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In his 11. Sect. p.64. the Doctor complains that we have left the King nothing we could take from him; and this kind of speech is ordinary amongst some, who are so bold as to affirm▪ that because we do not make our selves slaves, we make our Sovereign no King. Let him and them read what Almain saith, ^*A pol tic, saith he is not there o•e said to be regal because there is one above all tl at is greater then all the Community, but because there is one above the rest who hath •urisdictionover every particular man in that Community; neither were it fir, that there should •e one such who were so superior, unless he were indeviable as Christ who is able to rule the Community according to his own will, •hen the Poli je should be perfectly regal. And Fortescue saith, Poss• male •g repotestarem potius m•ni it quam augment it We do not say that God is less powerful because h cannot sin; nothing is more truly regal then to keep ones will within the bounds of good Laws. It is some miseric not to ave all which you would. It is more misery to will what you may not; It is most misery to have a power to do what you see will. But if you d•not. saith the Doctor re-assume power from the Prince, what means the d fference you make of things disposed of by trust, from things disposed of by donation, ⟨p. 46⟩because they may be recalled, these may not, so you say, pag. 25.

In his 11. Sect. p.64. the Doctor complaines that we have left the King nothing wee could take from him; and this kind of speech is ordinary amongst some, who are so bold as to affirme▪ that because we doe not make our selves slaves, we make our Soveraigne no King. Let him and them read what Almaine saith, ^*