ObjeBions againft Monarchy anjJVered. 27 ment, do bring in all that is excellent, as if it were~advcrfe to Monarchy. I. They would (boch) fct ir at enmity with Politicians. 2· Wich Lawyers. 3· With Hifiory. 4• \Vich Learning. 5· Wit~ Divines. 6. With all Chrifiian Religion. 7· And with Humanity it [elf. 9·73· Obj._r .. 1~~Pain~erJof the_Leviatban(corn aUPolitick.!, a.F ig~orant of the p:rwero[Monarcln, Obje[J. 1 • except tiJe Atbeijhcal mvcntzo1u of tbeJr own brams. A~td the adverfarus of Monarchy f.zy, The reading of PoiiticltJ rvill {atiJfie men againft Monarchy: For in them you ordinarily find tbat tlu Majeftas Realis if in the people, and tht Majcfi ..s pcrfonalis in the Prince: that the Prince rcceivetb aU h~ puwer from tbt people, to whom it ir firft given, and towhom it may he forfeited and rfcheat: witb mttch more of the liJte, ar if to be fccn in Politiciani of all Religion!. , ' Anfrv. 1. It is not all Politick.f that go upon thofe principles : And one mifiake in writers is no An[Rl• difgrJce to the true doctrine of policicks, which may be vindicated from fuch mifl::~kes. 2· As almoHall Amhors of Politicks take Monarchy for a lawful {peciu of Governmenr, fo mofi or very many ( cfptcially of the rnodcrns) do take it to be the mofi excellent fort of unmixt Government. Therefore they are no enemies to it. 9· 74· Obj. 2· ForLawyers thty fay, thJt I. Civilian I {et "P rrafon fo high, that they dan~eroujly O~je[l. 2. mtajim?tlupower 1{ Monarchs by it : In [o much tb.Jt the moft [.1mous ptlir •f zea/.vHI and learned de- Leg. qu:E de fenders of N/oHarcby 1 Barday and Grotius, do agigtt m.my cafei in which it i1 lawful to reflji Princu by ~r;;~~. pofi arm1, and more tb;;n Jo. 2· And theComman-Lawyeri, they fay, are all fer the Law, and ready'" {ay as Hook<r, [Lex facit R<gem,J and what pow<r the King hath he bath it by Law; the bouGds are known: P· 218. he is, Singulismajor,& univerfrs minor, &c. Aufw. 1· Sure the Roman Civil Laws were not againH Monarchy, when Monarchs made f0 many An[w. of them. And what Power Rcafon truly bath, it hath from God, whom none can over-h...p :·and rhat which rcafon is a.bufed unjufily to defend, may be well contradicted by Reafon indeed. 2. And wha~ po\Ver the LJ.ws of the Land have, they have by the Kings Confent and ACt : And If is llrange impudency to pretcnd that his own Laws are againfi him. If any mif.imerprct chem, he may be confuted. 9· 75· Obj. 3· ForHifiorians, fay thty, Be bur w<il vcrlt in ancient Hifiory, Greek and Roman, Objt{J. 3• and you Onll tind them fpeak fo ill of Monarchy, and fo much for popularity, and liberty, andmagnifying fo much the defenders of the peoples liberty againlt Monarchs, that it will focretly Ileal rhe . difiikc of Monarchy, and the Love of popular liberty int9 your mindf. ~~~/;:O!':t!:h Parliaments fo mighty as to take do\,.n the gre:ucll Kings, &c. Anfw. It muCt be confidered in what times and places the ancimt Greek and Roman Hifiorians did Anfw. live. They that lived where popular ·Government was in force and credit, wrote acording to the time and Government which they lived under: yet do they extol the virtues and heroick aCh of Monarchs, and often [peak of the vulgar giddinefs and unconfiancy. And for my part I think he that readeth in them thofc popular [Umults, irrationalities, furies, unconfiancies, cruelties, which even As .A 11 , 11 (1tu; in Rome and Athens they comrniued, and all Hiftorians record, will rather find his heart much alie- Trafa~: the nated from fuch Democratical confufions 1 And the Hifiorians of other times and places do write as Antortmes, &c. much for Monarchy, as they did for Democracy. It isconfeffed tbatrnofi HiRorians write mucb for Lberty :againfl: Tyranny: But the Heathens do it much more ch:m the Cbriftians. ~· 76. Obj. -'1-· Some of them revile at Arifiotle and aU Univerfitics, and foy that while mttltitudu Objel1. 4 • mujt bt tafter f and pretender/ tothe learning which they never throughly can attain, they read many d.m- Langiw f:utb. gerous booi?J, and receive falfe 11otion1, and thefe half-witted men are the difturbtri oftaU focietie.r .- Do that m lu~ ~ou not fee, fay they, that tkt two ftr_ongejt King~o1tU in the world. are k.fpt up by ~eeping the fubjetls j;,f~~::.:m~!zgnerant: 7'ht Greek andLacme Emptru wtre rutned by the contenuon of men that d,d pretend to learn- re~ Sena!. · ing : The Turk k!eptth aU in quiff by fuppreffing it: And the Pope confinflh it almoft aU 10 h~ lnjlrumcnu M!Chli<. in Government, and Jteepetb t/Je commoH people in ignqr.ance ; which k$epeth them from mtitter of qu.11rrel Mag11S: con; and difobedience. • ~~:~~~~:!et: yet u_nius legis intelligcntiam confequi, qui quicquaro·~fciret in bonis literi~, & addcbat~, vix efiC rrcs in orbe qui Jc~~~1 f::C:~rca' lntelhgcrent. An(. I hope you will not fay that Rome or Athensof old did take this courfe. And we will not Anfw. deny, but men of knowledge are more fubjeCI to debates and quefi:loning,s and quarrels about right and wrong, than men of utter ignoran~e are. Bea£\:s fall not out about Cmwns or Kingdoms as men do: Dogs and Swine will not not fcramble for Gold as men will do, if you c.1fi ir among them. And it is eafier tokeep Swine or Sheep quiet thiln m~n. And yet it is not better to be Swine or Sheep th~n men; nor w be Governours of beafls than men. Dead mc:n are quieter than the l_iving, and blmd ~en will fubmit to be led more eafily than thofe that {ee: And yet it is not better to be a King ot brutts, or blind men, or dead men, than of the living that have their fight. A King of men that have many di!agrcemenrs, is better than a King of beafis that all agree. And yet true /;.now/edge tcnderh to concord, and to the furefi and confianteft obedienoe.
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