Excerpt from The Stumbling-Block of Disobedience and Rebellion, Cunningly Laid by Calvin in the Subjects Way, Discovered, Censured, and Removed Nor may we think been? The punilhment otlicenti ous Princes doth belong to. God, that pretently this power is devolved on us, to whom no Other warrant hath been given by God but only to obry and (uffer. But flill I mufl be un derflood of rivate perfons. For if there be now any popular Ofiicm ordained to moderate the lictntioufnefs of Kings (futh as were the potx', (er up of old againli the Kings of Sparta; the Tribune: of the peo ple againfi the Roman Confais, and the Demartht' againfi the Athenian Senate; and with wcb power perhaps, as the world now goes, the three Efiatet are feized in each feveral Kingdom, when they are folemnly aflem bltd) (0 far am I from hindring them to put reflraints upon the exorbitant power ofkings, as their Oflicebindts them; that lconceive them rather to be guilty ofa perfidioua diflimula (ion, i(they connive at Kings when they play the Tyrants, or wantonly intuit on the com. Mon people, in that they trea cheroully bttray the Subjtfis Liberties ofu hich they knew they were made Guardians by Gods, own Ordinance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.