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88 That i\'ing s may lawfully be hll'd Lib. II.re, quia aim punished, till he bt firfl heard and accordingly judged either by fame having authority to. And àmongft thefe mutterers ofKing-murthering, .we may efteem "a . SpanißtNulli privato Fryar Mendicant, viz. Michael Bartholomen! Salan, who faith, that aa King mayaliceac occide- not be kill'd by a private man, b.ecaufe he having a jefi title, is not to be depo/'ed norille habcat ju- fa f 0n k n o wnot what he means; uiilefs he grant fome fuch Authority! or byM mnon eftATdepo-Common-wealth.,,.hendus hec puniendus quin prius audietur & judicetur, vel à fiiperiore habente authoritate ad id, vèl ab ipfaRepublffiàquandodeeft fuperiörem. Mich'. Sàio», in D. Tbo. Tom. i. col. 1157.•> Theol. fcho- Nor Ihould we abufe b Adamas Tannerus, à German Jefuite, if we place himT O tIff' o a' a m o n gft { hofe, who by excepting againft aprivate perfSn, doth hintaftrangédìib.' 3,'numbi t^iity to a u be in the people or Common-wealth, whereby the fafety of Princes32. niay be hazarded.And Dominicas Soto, one of the mòft famous Dominicans of Spain, and one oft.the chifeft Divines of thè Tridentine Council, as alfo Confeflbr to the Emperour,crafen^r"}} 15 te^s u^f^at C '*COf* imon °P imon i *bat it is hot lawful io kill a King upon anemini licere P'ivate account : and his reafon is With the former, that feeing he hath a right to theipfum privi- Crown, he U not to be deprived of it, but by a public)^ judgment, where he muß betim intirimere. heard : but if once a Decree be gone out againfi him, that then any one may be theEt ratio eft Executioner. And he alfo layeth down for a pofitive rule, that any one may killr; 1quod cum jus v. ... jc''habeatad Reg- a K , n S m h i s o w n defence.num, non eft ilio, nifi per publicum judicium expöliandüs, üt fcilicét audiatur, lata vero ih eum fententia, quifq;poteft inftirui executionis minifter. Sott, dejuftitia, 1. j.Quseft. 1. Art. 3.jMoraI.Qu3;ft. ^s f ord yincentius Filliuciits the Italian, and e Antonius Debio of Antwerp, botha^.'i".«>i2 f amousJefuits, they both twang upon the fame firing of a private perfon, by« Not 'in An. which means they leave an open gap for the Superiour Magiftrates to bring theirSenkte Tra- Soveraign to the Block. And the High German ]e(uite,Sebajlianus Heifiius, treadsgced. pare 2. much in the fame way, though he leaves a fent fomewhat more rank behind' him > for he exprefly allows the Magiftrates fome Authority in this cafe, afErm T9 2 0-^-Teneone- ing that ia King ought not to be kfffd by a private man, before judgment be prommemfpriva- nounced aeainfi, him, as an enemy and a Tyrant : And this he faith is the common opinionJtum, extra ne- - nrtrü.'ceflitatemfe "f all Jefuits.fuoivedefendendimanus interré poffelegkimo principi, ante publicum judicialiter latam fententiam, qua Tyrannushoftiq; Reipob.declaretur, adeoq; poteftate qua proteabatur, ab his quibusfas eft exciatur.—Habes communemJefuitarum fententiam, ac proinde nihil principibus periculi imminét, quando tonus populi fenfu proTyranBishabentur, fi populus fequatur Doftorum ac gravium virorum (quod Mariana exigit) confilium ; iiqueJefuite lint ut jam audivifti. Sibafi. miff. Refutatio Aphorifmorum, c. 3. ad Aphor. 1. p. 158. 94.Here the Jefuit Heiffius gives us an hint of one of his Order Johannes Mariana,Who is as particular as any in the way of King-killing, laying down the feveralè De Rege 8c Methods and means of that wicked art : but becaufe part of his 8 Bo^k is largeRegisinflituti- Up 0 n t ni sfubjedt, and is fo plain, that fome of their moderate writers with heoac, 1.1.C.6, jj a(jn o tbeen fo openi I (hall not fpeak more of it, it being common to be had,and as commonly known, though h Andreas Schottas, ì Carolus Scribanius, and* Hljptn. Bibl. fome other Jefuits do rather commend than difprove it. And whether the pro-T° m , 2 'P- 2 8 5- pagation of thefe opinions be not dangerous to Princes, reafon and example willC a ttìonoris! ' o v e r-f a y t n e m eer negative of Heiffius, unlefs his authority were better groundedthan upon his bare word.But what need I trouble the Reader and my felf with particulars, when theWhole Club of the French Jefuits (if we may credit their own title) when itWas their defigp to clear themfelves from any bad Principles of Government, atthe fame time confefs, that Kings may lawfully fometimes be depofed and cutoff? And whether I flander the Jefuits or no', let the Reader judge by their ownWords, Thus :Addit Fr£dicans[yiz.Phil.Heilbrunner, who wrote againfi the Jefuits] Jefuitas inhac Queftione [viz. whether Tyrants may be kilfd?] potius ad partem affirmantem,quam ad negantem inclinare fatis indicant illorum Scripta. Non modo inclinamusad Mam partem, fed illam partem libentiffimh ampleUimur, quam ampleilittiS. Thomas, Cajetanus, Sotus, Covaruvias, Salon, & alii, qui ad banc guejlionemreffonderunf