(7) L. This is undenyable, if you Rate the Governments prefuppofed artht. IH. That it belongs to Self-Government to difcern by rea- fon, whether the Commandsof Men be againft the Commands of God or nOt, which we call 7udicium difcretionis, by which all men mull guide their anions. L. Saari eve;y. man be a judge of the Law, whether it be MI- and good ? How urfit are the vulgar to judge of Lames. M They are no publick judges to decide the cafe for other men, nor doth their judgment refirain or bind the Magiftxate ; nor if they judge =ifs will it juffiFie themfelves, or fufpend the execution of the Law againft them, But if theymuff not have the forefaid di+_cerning.judgment to guide their anions, it will follow ; t . That they are not governed, nor muft obey as Men by Reafèn and Free-will, but as Brutes. z. That Rings have Abfòlute Power againft God, andmuff be obeyed in all that they command, e. g. if it be to curie or blafpherne, or renounce' God. or Chriff, to command the Subjen to live in Murder, Adultery, Perjury, &c. and fo to abrogate the Law of Nature. 3. It fol- loweth, that there is no God (that is, aSupreamRuler) but the King. 4... And I prayyou tell me what you will have the Sub- ¡ens do in cafe of Ufurpation or Competition for the Govern- ment, as between the Houfès of York, and Lancafter, vane and Queen Mary, &mac. when one faith fight for me, and the otherfight forme. If the Subjen lave not a judgment of difcretion to know which is his rightful Sovereign, the King muff be forfaken ? He that will Rand to the command of another, muff judge who his Commander is. L. Andwill you have Infants and Idiots judge of their Parents: commands ? Qr Children in their minority. M. r. Infants and Idiots have not the cafe ofReafon, and fo far are to be ruled by force as Brutes : And Children in that mea. fore as they are fhort of realbn. But 2. If they come to reafon, and the King command themone thing, (e. g. what Church togo to) and their Parents the contrary, would you not have them . judge which they muff obey. 3. Much more if Parents Mould command them to fin againf,c God, . to Steal, Lye, Murder, Blaf:- pheme, and Curie the King, &c. Purely they muft judge as far as they are able . L. f
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