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      the imo&t eminent persons of the wpgrld , whose tra . i * scendant power breaketli through the bans of humane justice ; eU'duc ^ d by the order of the commandementis . Collected out of sacred , ecclesiastical

      and prophane histoues . Nowisccondiy printed ^ and augmented with , at least two ceniuiies <> i examples . By the first author thereof , Thomas Beavd , Batch * 1 nr of Diviuitie , and Preach ' r of the

      word of G « jci in ihe tow no oi Huntingdon . London , Printed by Adam lsijp , l 6 l 2 > sm . 4 ( 0 * pp . 542 /' Of Tbtmi&s Beard I have found

      nothiag beyond hi * own desenplion . Calarny ( Ace , p . 3 Q $ y Gorit * p , 435 } immions a clergyman of both names , ejected in 1662 , from Much Bt-ndey , in Essex , prouabiy a descend ant of ofer author , ' itm he was

      puritanically inclio * d can scarcely be doubted . ' * Preacher of the word of God ° was not a proper d-f > cri ptlOB for one of the rourt-cler ^ y who were disposed to cAi . lt tiie Liturgy at the ex pence of the Sermon ^ Nor would such an one have WTnten a chapter expressl y to shew u How the greatest

      niori&rchs in the world ought to be siibj <* ct to the law of God , find consequently th £ law of man aiuf nfibture / ' This chaplei ( vi , p . [< % ) rnay i-titleed be now regarded as dflferirtg in th * a early part of King * JttMes ' s reign , an anticipated apology tot the opposition made

      by the Long Parliament to the measures of his inigguided sbnj The author says , " it Princes be subject to the law of Gud ^ there ft no doubt but thfc > y are likewise subject Ho civifl law ^ by reattm df ifee equity a « 4 jtiwice which therein is commend ^ to o ^—

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      ^< i ( aa Plato saith ) the la \ r ought (© . be above the Prince , not the Prince , above the layr , it is then most ni'&uttest that the Prince \ h iyed unto the law . " He adds , " how is it possible that he should

      make it of authority and force with others , if he despis&th and transgressetb it hHnscltV H& describes t ; David an making a co » vemailt of peace-with-the princes aiHi deputies of the people ^ ' and remarks , ¦ " that in ievery cove . nt

      nai ) t and barc ^ atroth partia ^ ar ^ bound to each : otter by . a r « utUal bond to perform the ctnidniora which are agreed upon /* Henc ^ he av a ues * * ' of ' h cw ^ i- a l | strmiBtii and au tb ori tv ^ heir > e-na ni oiv r aarf

      vvorcis be , wiiich ttiiok or afirirM : that a prince ruay dispense vfifth the laws at his pleasure ^ asfcih ^^ 46 where is it possible to find ; &u ^ h . a priiice , so -exceUent-aftd- sa : vir * tuous , that staadeth not ] hi ndeci

      of some law to he Eulcdiby I" and concluding it to be- * Utterly tinjust and tyrannical when one man shall arfogute- that to himself which pertaineth to many yea to the whole body of the people- ** Professing , such just , but tttw courtly notions of .-government-j

      Thomas Beard was , 1 ^ apprehend ^ a state as well as a churcfeqmrU tan , a just xlistinclion madeiby modern historians ^ H : id his subit j fortunately for his fame , been h uman- govermnenIs instead of Divitie J udgmenfsyhe had pvabably found soiiie patriotic and muniiii

      cent tlollis to republisfc him as a won by precursor of bis paliti ** Gai herotes- ^—for I question i f tbe Discourses concerning government , or , the Defen $ iopro Popuh > Anglic cano exceeds i n just popular piiacipic tlus chapter of Tiitinhte Beard . Yet half a century oi

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1814, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2436/page/30/