The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations

MAny Gentlemen having defired to have

this Book in a larger Print; I Thomas Harrifon do promife to print it on the fame Character of this Propofal, on very good Paper, on the following Terms; viz. at 10 d. per Book. They that fubfcribe for Six, fhall have one gratis, and they that fubfcribe for twelve, fhall have three gratis. All that fubfcribe, to pay one half down, and the other half upon the Delivery of the Book or Books. All Gentlemen that are willing to encourage fo very useful and neceffary a Book, are defired to fend in their Subfcriptions with all Speed that the Book may be the fooner printed..

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Hereas John How, Printer, and John Baker, Bookfeller, have printed and published, as Partners, a Book call'd An Appeal to thy Confcience; which they call an Answer to this Book: This is to give Notice that the faid Book, or pretended Anfwer, hath not one Word of Anfwer contain'd in the fame, and that the aforefaid Book was printed above Sixty Years fince; and that the Sincerity of the Author of the faid Appeal, may be known, as well as the prefent Publifhers of the faid Book, I have here fet down fome of the Author's own Words; in Page 15. viz. [ "Obfervable it is, that throughout the whole Scripture, we read not of any King that was chofen by the "Voice of the People.] Now let the World judge what Credit Qught to be given to that Book which hath fuch a notorious Falfity in it: And feveral other as notorious Falfities are contain'd in the aforefaid Book, which for Brevity Sake I omit.

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The JUDGMENT of Whole Kingdoms and Nations,

Concerning the

RIGHTS, POWER, and PREROGATIVE

KINGS,

AND THE

Rights, Priviledges, and Properties

OF THE

PEOPLE:

SHEWING,

The Nature of Government in general, both from God and Man. An Account of the British Government, and the Rights and Priviledges of the People in the Time of the Saxons, and fince the Conqueft. The Government which God ordain'd over the Children of Ifrael; and that all Magiftrates and Governors proceed from the People, by many Examples of Scripture and HiItory, and the Duty of Magiftrates from Scripture and Reafon. Nine Emperors, and above fifty Kings deprived for their evil Government. The Rights of the People and Parliament of Britain, to refift and deprive their Kings for evil Government, by King Henry's Charter, and by many Examples.

The Prophets and ancient Jews, Strangers to abfolute Paffive Obedience: Refifting of arbitrary Government is allow'd by feveral Examples in Scripture, and by undeniable Reason.

A large Account at the Revolution; with the Names and Proceedings of Ten Bifhops, and above Sixty Peers, concern'd in the Revolution before King James went out of England.

Several Declarations in Queen Elizabeth's Time of the Clergy in Convocation and the Parliament who affifted, and justified the Scotch, French and Dutch, in refifting of their evil Princes.

Recommended as proper to be kept in all Families, that their Childrens Children may know the Birth-right, Liberty and Property belonging to an English-man.

Written by a true Lover of the Queen and Country, who wrote in the Year 1689. in Vindication of the Revolution, in a Challenge to all Facobites, which was anfwerd and Printed with a Reply annex'd to it; and who wrote in the Year 1690. against abfolute Paffive Obedience, and in Vindication of the Revolution; in a Challenge to Sir R. L' Eftrange, Dr. Sherlock, and eleven other Divines; to which no Answer ever was made, which Challenges and Answer are to be leen in the first Volume of State Tracts in Folio, Printed in the Year 1705. who now challenges Dr. Hicks, Dr. Atterbury, Dr. Welton, Mr. Milbourne, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Lefley, Mr. Collier, Mr. Whaley of Oxford, and the great Champion, Dr. Sacheverell, or any Facobite in Great Britain to answer this Book.

The Third Edition corrected, with Additions.

London: Printed for, and fold by T. Hamifon, at the Well Corner of the Royal-
Exchange, in Cornhill: 1710.
Price flitch'd d; and-Bound 19:

MAny Gentlemen having defired to have

this Book in a larger Print; I Thomas Harrifon do promife to print it on the fame Character of this Proposal, on very good Paper, on the following Terms; viz. at 10 d. per Book. They that fubfcribe for Six, fhall have one gratis, and they that fubfcribe for twelve, fhall have three gratis. All that fubfcribe, to pay one half down, and the other half upon the Delivery of the Book or Books. All Gentlemen that are willing to encourage fo very useful and neceffary a Book, are defired to fend in their Subscriptions with all Speed that the Book may be the fooner printed.

Hereas John How, Printer, and John Baker, Bookseller, have printed and publifhed, as Partners, a Book call'd An Appeal to thy Confcience; which they call an Answer to this Book: This is to give Notice that the faid Book, or pretended Anfwer, hath not one Word of Anfwer contain'd in the fame, and that the aforefaid Book was printed above Sixty Years fince; and that the Sincerity of the Author of the faid Appeal, may be known, as well as the prefent Publishers of the faid Book, I have here fet down fome of the Author's own Words; in Page 15. viz. [ "Obfervable it is, that throughout the whole "Scripture, we read not of any King that was chofen by the "Voice of the People.] Now let the World judge what Credit ought to be given to that Book which hath fuch a notorious Falfity in it: And feveral other as notorious Falfities are contain'd in the aforefaid Book, which for Brevity Sake I omit.

The JUDGMENT of Whole Kingdoms and Nations,

Concerning the

RIGHTS, POWER, and PREROGATIVE

KINGS,

AND THE

Rights, Priviledges, and Properties

OF THE

PEOPLE:

SHEWING,

The Prophets and ancient Jews, Strangers to abfolute Paffive Obedience: Refifting of arbitrary Government is allow'd by several Examples in Scripture, and by undeniable Reason.

A large Account of the Revolution; with the Names and Proceedings of Ten Bishops, and above Sixty Peers, concern'd in the Revolution before King James went out of England.

Several Declarations in Queen Elizabeth's Time of the Clergy in Convocation and the Parliament who affifted, and justified the Scotch, French and Dutch, in refifting of their evil Princes.

Recommended as proper to be kept in all Families, that their Childrens Children may know the Birth-right, Liberty and Property belonging to an English-man.

Written by a true Lover of the Queen and Country, who wrote in the Year 1689. in Vindication of the Revolution, in a Challenge to all Facobites, which was anfwer'd and Printed with a Reply annex'd to it; and who wrote in the Year 1690. againft abfolute Paffive Obedience, and in Vindication of the Revolution; in a Challenge to Sir R. L' Eftrange, Dr. Sherlock, and eleven other Divines; to which no Answer ever was made, which Challenges and Answer are to be leen in the firft Volume of State Tracts in Folio, Printed in the Year 1705. who now challenges Dr. Hicks, Dr. Atterbury, Dr. Welton, Mr. Milbournes Mr. Higgins, Mr. Lefley, Mr. Collier, Mr. Whaley of Oxford, and the great Champion, Dr. Sacheverel, or any Facobite in Great Britain to answer this Book.

The Third Edition corrected, with Additions.

London: Printed for, and fold by T. Harrison, at the Welt Corner of the Royal-
Exchange, in Cornhill: 1710.
Price flitch'd 6 d: and-Bound 19

Henry the First, and Stephen. 1.66. The Original Compact with our Kings.

ing a Papift, from the Throne, T. 84, 85. All Government, Authority, and Magiftracy proceeds from the People, and they have Authority to difpoffefs them, or alter the Succeffion upon very urgent Caufes, of which fome Scripture Inftances.

1. 67. Succeffion gives no
Right to Kings, but according
to the Original Compact.
T. 68. The Excommunication
and Curfe, made by King
Henry the Third, the Nobi-
lity, &c. upon all the In-
fringers of Magna Charta.
1. 69. Magna Charta only an
Abridgment of our ancient
Laws and Customs.
1.70, 71, 72. The Nobility
and Parliament of England,
affert the Laws and Liberties..
of England.

1.73. King James's Speech 4.
D. 1609. declaring the Obli-
gation of a King.

1. 74, 75. The common Right
of the Subject, declared by
feveral ancient Lawyers.
T. 76, 77, 79, 80. Our Kings,
and their Power from the
Laws, declared by feveral fa-
mous Lawyers, and by feveral
AЯs of Parliament,
1.78. Six Judges, with the
King's Serjeant at Law, and
one of the King's Council
at Law, were condemn'd by
Parliament, and executed for
giving their Opinions con-
trary to Law, in Richard the
fecond's Time.
T. 81. King Henry the VIIIth
acknowledged the Power of
the Parliament.
4.82. The Judges of the Land,

not to obey the King contrary
to Law, under the Penalty of
Treafon.

1.83. The Rights and Liberties of the Subje&t from the A& of theft of William and Mary, in 13 Articles, with a Claufe excluding a Popife Prince, or any marry

. 86. to 1o1. included. Above Fifty Kings, and Nine Emperors, deprived for their Evil Government, in France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Denmark, Poland, Rome, Germany, Scot→ land, and England.

102. to 108. included. All Magiftrates and Governors proceed from the People, by many Examples of Scripture. T. 109, 110, 111. Reasons for Refiftance.

¶. 112. The Duty of all Magi-
ftrates, from Scripture and
Reason.

. 113. St. Chryfoftom's Expofi-
tion on the 13th of Romans,
Pindar, Orpheus, Plato, Arifto-
tle and Cicero, their Defcrip-
tion of juft Government, and
of Obedience to the Laws.
. 114. No abfolute Authority
allow'd by Scripture.
. 115. The Laws were made
by the People, in the Reign of
Darius.

1.116. to 123. included. Rea-
fons againft abfolute Paffive
Obedience.

1. 124. The Bishops refuse to difown to King James, their inviting over the Prince of Orange.

1. 125. The Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, and eight Bishops, prefent King James ten Articles, very near the fame with that of the Prince of Orange's Declaration.

. 136. The Bifhops refufe to

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