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SInce Oaths are Solemn, Serious Things, The best Security to Kings; And since weave all Allegiance swore To J------ as King, or Successor; I cant imagine, how we may Swear that or Fealty away. Nought sure but Death or Resignation Can free us from that Obligation. All Oaths are vain, both those and these, If we may break em, as we please. And did I fairly swallow both, Whode give a Farthing for my Oath? If you affirm, as many do, They both consistent are, and true. I ask, Can you Two Masters serve, And never from your Duty swerve? Or can you True Allegiance bear To Two at once, and not forswear? Whats due to J------ if W------ have, And J------ have what you W------ gave? Its plain, youre false to both, and shoud Or take no Oaths, or make em good, Which here you cannot, if you woud. Nor will these Oaths, as some contend, To your own private Meaning bend. You swear to each as to a King, And ought to mean the self same Thing. And tis Allegiance Full and True Is sworn to both, to both as due. To say, The People have a Right Kings to depose, as they see fit, Is Popry, or as bad as it. There is no Law, or Charter fort: Kings cant be tryd in any Court. Bradshaws High Court had but the Name Of Justice, and was Bradshaws Shame. But thats by all condemnd--------- Or he that dares such Presidents plead, Deserves, like him, to lose his Head, And hang fort, or alive or dead. Now to condemn the King untryd, Seems something worse than Bradshaw did. Tis English Priviledge to be heard, Before the Judge can give Award. I know, some Conquest plead, and say, The King was drivn and forcd away. Convention though pleads Abdication, Because unforcd he left the Nation. Hard tis these Things to reconcile: He chose to leave us gainst his Will. These Pleas and Proofs are opposite, And cannot both be True and Right: A Sign their Cause is desperate, Theyd something say, but know not what. Their Non-agreement is enough To shew each Plea of theirs wants proof. Now as for Conquest, Why shoud we Make Slaves of People that are Free? Why shoud we make so much ado Bout what Prince neer pretended to? He from Convention took the Crown: Convention placd him in the Throne: Convention gave him all his Powr: Convention made the Oaths you swore. And therefore if to him wede swear, Tis as their High Commissioner. And if they have no Right to chuse, We may Allegiance refuse. We may and ought to keept entire For Lawful King, and Lawful Heir. If People say, they have such Right: They ought to shew how they came byt. If People made their Sovreign Lord, They ought to shew it by Record. The Law oth Land says no such Thing: By Law Succession makes the King. They cant plead Scripture, if they woud; The Scripture says, All Powrs from God. God says himself, By me Kings Reign; Tis he doth Higher Powers Ordain. Tis he doth make them all Supream; The Peoples Choice is Peoples Dream. Nor can you prove by Law of Nature, That Princes are the Peoples Creature. Tis plain, the People never gave What they nere had, nor coud they have; I mean, the Power, which Princes bear: If People had it, maket appear, And tell us who, and when, and where. Our King has Powr ore Subjects Lives, By Law he takes away, or gives.
The Sword the People never bore, They nere ore their own Lives had Powr. Self-Murder never was allowd By Law of Nature, or of God. Wherefore the Powr which Kings have now, The People never coud bestow. Indeed for Self-Defence to fight Gainst private Foes was Natures Right. They ever had it, and still have it, And therefore to their Prince nere gave it. Besides, the Magistrates empowrd In other cases tuse the Sword. Though Vengeance is the Subjects Crime, Its very innocent in him. Vengeance belongs to God alone: Who has it not from God, has none. In state of Nature People were All free and equal, and coud nere That Powr possess, much less confer. No, tis the Prince Gods place supplies: Tis his Prerogative to chastise The Evil, redress Injuries. If Rulers are for publick Good Their Jus divinums understood. Unerring Wisdom cant be thought To leave the Choice to giddy Rout. But granting Peoples Right, I say, They ought not, coud not givet away. In vain had they such Right from Heaven, If they shoud part witht, soon as given. It were Impiety and Sin To give away a Right Divine. Nor is it like, theyd all consent To lose their share of Government. Nor coud they meet all for a Choice, That evry Man might give his Voice. Some might be Busy, others Sick; Some their Proceedings might dislike. Now if they all were free before, How coud those, who did nere concur, Lose that their Liberty and Powr? These Knots, and such like, I defy Pretended Patriots to unty. Be sure they cant: And then their Cause Is grown much weaker by the Laws. The Laws which own our Kings Divine, And tye the Crown to Royal Line. The Laws, which make Allegiance due Without your Oaths, or theirs to you. The Laws, which give to evry Man his own, To People their Estates, to Kings their Crown. Some idly fancy, That protection Doth natrally infer Subjection. To which, I say, if this were True, Subjection were even Cromwels due. He was Protector, (Name and Thing) He did th whole Office of a King. No, tis a Right for to Protect us, Can only Lawfully Subject us. Who has no Right to Englands Throne, To Englands Fealty can have none. And when the lawful Kings turnd out, (Whose will to govern is past doubt.) It is not Merit, but a Crime His People to Protect gainst him. It is to keep him from his Right Who woud Protect us, if he might. It is to make himself Supreme, And to Protect himself, not them. Its to maintain his Usurpation, And to entail on Captive Nation A lasting War, and Desolation. And is this such a mighty Favour, As to deserve the Name of Saviour? For my part, I shoud give him rather A harder Name than that of Father. And with the Cynick wish him gone, Not stand betwixt me and the Sun. If where its due, we pay Subjection, My Friends, we shall not want Protection. And now, I think Ive made it clear, We cannot with good Conscience swear. We cannot take Oaths Old and New, And to both Faithful prove, and True. And if I must Starve or Comply: Be sure, I woud not swear, Ide die. Ide suffer ought for my dear Saviours Laws, Who dyd for me--------- I cant well suffer in a better Case.
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