8r 4 Brttte;. Part IJ~· again when they can fly no further, accufech them of Rebellion. A~ it was with _ the Waldenfes, the Bohemians, &c. Sometim~ Prince~ an_d States fall out among themfelves, and nnnot agree about thetr T1tles, and the Bounds and degree~ of their Power : And then whoever the people are againfi, they are{ure from that ~d~ to ~ear t~e mofl: opprobrio~s Titles, ~nd be ufed accordingly tf tt be_tn thetr power. Somettme the nght of Government is not eafily or generally known : as in the contention between tht houfes of York. and Lancafter here : And then as one party conquercrh one year, and ano_ther the next, fo the people mull be called Traytors and Rebclis by each party that prevailech, if they obeyed and ferved the other party againll them: And if they refufe to obey and defend either of them, they will be con– demned by both. Sometime the Politic ·of Empires and Com– mon-wealths is fo imperfect and obfcure in the confl:itution, that the feveral parties that pretend to int(rell, cannot .agree .a-bout their Rights, nor the Lawyers agree among thcmfelves : And the people cannot be thought to be ·wifer then the Lawyers in the affairs of their profeffion: If Neroand the Senate of Rr;mc had ieacb of them commanded ~he Chrifl:ians -to aid them againfl: the pther, it would not have been eafie for the wifefl: and holiefi of the Chrifiians then to know whi,h· part they fhould have ad"– bered to and affifl:ed : ·Paut thought non meet: to decide any fuch controverfie : He commanded every foul to be fubjed: to the higher powers, and·not refifi: : but he tells them not whe· ther C 4 ar or thcSenate was the higher powers -in a cafe ofcontdl: and divifion. Sometimea Traytor ufurpeth the Government, and Chrifiians think when they fee him fetled and in poffeffion, that, though they hate his ufurpation, yet they are boand to honour and obey him as. being polfeffed of the Government ; Thus Gregory the great too hafiily and flatteringly owned and ~pplauded Phocas._ : and the Chrillian Bifhop~ ordinarily fub– jetted themfd,-es to the Emperours that came m by blood a~d violence: Thus the Bifhops of Rome, and of ether Churches m Jtaly and the~djaccnt parrs, f~bmitc~d ·themfelns (I think roe foon) as foon as they pe!ceivcd him to be conquerour., to · The-oderi&us: .and fo difYdid to other conqueroars. Someti~s, as rhe General -Councils .of Bajit, ConfttJ~nee, &c. dctermmed that a Council is above the Pope, and declared the contrary to &~ a damnable Herdie~ ~nd commanded.. th~ _Bifhops -and people - - [Q,,
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