for this is essential to a Tyrant, to command and rule by violence. If a lawful Prince do one, or more acts of a Tyrant, he is not a Tyrant for that, yet his action in that is Tyrannical, and he doth not that as a King, but in that act as a sinful man, having something ⟨p. 267⟩of Tyranny in him. 2. The Powers, Rom. 13. 1. that are, ordained of God, as their author and efficient; But Kings commanding unjust things, and killing the innocent, in these acts, are but men, and sinful men; and the power by which they do these acts, a sinful and an usurped power, and so far they are not powers ordained of God, according to his revealed Will, which must rule us. Now the authority and official power, in abstracto, is ordained of God, as the Text saith, and other Scriptures do evidence. And this Politicians do clear, while they distinguish betwixt jus Personae, and jus Coronae, the power of the Person, and the power of the Crown and Royal office. They must then be two different things. 3. He that resisteth the power, that is, the official power, and the King, as King, and commanding in the Lord, resisteth the Ordinance of God, and Gods lawful constitution, v. 2. But he who resisteth the Man, who is the King, commanding that which is against God, and killing the innocent; resisteth no ordinance of God, but an ordinance of Sin and Satan: for a man commanding unjustly, and ruling Tyrannically, hath, in that, no power from God. 4. They that resist the power and Royal office of the King in things just and right, shall receive to themselves damnation, ver. 3. but they that resist, that is, refuse, for Conscience, to obey the man who is the King, and choose to obey God rather then men, as all the Martyrs did, shall receive to themselves salvation. And the 80 valiant men, the Priests, who used bodily violence against King Uzzahs person, and thrust him out of the house of the Lord, from offering incense to the Lord, which belonged to the Priest only: received not damnation to themselves, but salvation in doing Gods will, and in resisting the Kings wicked will.
for this is essentiall to a Tyrant, to command and rule by violence. If a lawfull Prince doe one, or more acts of a Tyrant, he is not a Tyrant for that, yet his action in that is Tyrannicall, and he doth not that as a King, but in that act as a sinfull man, having something ⟨p. 267⟩of Tyrannie in him. 2. The Powers, Rom. 13. 1. that are, ordained of God, as their author and efficient; But Kings commanding unjust things, and killing the innocent, in these acts, are but men, and sinfull men; and the power by which they doe these acts, a sinfull and an usurped power, and so far they are not powers ordained of God, according to his revealed Will, which must rule us. Now the authoritie and officiall power, in abstracto, is ordained of God, as the Text saith, and other Scriptures doe evidence. And this Polititians doe cleare, while they distinguish betwixt jus Personae, and jus Coronae, the power of the Person, and the power of the Crown and Royall office. They must then be two different things. 3. He that resisteth the power, that is, the officiall power, and the King, as King, and commanding in the Lord, resisteth the Ordinance of God, and Gods lawfull constitution, v. 2. But he who resisteth the Man, who is the King, commanding that which is against God, and killing the innocent; resisteth no ordinance of God, but an ordinance of Sin and Sathan: for a man commanding unjustly, and ruling Tyrannically, hath, in that, no power from God. 4. They that resist the power and Royall office of the King in things just and right, shall receive to themselves damnation, ver. 3. but they that resist, that is, refuse, for Conscience, to obey the man who is the King, and choose to obey God rather then men, as all the Martyrs did, shall receive to themselves salvation. And the 80 valiant men, the Priests, who used bodily violence against King Ʋzzahs person, and thrust him out of the house of the Lord, from offering incense to the Lord, which belonged to the Priest only: received not damnation to themselves, but salvation in doing Gods will, and in resisting the Kings wicked will.
