity .cannot conlill , if. rhe Hcence 'of v~~~ bah qu~ cd rcliHingdo remai~ .. A So.di'er ·,who hath ~~deJxi~:~ ~ l'elifred his Captain willino to chaflire L. Milittf. · him , if he hath laid hold 0~ his rod 15 §. imvmnr. <;afi;lierd ; if he purpofe1y-break it or l~id l>. Jere m_ilit •• V·lo .1 e nt ha n d upon h1' s Capta.m ', dyes. lLl.iuta{lr/.i6b ltgz. m&• 114 , ,ap. And If· |