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Show of War and PeAce is no therefore that can clear the Maccabus,befidcs extreme and moll ce1• tain danoer: to wit,io long as they con. _, teind themiC:l ves within termes of felf. defenfe, fo, as to retire into devious pl:t· ces, after David's C!Xample ' to fecure themfelves; and not to emer into battail / but when they-were affaulted. LX I X. ~he King's Perfon Satr(d, MEan while, this caution is to be ob· ferved _, even in fuch a danger the perfon of the King muft be fpared: which they that think David did,not oucofany neceffity of duty , but out of fame higher defioq , are much miftakeo. For D11viJ t $•m· t6,J. himfelf plainly faid , N~ man can /a7 'B:Je1d. u,2.1. hands upon the King, and be innomrt, OJtAt.l. ,, \Vell he knew, 'twas written in rhelaw, . U:tfle~ufe~e Thou Jhalt not revile the Gods (that is,the fl•timp~tnitudi· hioheft Judges) norc~rfe the Rulerofthy ne~NDl~H_, inju. pe~ple. In which law tbe fpcciall me~flum {'..""ru tion made of the eminent powers , ev1· rff!d'"'~' 7JI- dendy fhewes fome thino fpeciall to be :',~::.~~ commanded. (Wherefor~ OptatUJ fpeak· ~oft: HtJrren- ing of this fa6l: of David faith , He was ilurn, rtgem hindred h] a full remem/Jrance of tht di· IJ.UM'IIJ_'llll,':a- vine commands. t And he puts thefc words lum mterP.eer_~, into Davids mouth I was wil/int, to ore· .lfa•emit4n•t iitrtnumm i'-" '- , h I h .r. ther CQr»C r»J enemJ 1 vUt t Itt C OJ( ra ""' 11b ID fli to k.!ep the CommanJ. of my God.) Now, '(tiP" llcllit~ for cvill words that are falfe ~ lc is not lawfull to caft them at a private perf?ofi· a gam 7'he firft - v~"- aoainil a Kina thcrefare we mull not u[e · . >'tl~cm when 7hey are true. Fol' ;-i"s ·cbe b fl£1 Writ;r of the Prob1ems , which bear A- Pl'o ltm. t • ; riftot!es name, affirmeth, He that re- .oto• . roacheth the Ru/e.r u injHrioUI to the ~ · tr And if the Ruler muft not be of- • Julia nus Mi~ feKnJd ad . h h h 1 fs cer- fopogone: Wlt t c tongue ' muc e • sunt enim ltf.tt tainly with the mnd: whence w_e ;:tlio /£vtrtt pro pr;,. .. read , that D~via· s heart fmote h1m fot ciJf~~ , .it~ ut · 1 f g· the oarmcnt of the King ; fo ~~~~ ~~ p11nnpt"' VIO a 10 .o r. .n: d f I1IJf4YIO[r#S fue-much did he apprehend the 1ailVtltU eo rit 14 ex ani•i his perfon. And not ~ithout caufe: For libidine ~oncul· fith the hi a heft power cannot but ly op.en cAvmt ltr,es. to the ha t~ed t of 'many, the Rulers per· t ~intil. ~tou was with a peculiar fenfe to . be _fe- ~~~~~~/,~!: cui d. The 1?..fmans made a ConftitUtlon ditionem lm71ithat the Tribunes of the common people Nm,qui admi· thould be inviolable. The EJ[mes had a ni~rafio1te111 ... i- · o that Kinos are to be accounted riiJHb. aggrtdl-aymu/ .. ~ . _untur;uttaq~IC "facred • lc 1s m Curtuu , that the na 1flaxime Jtrtl· tions which are und~r Kings reverence nent ad{~tLuttlll their Kings as Gods. And .4rMblln111 the eom,•nem,.cM• Perji;tn faith:~ Amongft our m~ny good q~a~am[~e1 ;~ h . . h ,_ , n. h L K · · vJdza efficm Law.s , t wu t e veJ~. ' t I# t'-Ie tng tS "gantur. Vide to be reverenced andaaored, M the lm~ge ca ele re Livi;e. of God the Saviour of All. verba ad Au .. , , guft~~l apud. Xi phiL ex D~one, • Piuttrct.. Agide, :, Ntc {t4s , nee lwtum rt!l' t~rpori mAnu! 'n(errt. Infig9e i~lud ~pud ij~merwm : -N atJZ prD porlili pa!ilrt tlt?Jtb~t , .Nt grml n awd~ret. . .B~~e. ~hry~~ft?mu: .I :rim. I. SJ qtMs' IVtlnfllf.MletAbtogrtgtm Jm~IIU~: Ut ft qtm ~· flirtlll de 111tdio fu{fulerit Ab eo tDtMIII gregt"! dijJipa~!· Se~eca. l1b • priore ·de Clc~u. c.J. S'Otlllf4TTJ tjtM;lJP6iU'Ir11S u~11bu.s rnunmvt.IAtt-, t• objtlli ,ircrm(ufiq·Je(qrdunt: i.ncrnrentibus p~1·ict~lu fe apponurtt. No7thic t/l d11e r.tiOR~ fOITI{is llrbivufq; C011{&n(~,t'9-c. lt A put! Plu-: farch Thc:miftoclc. LXX. Of |
