THE
QVESTION
.
When
the
Subiects
of
anie
Prince
,
are
either
afflicted
for
Religion
,
or
oppressed
with
tyrannie
,
it
is
lawfull
for
the
Princes
inhabiting
about
them
,
to
send
them
ayde
.
THis
Question
requireth
more
conscience
to
be
vsed
than
learning
,
if
we
will
determine
any
certaine
thing
thereof
:
for
it
is
such
a
one
,
the
which
if
charitie
in
these
our
dayes
were
not
become
colde
,
were
altogether
néedlesse
.
But
as
the
maners
of
men
are
in
these
dayes
,
the
course
of
the
world
is
come
to
this
point
,
that
there
is
nothing
among
vs
either
of
greater
price
,
or
of
smaller
prayse
than
charitie
,
and
therefore
it
is
a
very
necessarie
question
to
be
determined
of
those
which
are
tyrannous
Princes
,
and
cruell
to
their
subiects
,
as
to
their
soules
,
to
their
bodies
,
to
the
church
of
God
,
to
their
common
wealth
,
to
their
owne
kingdome
,
may
lawfully
be
resisted
for
the
benefite
of
the
church
of
Christ
,
&
for
the
encrease
of
the
same
.
But
because
that
either
the
craftie
dealing
of
tyrants
is
such
,
or
the
simplicitie
of
the
subiects
so
much
,
that
the
one
is
not
knowen
before
he
haue
spoyled
his
people
,
and
the
other
perceiueth
it
not
before
they
be
brought
to
present
daunger
,
and
into
such
narrowe
streights
,
as
that
they
are
compelled
to
craue
the
aide
of
other
Princes
:
The
question
is
demaunded
,
whether
it
be
lawful
for
other
Princes
adioyning
,
to
send
them
ayde
,
they
either
defending
their
religion
,
or
their
common
wealth
,
or
the
kingdome
of
Christ
,
or
their
owne
countrey
.
Many
there
are
which
thinke
it
lawefull
,
whose
couetous
minde
is
such
,
as
they
thinke
by
ayding
them
to
encrease
greatly
their
owne
substance
.
For
so
did
the
Romanes
,
so
did
Alexander
the
great
,
and
many
other
,
which
vnder
the
pretence
of
expugning
the
cruell
dealings
of
tyrantes
,
haue
often
enlarged
their
owne
liuings
.
And
we
haue
séene
but
of
late
dayes
,
and
example
hereof
in
Henry
the
second
,
king
of
Fraunce
,
who
vnder
a
pretence
of
defending
the
protestants
,
and
reducing
them
from
seruitude
into
libertie
,
and
to
preserue
the
Princes
of
the
Empire
,
made
warre
against
Charles
the
fift
.
But
if
at
any
time
it
happen
,
that
either
the
gaine
is
small
or
the
daunger
great
,
then
we
sée
many
Princes
content
to
make
it
a
great
question
,
and
to
dispute
doubtfully
whether
it
be
lawfull
or
no.
And
as
the
one
doth
couer
his
ambition
and
desire
of
gaine
vnder
the
cloke
of
pietie
,
so
the
other
doth
pretende
iustice
and
equitie
for
his
excuse
,
when
as
in
déede
neither
pietie
doth
depart
the
one
,
nor
iustice
detaine
the
other
,
both
of
which
vertues
,
or
rather
diuine
qualities
,
séeking
altogether
those
things
which
may
benefite
their
Christian
brethren
,
and
the
church
of
Christ
.
Therefore
let
vs
first
enquire
in
the
cause
of
religion
,
what
pietie
and
iustice
do
exhorte
vs
vnto
.
It
is
manifest
that
the
church
of
God
is
one
,
that
Christ
is
the
head
of
the
church
,
whose
members
are
so
knitte
and
ioyned
together
,
that
the
least
of
them
cannot
suffer
violence
,
but
that
the
whole
must
also
gréeue
and
sorrowe
with
it
,
and
therefore
the
church
is
compared
to
a
bodie
.
The
bodie
doth
perish
many
times
by
a
wound
receiued
,
not
only
in
the
arme
or
in
the
thigh
,
but
euen
in
the
least
member
thereof
.
And
therefore
it
is
in
vaine
for
a
man
to
say
that
he
is
carefull
for
the
church
of
Christ
,
when
as
he
suffereth
her
to
be
rent
asunder
,
and
be
torne
in
pieces
,
in
whose
power
it
is
to
saue
her
.
Furthermore
,
the
church
of
Christ
is
compared
to
a
building
,
and
a
building
if
it
be
vndermined
in
any
place
,
it
falleth
to
the
ground
:
a
building
in
what
ioynte
or
tenant
soeuer
the
fire
commeth
,
it
is
wholy
in
daunger
:
and
therefore
he
may
well
be
laughed
at
,
who
because
he
dwelleth
in
the
sellar
,
or
some
lower
part
of
the
house
,
hath
no
care
to
remoue
the
fire
from
the
toppe
of
the
house
:
or
when
the
enemy
vndermineth
one
part
,
hath
no
regarde
of
it
,
because
he
dwelleth
on
the
other
side
.
Moreouer
,
the
church
of
Christ
is
compared
to
a
ship
,
but
a
ship
being
in
daunger
vpon
the
sea
,
is
wholy
in
daunger
,
that
if
one
parte
bee
broken
,
the
whole
perisheth
.
And
therefore
they
which
are
in
the
fore
part
,
are
as
safe
as
they
which
are
in
the
hinder
parte
,
and
they
are
as
safe
which
are
in
the
toppe
,
as
they
which
are
vnder
the
hatches
:
so
that
it
is
verified
in
a
common
prouerbe
among
vs
,
that
they
which
are
in
the
selfe
same
daunger
,
are
saied
to
be
in
the
same
ship
together
.
So
that
he
which
is
not
moued
with
griefe
of
the
bodie
,
nor
with
the
burning
of
the
house
,
nor
with
the
tossing
of
the
shippe
,
giueth
out
a
plaine
argument
,
that
he
is
not
of
the
same
bodie
,
that
he
is
not
of
the
same
housholde
,
and
familie
of
Christ
,
that
he
is
not
in
the
same
arke
or
ship
,
which
is
the
church
.
But
he
which
is
moued
,
although
it
be
neuer
so
little
,
he
must
as
well
bring
ayde
to
afflicted
members
of
the
church
,
as
to
him selfe
,
because
in
the
church
of
Christ
we
are
all
one
.
And
it
is
our
bounden
dutie
,
that
euery
man
should
aide
as
much
as
in
him
lieth
,
and
so
much
the
more
,
by
how
much
he
hath
receiued
riches
at
the
handes
of
God
,
which
are
not
giuen
him
for
his
owne
possession
onely
,
but
also
to
be
bestowed
vpon
his
poore
brethren
,
being
members
with
him
,
according
as
they
haue
néede
.
This
church
as
it
is
one
,
so
is
it
committed
and
commended
to
the
patronage
of
all
Christian
princes
whatsoeuer
,
for
because
it
is
not
so
safe
to
committe
the
vniuersall
church
to
one
,
&
it
is
against
the
vnitie
thereof
to
commit
to
euerie
one
a
piece
,
therefore
it
pleased
God
to
commit
the
vniuersall
Church
to
euerie
one
,
and
euerie
part
thereof
to
the
vniuersall
defence
of
al.
And
this
he
did
,
not
onely
that
we
should
defende
it
,
but
also
that
we
should
encrease
it
.
And
therefore
if
the
Germaine
Princes
do
defend
the
church
of
Christ
in
Germanie
,
or
the
Prince
of
England
in
England
,
&
doth
not
ayde
the
churches
also
in
other
countries
,
but
doth
suffer
them
to
be
oppressed
&
desolate
,
they
may
be
thought
to
haue
forsaken
the
church
:
for
the
spouse
of
Christ
is
one
,
which
if
she
be
violated
and
defiled
,
all
Princes
must
set
to
their
helping
hand
to
deliuer
her
.
The
restoring
of
this
vniuersall
church
being
afflicted
in
part
,
as
it
is
the
dutie
of
euerie
priuate
man
,
with
most
earnest
prayer
to
desire
at
Gods
hand
,
so
it
is
the
dutie
of
Magistrats
by
their
powers
,
by
their
assistance
,
by
all
meanes
they
can
,
to
raise
her
vp
being
fallen
,
&
to
set
her
in
the
prosperitie
she
was
before
.
There
is
not
one
church
of
the
Ephesians
,
and
another
of
the
Colossians
,
and
of
the
rest
:
but
all
these
are
parts
of
the
vniuersall
church
,
and
the
vniuersal
church
is
the
kingdome
of
Christ
,
which
kings
and
princes
,
and
magistrates
ought
to
enlarge
,
propagate
,
&
amplifie
,
against
all
enemies
and
aduersaries
of
the
same
,
and
for
this
cause
was
there
one
onely
temple
among
the
Iewes
,
built
by
Salomon
,
which
did
represent
the
vnitie
of
the
Church
:
that
builder
might
be
called
a
foolish
builder
,
which
making
one
part
of
his
house
windtight
&
watertight
,
doth
suffer
an
other
to
let
in
the
rayne
and
the
winter
.
So
likewise
all
Christian
kings
,
when
they
are
admitted
to
the
crowne
,
they
receiue
the
sworde
expressely
vpon
this
condition
,
that
they
shall
defende
and
mainteine
the
Catholike
and
vniuersall
Church
,
the
which
sworde
when
they
haue
taken
into
their
handes
,
they
shake
it
to
the
East
and
to
the
West
,
and
to
the
North
,
and
to
the
South
,
and
to
all
quarters
and
climates
of
the
worlde
.
Nowe
when
they
take
vpon
them
the
patronage
and
protection
of
the
church
,
they
vnderstand
no
doubt
the
true
,
and
not
the
false
church
,
and
in
her
defence
they
ought
to
imploy
all
their
industrie
,
force
and
strength
.
Of
this
we
haue
examples
in
godly
princes
,
that
it
hath
alwayes
béen
obserued
.
In
the
time
of
Ezechias
the
king
of
Iuda
,
Alexandria
Athanasius
,
an
enemy
to
the
Arrians
.
If
there
were
any
account
to
be
made
of
limits
and
bounds
,
it
were
most
especially
betwéene
brothers
:
neuerthelesse
Constans
threatneth
his
brother
,
that
vnlesse
he
restore
Athanasius
into
his
place
againe
,
hee
woulde
come
with
force
of
armes
against
him
.
If
Constans
doubted
not
to
do
this
only
for
restoring
of
one
Bishop
,
may
it
not
more
rightly
be
done
,
when
a
great
part
of
the
people
is
oppressed
,
when
they
humbly
require
ayde
,
and
desire
that
they
may
kéepe
their
religion
among
them
,
the
nobles
of
their
countrey
being
chiefe
authours
in
this
request
.
Zabulon
,
(
Debora
being
their
Captain
)
did
take
armes
against
Iaben
,
But
concerning
those
which
send
not
their
ayde
,
to
the
afflicted
by
tyrants
,
or
set
not
to
their
helping
hand
with
those
which
take
vpon
them
the
defence
of
the
common
wealth
,
let
vs
also
dispute
what
may
be
determined
.
The
league
betwéene
them
is
not
so
streight
as
the
other
,
nor
the
manner
of
aiding
so
precisely
commaunded
:
when
as
the
cause
of
the
Church
is
not
handled
,
which
is
one
among
all
,
and
which
being
one
is
vniuersally
committed
to
all
:
but
the
cause
of
the
common
wealth
is
decided
,
which
is
one
in
one
countrey
,
and
another
in
an
other
,
which
is
to
be
defended
by
the
men
&
power
of
hir
owne
countrey
.
But
(
saith
Christ
)
the
Iewe
is
not
onely
neighbour
to
the
Iewe
,
but
to
the
Samaritane
also
,
and
to
euery
man
:
and
we
ought
to
loue
our
neighbours
euen
as
our selues
.
Therefore
it
is
not
onely
the
dutie
of
a
Iewe
to
deliuer
a
Iewe
his
owne
countrey
man
,
but
also
to
deliuer
euerie
straunger
(
if
he
will
fulfill
his
dutie
)
out
of
the
hande
of
his
enemy
.
Neither
let
any
man
dispute
whether
it
be
lawfull
to
defende
an
other
,
when
as
he
iudgeth
it
lawfull
to
defend
himselfe
.
Nay
,
rather
it
is
more
lawfull
:
for
he
is
prouoked
to
the
defence
of
him selfe
,
either
by
anger
or
by
reuenge
,
or
by
some
other
perturbation
of
his
minde
,
so
that
in
defending
of
him selfe
,
he
doth
many
times
go
farther
than
he
ought
to
do
:
but
in
aiding
of
his
neighbour
,
it
is
onely
charitie
that
moueth
him
,
and
in
this
aide
and
assistance
,
the
most
immoderate
man
that
is
,
can
easely
obserue
a
meane
.
Here
in
this
point
wee
may
learne
of
the
very
Ethnicks
them selues
,
what
nature
and
common
societie
requireth
of
vs
.
Iudith
:
Lodouicke
heard
them
most
willingly
in
an
honorable
assemblie
of
the
princes
of
Germanie
,
by
whose
common
consent
it
was
decreed
,
that
for
the
restoring
of
those
which
were
banished
by
Caluus
,
there
should
be
open
warre
proclaimed
against
him
.
To
conclude
,
as
there
haue
béene
tyrants
some
in
all
places
,
so
there
are
examples
in
all
historiographers
of
princes
which
haue
both
resisted
the
tyrants
,
and
defended
the
people
.
The
which
examples
princes
in
these
dayes
ought
to
imitate
(
that
they
be
not
counted
tyrants
themselues
)
against
those
which
deale
tyrannously
with
their
people
,
with
their
bodies
,
with
their
souls
,
with
the
common
wealth
,
&
with
the
church
of
Christ
.
To
conclude
all
in
one
worde
:
pietie
commaundeth
vs
to
defende
the
lawe
of
God
and
the
Church
:
iustice
commaundeth
vs
to
restraine
tyrants
,
and
those
which
ouerthrowe
the
common
wealth
:
charitie
commandeth
vs
to
helpe
the
oppressed
&
such
as
stande
in
néede
:
therefore
they
which
doe
it
not
:
take
away
pietie
,
extinguish
iustice
,
and
make
no
account
of
charitie
.
FINIS
.