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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.
Et de Germanico formidoloso Tiberio: To Tyrants, good men, and such as are acceptable to the people, and love the peoples liberty, are always formidable.
And Tyrannidis obscurae & pedetentim serpentis haec sunt initia, cum qui Princeps electus est majorum negotiorum cognitionem sibi unireservans, & ex suo unius arbitratuea statuens, leviorum & quae Reipublicae incolumitatem non attingunt, disceptationem ad Ordines remittit: (But it must be remembered that this was spoken in the Roman Empire).
And Tyrannidis obscurae & pedetentim serpentis haec sunt initia, cum qui Princeps electus est majorum negotiorum cognitionem sibi unireservans, & ex suo unius arbitratuea statuens, leviorum & quae Reipublicae incolumitatem non attingunt, disceptationem ad Ordines remittit: (But it must be remembred that this was spoken in the Roman Empire).
And his Tiberii vera sententia was [Quanto plus gliscit imperantis potestas, tanto jura minuuntur: itaque non permittendum ut is ut atur imperio, ubi Legibus agipotest.]
And his saying of Germanicus hath its use: [A Prince may better know what is the judgement of his army and people of him, by mens private discourse and table-talk, than by Sermons and public conventions, especially such as are appointed by himself.]