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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.
It seems heretofore some Canonists thought otherwise: But the great Politic Writer Ad. Contzen li. 5. c. 5. tells you, That now the common vote is against them: And he concludeth as the true and common judgement, that the power of making Laws, is by nature in the multitude or whole Common-wealth; and that no one Prince hath more than the people give him. And that the people when they choose a Royal Person or Family, may reserve this right, that he shall abrogate or make no Law without them: that all Civil power flows from the people; and that none without Tyranny can take this power from them: And that such a Tyrant is worse than he that beateth the innocent, because he wrongeth and oppresseth more.
It seems heretofore some Canonists thought otherwise: But the great Politick Writer Ad. Contzen li. 5. c. 5. tells you, That now the common vote is against them: And he concludeth as the true and common judgement, that the power of making Laws, is by nature in the multitude or whole Common-wealth; and that no one Prince hath more than the people give him. And that the people when they choose a Royal Person or Family, may reserve this right, that he shall abrogate or make no Law without them: that all Civil power flows from the people; and that none without Tyranny can take this power from them: And that such a Tyrant is worse than he that beateth the innocent, because he wrongeth and oppresseth more.
And of all forms of Government, he concludeth [Monarchiam temperatam, in qua Optimatum, sive Senat svaleat authoritas, in qua Civitatum, atque aliorum Ordinum sit nonnulla potestas, praeferendam esse, li. 1. c. 21. p. 43. And he defineth Tyranny to be [Imperium quod ad imperantium, aut alicujus partis in Republicâ utilitatem spectat—] c. 16. p. 31. Et p. 32. ait [Prima & vetustissima tyrannidis origo est Regum in pejus mutatio. Ambito, avaritia, libido, potestatls comites sunt & pestis.—p. 33. Utinam, utimam, quàm seriò Tyrannidem & Tyrannum omnes detestantur, ita sedulo fugiant! Si ulla res est orbi perniciosa, sibi gravis, illa est Tyrannis.—p. 34. Accedit & illud ad miseriam Tyrannorum quod quocunque modo caedantur etlam per fraudem & injuriam, magna tamen in laude apud improbos sunt illi, qui hoc ausi sunt, etiamsi per scelus—Etsi injusta sit credes, multis tamen grata: Causam reddit princeps philosophorum, l. 2. pol. c. 7. [Maximas injurias propter immoderatas