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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And for Protestants I will not meddle with Divines but Lawyers, School Doctors and Politic writers; who commonly go further for the peoples power than ever I or any Nonconfor•••s of my familiarity did approve (Pardon our singularity) I would desire no more of such as the […] and other accusers of our principles, but to read over […], and such others, yea the most powerful defenders of Monarchy, […], And then read the Protestant Lawyers and Doctors of Philosophy, and compare our principles here with the […].
And for Protestants I will not meddle with Divines but Lawyers, School Doctors and Politick writers; who commonly go further for the peoples power than ever I or any Nonconfor•••s of my familiarity did approve (Pardon our singularity) I would desire no more of such as the 〈…〉 and other accusers of our principles, but to read over 〈…〉, and such others, yea the most powerful defenders of Monarchy, 〈…〉, And then read the Protestant Lawyers and Doctors of Philosophy, and compare our principles here with the 〈…〉.
I will pass by such as Learned […], and now instance only in […] a Lawyer. In his Politics (I will not English it) he saith in […] (most like Mr. H[…]oker) [A[…]sero ⟨p. 121⟩haec jura Majestatis, quae dicuntur, regno adeo esse propria, ut soli haec competant, ejusque spiritus vitalis, anima, cor & vita sint, quibus salvis Resp. vivit; & quibus sublatis interit & perit illa, nomineque hoc indigna judicanda. Concedo horum jurium Principem seu summum Magistratum esse dispensatorem, administratorem vel procuratorem: Proprietatem vero illorum & usumfructum adeo jure ad regnum seu populum universum pertinere contendo, ut hunc etiamsi velit see abdicare, eaque in alium transfer & alienare, nequaquam possit, non minus quam vitam quam quisque habet, alii communicare potest. Jura haec à populo seu membris Regni & Reip. constituta sunt; ab illis inceperunt, atque non nisi in illis consistere possunt, & ab illis conservari. Horum quoque administratio quae principi est precario seu expacto concessa, illo mortuo ad populum, qui ob perpetuam successionem immortalis dicitur, revertitur, & alii ab eodem demandatur, cujus unus vel plures capaces esse possint.