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The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking…The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking…
The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking up of arms, is justified, Doctor Ferns reply answered, and the case in question more fully resolved / by William Bridge ...The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking up of arms, is justified, Doctor Fernes reply answered, and the case in question more fully resolved / by William Bridge ...
London: printed by T.P. and M.S. for Ben. Allen, 1643
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Thirdly, whereas he saith; That the first Fathers of mankind, were the first Kings and Rulers: for we see the earth divided amongst Noah's three sons, &c. I refer him for information to the 1 Chron. 1▪ 10. where it is said expressly of Nimrod, that he began to be mighty upon the earth; whereas if Noah and his sons were Kings, their dominions being greater before the division of the earth into after Colonies, they should have been more mighty then he. And what his might was▪ is declared to us, Gen. 10. 10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, &c. Here is the first time, as Mendoza well observes, that we read of a kingdom after the flood, and that is marked with a [Greek or Hebrew], Rebellavit: For Nimrod comes of [Greek or Hebrew], to rebel, as if in erecting his Kingdom, he had rebelled against the way of government which before was used if not appointed. And it should seem strange if God had appointed that way of government by making the sons of Noah Kings; that Ham, from whom came Nimrod, who was that cursed and wicked posterity of Noah, should keep that government alive which was set up by God; and that Shem, who was the godly posterity of Noah, from whom came Abram, should not: for we read not that Abraham was a King, or that his government was Monarchical▪ but rather the contrary, as 1 Chro. 1. 43. Now these are the Kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before any King reigned over the children of Israel. To this purpose Mendoza swriteth who saith, Before the descent into Egypt, the Jews did not constitute a Common-wealth, but a family: for (as Aristotle) a Common-wealth doth not arise but from a conjunction of many families; but the• Abraham's family was one, to which Isaac's succeeded, and to that the house of Jacob. And although in Jacobs time, after several marriages there sprang up divers families (the government of all which could not be Occonom••al• or Domesticall) yet were there not so many families as could constitute any political Common-wealth,