doth not onely root it up when at full growth, but crushes
the Cockatrice in the egg, destroys it in the Seed, in the Principle,
and in the very possibilities of its Being for ever after.
And as the Safety of the People is the Soveraign and supreme
Law: so an establishment of this nature, is an impregnable
Bulwark of the peoples safety; because without it no certain
benefit can be attained by the ordinary laws, which if
they should be dispensed by uncontroleable, unaccountable
persons in power, shall never be interpreted but in their own
sense, nor executed but after their own wills and pleasures.
Now, this is most certain, That as in the government of the
people, the successive revolution of Authority by their consent,
hath been the only bank against Inundations of Arbitrary
Power and Tyranny; so on the other side it is as sure,
that all standing Powers have and ever do assume unto themselves
in Arbitrary exercise of their own Dictates at pleasure,
and make it their only Interest, to settle themselves in
an unaccountable state of Domination, so that though
they commit all the injustice in the world, their custome
hath been still to perswade men, partly by strong pretence
of Argument, and partly by force, that they may doe
what they list, and that they are not bound to give an account
of their actions to any but God himself. This droctine
of Tyranny hath taken the deeper root in mens minds, because
the greater part, was ever inclined to adore the golden
Idol of Tyranny in every form, by reason of its outward
splendor, and present power; by which means the Rabble of
mankind being prejudicated in this particular, and having
placed their corrupt humour or interest in base fawning, and
the favour of present great Ones, therefore if any resolute
spirit happen to broach and maintain true principles of Free-dome,
or do at any time arise to so much courage, as to perform
a noble act of Justice in calling Tyrants to account,
presently he drawes all the enmity and fury of the world
about him. But in Commonweals it is and ought to be others
wise: For, in the Monuments of the Grecian and Roman
Freedom, we find those Nations were wont to heap all the