5 7 1- C h a p . 8 . O fM a g ijlr a c y etnd th e end: o f i t . G o m .e . to bfc in-an extaly^they' were like to them that dream, they would fcarce believe; A ..that; Which,they few;-’ And indeed .amans-Countrey ,and the good of it being'boniini totim, every mans goad,,a .general Bklfing g it ought to be preferred .before bonum ,p!?rft,'8.particular good,; every man, efpecially the Prince and-Magift-rate Ought to : ;haye a chief care over ,it." We fee, that when the body is in danger, men are willing-toi endure thefearing of a. member,’ opening of a vein, of fcarifying for the health of-the whole. We may fee this care in the very Heathen, Both in word and; deed; as firft what they fay in matter- of profit •, unicuique pluris facienda' eft hiHit.is conimuitis, quampropria, the common benefit is to be regarded before a -manspecu- liar .commodity. And for matter of danger; Publica fdluli private imohtmitx eft poftponenda, private fafety is to be neg-ledied, when the common comes in competition. And they go a little further, that men are tied infuch an obligation to their? \Countrey, M nembpatriee parent referat gratiam,etiamfi vitdm impendar,* man can never be grateful enough to his Countrey, though he lofe his life-for the good o f it. ‘ stgm. liti: And this they made good in deed as well as in word : as.appeareth by Codrus KingJudgesS. 1 o f Athene, that to fave his Countrey from the conqueft of the Dorians, willingly loff hisjife i and by HoratiUs Coeles, that to five Romefrom Porfemd’s Army adventured his life to the admiration o f all Ages. This being their Maxime in this point’ propatrin mori honeftius ducitur,qttam vivendopatriam & hotieftdtenideferere : That it was far more honourable to die in a good caufe for the Countrey,’ than by living to- leave the Countrey and Honour both. Now concerning Magiftracy itfelf, we find it to be properly and originally in God, and that he exercifed it by himfelfat firft immediately, as we may fee in three- feveral:Cafes. Gen.34>it. J. In judging the Angels that kept not their firft ftate. 2. In fentencing Adam, Rom. 13. i. Eve, and the Serpent; 3. In the doom of C«» for mgrthering his Brother; All which makeit evidently appear, that hiagiftracy properly is Gc/ds own Prerogative; Afterwards it came tOman by Gods Inftitution and Ordinance, omtiis eniinpoteftas l Deo efti there is no Power but ofGod. When Cainhad been cenfured by God for his cruel fratricide, and ( as the Text faith ) spentout from the prefence of the Lord ( his native Countrey,) andbegan to encreafein bis iflue, be built a City, and the firft that we read of; and his pofterlty en- creafing and inventing Arts, they began to be a Common-wealth in it. Lantech, by , reafon that his fons Jub.il andTubal were inventers of Arts ufeful for the Commonwealth, grew to that infolency, that he would bear no injury at any mails hands, but would be his own Judge, and opprefs others at his pleafure. This City ofCains, where Lantech and his Sons lived, made the godly firft to band themfelves together, and-to take order for'their defence; for after Enos Seths fon, when Seth alfo began to be generative, and to encreafe, they made open profeffion of the name of God,be- ing a diftinft body by themfelves ; fo that here was City againft City, and this was the firft occafion of Civil Government; And indeed Eccleflajtica poteftas, the Ecclefiaftical Powerhad been fufficient to have governed the whole world; but that ( as the Prophet fpeaks) fotiie men in procefs Pf4m32.ro. o f time were like the Horfe and Mule, whofe mouths mnft be held in with bit and bridle, which produceth another larger Government, Which (hould be more powerful to rule fuen a kind Ofunruly people, which was by giving poieftdtemvita &neeis, power o f life and death to one man; which becaufe the people could not give, fpf nemoeft Dominiesfine vita, no man hath power over his own life,and there none can give thatto another, Which he hath not in himfelf s therefore it is, that God, who hath abfolute dominion and power of Life and Death, put the fword into the hand o f the Supreme Magiftrate,and appointed that the people (hould be fubjedt to him ; j - which was well liked by all upon this ground, praiht timers union quommultos; it -is better to fear one, than many. Better one W olf than many, to put mans life in. -.- Continual hazard. -i And now camein Magiftracy with power o f life and death, to be Gods own • - *Ordinance. For.when after the Flood peoplebegan to multiply, and that God fore- ■; few that wickednefe ;would encreafe among men, even to cruelty,, he made an Gen.’ 9. S. Editft: for Magiftracy, and gave the Sword into one mans hands, to.exeeute vengeance; and to do Juftice, in ftiedding his bloud, that feed the bloud of other men: which
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