.

"14. An oath superadds no obligation to fact, and a
fact obliges no further than it is credited; and
consequently if a prince gives any indication that he
does not believe the promises of fealty and allegiance
made by any of his subjects, they are thereby freed
from their subjection; and, notwithstanding their pacts
and oaths, may lawfully rebel against, and destroy
their sovereign.--_Hobbes' de Cive_; _Leviathan_.

"15. If a people, that by oath and duty are obliged to
a sovereign, shall sinfully dispossess him, and,
contrary to their covenants, choose and covenant with
another, they may be obliged by their later covenants,
notwithstanding their former.--_Baxter_; _H. C._

"16. All oaths are unlawful and contrary to the Word of
God.--_Quakers._

"17. An oath obligeth not in the sense of the imposer,
but the taker's.--_Sheriff's Case._

"18. Dominion is founded in grace.

"19. The powers of this world are usurpations upon the
prerogative of Jesus Christ; and it is the duty of
God's people to destroy them, in order to the setting
Christ upon His throne.--_Fifth Monarchy Men._

"20. The presbyterian government is the sceptre of
Christ's kingdom, to which kings, as well as others,
are bound to submit; and the king's supremacy in
ecclesiastical affairs, asserted by the Church of
England, is injurious to Christ, the sole King and Head
of His Church.--_Altare Damascenum_; _Apolog. Relat.
Hist. Indulg._; _Cartwright_; _Travers_.

"21. It is not lawful for superiors to impose anything
in the worship of God that is not antecedently
necessary.

"22. The duty of not offending a weak brother is
inconsistent with all human authority of making laws
concerning indifferent things.--_Protest. Reconciler._

"23. Wicked kings and tyrants ought to be put to death;
and if the judges and inferior magistrates will not do
their office, the power of the sword devolves to the
people; if the major part of the people refuse to
exercise this power, then the ministers may
excommunicate such a king; after which it is lawful for
any of the subjects to kill him, as the people did
Athaliah, and Jehu Jezebel.--_Buchanan_; _Knox_;
_Goodman_; _Gibby_; _Jesuits_.

"24. After the sealing of the Scripture-canon the