.. [ 469 J IX. The rdlnClion'of [in licitu & honeftu'] . makerh ir not lawful to Swear or Promiftt Obedi– ence to fuch• . I. Becaufe even to fubjeet our– felves ro Ufurpers is not licitum aut honejfum tho' they·-command nothing elfe but ~cod. 2. A Lawful Ruler mufi be obeyed only [ m Licit£~ & , honejlis ] And a Ufurper rnufi not be as much ' owned as aLawful Ruler. Ifan Ufurper {hould fet up in Engla.nd, and {hould fallly pretend the Kings Commif1ion, and ·lhould follicite rheKings Army to rake Commiift– ons from him, a Loyal Subject might be deceiv· -ed by him, believing that he bad the Kings Corn– million when hehad none: And might at once be true to the King in Heart, and do the things that Trayrors do. Brit ifhe know that he haeh none of the Kings Commiffion, but raifech Arms · agc;infi his Will and La\v to firengthen himfelf, every Subjed ought to renounce him, and to re– pounce the Commanders that .follow him, and • neither to Swear Obedience to them in licitis & honeftis, nor yet to bear Arms under them. And - this is as true ofaParliament or any Senate as of a iiogle Ufurper, fhould they faHly pretend that the King or La,,r.; cloth make them the Go– vernors of the Kingdom , and fo Ufurp the Kings proper Power? -Anti fpecially if the Total ' Legi{lacive and Judicial Supreme Power be abfo- , lucely in the King alone, as it is in God and Jefus Chri!1 ;- v.;hich I add becaufe fome think they maylawfully be fubjeet: to-chofe Bi(hops that are 1ubjeded qnly to llniverfal Co.uncils or Church Parliaments io they do but difdaim the Roman -Papa:y. . . _ ' . , X. Though fome may thin~that fubjection to H h 3 · • apre- -
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