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Show do ufu~Hy follow upon the violating or flayino uf thofe men , who have a fl:rong faetio~ among the people, or forein confederates alfo. Surely it is' uncertain,whether a King or people be willing th~ State t Mihi pax om- lbould be fo endangered : and , without rti cum civib1U know leoe of their WI11 the force cannot b.tlfo c~vili uti- be J. ufi 'rF avonius [aid:Civil war is worft lm v1dtt ur. • , r. Cic, than unlJH:rrf . .,ll a.nd u1 urped Goverment. Liv. t. H · And Cicero .. t To me any pe11tce with oNr "Q.lo~ Plutar• Countrey-men [eemeth mor~ profit~b/f cht~~ ~~~ ~· than Ci11il 1:var. Better it had been , laid Qumw vna <r· i>. . h T N b· h d ftc expl:cat: 1 ttus ~tnttus , t e yrant a u a Cl4m vidcret (j- been let alone at Laced,emon *, when 11e gra111 lllio he could not otherwife be thrown rum I.acor1um down but with the orievous ruine of the malo i10J po.lfo C ' 1 b 1' ok 1 . fh . h t rannum de· ommonwea t , I e y to pen m t e Jmz.Non alie· vindicati0n of her liberty. To the fame num eft .tb hac purpofe is that of .Ariftcphanes, yf Lyon rc q~od Plu- is not to be bred in a City; bu.t if h~ be ~ rarc~u' refert, brought up,he muft be k.;pt. Venly,!eemg Laconem 11 . h d 1. b . h h quendam cum it is a mon wetg ty e 1 eratwn, w et er legifiet, Hos , peace or liberty be. to b~ prcferd, .a~ Tac~. Jum M~ ;·te pa· tui fpeaks ; and , m ( tcero s opm1on, It ran~dommatum is a politick qucfiion of greatdl: difficul· exung"ere {tt- h h (' . f 'CJ~J Ante s~li · ty , Whet er, w en our ountry ts oppre • nrenti' 111tt11ia Jed by an Ufurper, all endeavour iJ to be · MarsrapJ.it: u(ed againft him, although the Common· Refpond.· lf~, . n'ealth be thereby extreme!J endangered; Mewf vm zlll h peritle. Exfpe- Sin ole perions oug t mot to arrogate un· tiart enim de- to ~hemfel.ves that judgment which be· butrant ut.i1ft longs to the peop1e in common. Nor can ptr je dnmma- that faying be approv·o, t1u conj1agraret, * ;ree '!he FJrjf 1'4rl. 169 , *Wee pull the proud U[urpers down; ,. De~rahi"'~ That Lord it o'r the willmg Townt. 1Jo11'J_mos ur/11 , S d·d·s ll r. b · k d h {trvzre:p•)'at~. o I J a amvver , emg as e w Y t Plutarch Ca· he troubled his Country with takmg tone M:aj de: arms : * That l may free it from tyrants. Antiocho Better is the advice of Plato, * in an E- M-agno. lfell1 p·tan. l eo fh•I S to Pe r dt'c ca; l n t·h e (~, D mmon- pmtrbll~ttctx, tluimb~rf•ur-t ,.;~ wealth, contend fo far as thou canft ~tp- Grt~w,l,itrtaprDve thy doings to thy Citi:z:,tm; it is not ~s ,~ tl,tn.tts. fittoojferviolence, neitherto thy parent, ,..AP~•an.cw.r. nor to t hy countYJ. The l-en.re w he reo f.I S LCautJinUeS lviee rba 0 • ex rant in Saluft * too : For to over-.rule fu ,t Cic. e~. th7 country or th(parents, although thou tam. J. 1, art,ahle, and canft reform what is ami[s, Tt~11t.Hmc~nttn· ' tJtt is it uncivill ; e{lpecia/lv, feernrr all 1 dtrtmrebp.qua1f- 1 . . 'J J' p um pro are t~u ch""ges tn ~tjfatrs of ftau portend Jlaugh- civibuJ polfis : ter, jlig ht, a11d other ho.ftilities. Thomas* 1Jim •tq; parmfaith, ,The ~efiruetion,though of a cyran- ti, •t9;Jiatri• nical Government , is fometimes tediti- frn °111rtcre. oust. The fa& of EhuduponEtlon King~!:~:~!~~=: of M,oab ouoht not to bring us over ts> art. :r.. th_c contrary ftde : for the facred Scripture t Hue & Amplainlr ~itndfet~, He was raifed by br~i illud God h1miclf, and tent as an Avenger, to no mAadl~ refe- . b . . l d d ber. ras : JI4Val Wit, y tpecta comman . An ndes, h~e quoq· ad it is not manifeH,that this lting of MMb trofcllu/n bonlf · had not fome right of Government con- exi(limatlon;, • · · · ditionaU. Againft other Kings alf0 God fi «e.pdttm'!. mA'Rtb~ tr1p1.u inoptm,dtmortt · ~.,..,~,. truM, !Uiflitr~m fint tlnfuPonl jifl'i pottft; ne 'CJidtamur . J•lla~~t'" "''gu [ace;e caufo,.qdm mzftrUcrli•; & gr11'CJi~a it~{trrt vul~tr,, dum m111Dr1buJ mtdtri de/idtram/14. De effie :z. c. :a. Non longe abit ~llud Stallii apud Plutarchum in vita .B;uri; ~quum · ~ efft It "'' prudtnJ ae (apinu im1r•lmum & defipitnliNm cauf• il' 1 ftr~tlll4 &tilr•M {uo,ji,iu. ]Nd. 3,' 1 S.· Nehtm. ,. "1· ' executed |