4. The Master might in some cases sell the servant for money, yea for his own gain he might do it, Nehem. 5. 8. Eccles. 2. 7. 1 King. 2. 32. G•n 9 25. Gen. 26▪ 14. 2 King. 4. 1. Gen. 20. 14. and might give away his servants; and the servants were the proper goods and riches of the master, Eccles. 2. 7. Gen. 30. 43. Gen. 20. 14. Job. 1. 3. 15. But the King may not sell his Kingdom or Subjects, or give them away for money, or any other way; for Royalists grant that King to be a Tyrant, and worthy to be dethroned, who shall sell his people: for the King may not dilapidate the rents of the Crown, and give them away to the hurt and prejudice of his successors, L. ult. Sect. sed nostr. C. Comment. de lege, l. pet•. 69. Sect. fratrom de lege, 2. l. 32. ul•imo. D. T. and far less can he lawfully sell men, and give away a whole Kingdom to the hurt of his successors, for that were to make merchandise of the living Temples of the Holy Ghost. And Arnisaus, de authorit. Princip. c. 3. n. 7. saith, Servitude is praeter naturam, beside nature; he might have said, contrary to nature, l. 5. de stat▪ homin. Sect. 2. Just. de jur. perso. c. 3. & Novel. 89. but the subjection of subjects is so consonant to nature, that it is seen in Bees and Cranes. Therefore a dominion is defined a faculty of using of things to what uses you will. Now a man hath not this way an absolute dominion over his beasts, to dispose of them at his will; for a good man hath mercy on the life of his beast, Prov. 12. 10. nor hath he dominion over his goods to use them as he will, because he may not use them to the damage of the Commonwealth, he may not use them to the dishonour of God; and so God and the Magistrate hath laid some bound on his dominion. And because the King being made a King, leaveth not off to be a reasonable creature, he must be under a Law, and so his will and lust cannot be the rule of his power1 and dominion, but law and reason must regulate him. Now if God had given to the King a dominion over men as reasonable creatures▪ ⟨p. 118⟩his power and dominion which by Royalists is conceived to be above Law, should be a rule to men as reasonable men, which would make men under Kings no better then brute beasts; for then should subjects exercise acts of reason, not because good and honest, but because their Prince commandeth them so to do;
4. The Master might in some cases sell the servant for money, yea for his own gain he might doe it, Nehem. 5. 8. Eccles. 2. 7. 1 King. 2. 32. G•n 9 25. Gen. 26▪ 14. 2 King. 4. 1. Gen. 20. 14. and might give away his servants; and the servants were the proper goods and riches of the master, Eccles. 2. 7. Gen. 30. 43. Gen. 20. 14. Job. 1. 3. 15. But the King may not sell his Kingdome or Subjects, or give them away for money, or any other way; for Royalists grant that King to be a Tyrant, and worthy to be dethroned, who shall sell his people: for the King may not delapidate the rents of the Crown, and give them away to the hurt and prejudice of his successors, L. ult. Sect. sed nostr. C. Comment. de lege, l. pet•. 69. Sect. fratrom de lege, 2. l. 32. ul•imo. D. T. and farre lesse can he lawfully sell men, and give away a whole Kingdome to the hurt of his successours, for that were to make merchandize of the living Temples of the Holy Ghost. And Arnisaus, de authorit. Princip. c. 3. n. 7. saith, Servitude is praeter naturam, beside nature; he might have said, contrary to nature, l. 5. de stat▪ homin. Sect. 2. Iust. de jur. perso. c. 3. & Novel. 89. but the subjection of subjects is so consonant to nature, that it is seen in Bees and Cranes. Therefore a dominion is defined a facultie of using of things to what uses you will. Now a man hath not this way an absolute dominion over his beasts, to dispose of them at his will; for a good man hath mercy on the life of his beast, Prov. 12. 10. nor hath he dominion over his goods to use them as he will, because he may not use them to the dammage of the Commonwealth, he may not use them to the dishonour of God; and so God and the Magistrate hath laid some bound on his dominion. And because the King being made a King, leaveth not off to be a reasonable creature, he must be under a Law, and so his will and lust cannot be the rule of his power
- 1A King not over men as reasonable men.
