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Show o(WJr anJ PeAce deth yet [o f.ur, as to grant the people, ,. ln!i~niparti. and an* eminent part thereof, a right of defeneling · themfelves againfl: immane Lib. 6. c,:z. 3~& cruelty; whell yet the fame Author .acl '<f• ~nowledgct~ the whole people to be lub- / jeCt to the King. I do ~afily conceive, the more value that is of which is conferved , the more · ~quity it is , which give us an exceptiop againG: the wot·ds of of the Law; ~everthelefs, indiflincHy to <:ondemn ·either' ftngle perfon~ , or a lefs part of the people, vvhich heretpfore hath ~fed the Iafl: f.1feguafd ?f m~effity, io, as to ha vc ref peel in the mean t'lme to the •;Vix 1ulim. cot-pmon· goo~,* I fcarce ~are. For Pavid, S who, except 3. few acts , hath teflimony 1 ""'·z:.. ~. f 1·c .n.r· c d h · 1 o- 11 , 13~ ·/O a neexav~y~onrorme tote aws, had about him armed men, firfi four hundred' and ther,. a greater number; to what purpofe , but ~o keep off ~iolence, if it lhould be offered! B,u~vvithall, ;his is to be noted, David dtd not this, till after he had fomtd , both by Jonathftn's difco· yery , an~ by very many other p10iher~ 1 ta.in ;trguments, that Saul fought after his life? ~d · then , neitper invades p~ Ci· ties , nor takes occafion~ of fighting , but retreat~ and ~i~es hinifelf ~ fometiriles in the wilderrtefs 1 fometimes ~mongfi other people , ·. ;tpd path~ religious care nev~t . to ~urthi~own Co~try. Par1Ile~ coth1s may feem the aaion of the Macc~~m. For , that fame defend their arms upon this title , as if .Anti~rhus had not been " . King 1!Je Fir} IS 3 Kino but an Invadct , I think it vain ; wh:n the c..M.accllbtes and their followers in all the hiHory, never call .Antiochu~ by any other but the name of King: and ri~htly, whc:ri long before the R~hrewes had acknowledged the Macedonian Power, .into wh0fe-..r~ght 4ntiDchU4 fucceeded. As for that prohibition to fet an alien over the people , that Law is to be undcrflood of voluntary ele£\ion , not of what the people was compeld to d0 , drawn by neceffity Qf the times. And for that which others fay, that the Mace a- .. «•nr¥Jr,. ~ees ufc:d the righl of a peopl~ , who had t Jutlin.lib. liberty * ~o Jiv~ by their ,own laws, it is 3'. Primru not firm neither : for the lews fubdued XtrxeJ Rex Ptr• ,r. ) f I tt.rUTh J lltJtt(JJ firft to N elmc h~dDnoJ or y t~e Jaw o domuit, po]le• war, by the fame law were fubJeCt to the ,u, ip~' Perfit fuccdfors of the Chald44ns, the Medes in ditio11em .11~ an4 P;rft~tns ·all whofeEmpire devolved ttx•ndn ~at.n! ·t o t h~ t .. !f".r& e do ns.~ ns. ~ence. are t.h e p1o.1tt;nfltarte, ed mq; '" Mllt- }n7es calJ d by T~ptus, T/Je moft v1/e ,Lonicilmperii p~trt of thofe rhat ferve 'while the Eafl' (N~rt. d Dt"!l• w M in t h~ pm ~r oft he .A J[yrians, Medt s 1r~s cum dtfc': anJ ferjians. Nor did they covenant for 1-v.iffe:t' amle•· h. . • h. Al d . d h' ' 11 '" ~1111/IIIDTIItn .~ny t mg W,tt eX An tr ?-n ~~ J\.IC":' petit• ,primi cc~ors , but without any condition came 1mnium ex Orlurlder their dominion, as before they haq tnlAlibll4 libtr· been under Da.rim. -aut tf the Jews were tattTIIrm,t· r. • . d h ru•t, fa"ll ~~mettme~ per~mttc: to ave op~n e,cer-. tMnc IComa•il ttfc pf ~hctr Rtte~ and Law~ ~ fhts was a de •litRo lm&i· precarious right ' ' ar~iing from ~he favour ~ti~~· o~ ~he King~ 'f no~ from any law or con- Yl!iffi'!'•Pirl ·. ~tlon anhexed t~ ~he Govefnmcnt. There .f;::rlt4~;. 1• 15 |
