Observations, censures, and confutations of notorious errours in Mr. Hobbes his Leviathan and other his bookes to which are annexed occasionall anim-adversions on some writings of the Socinians and such hæreticks of the same opinion with him / by William Lucy ...

Sect. 12.

[Such are they (saith he) who think it a work of merit, to kill, or depose, or rebell against the soveraign power con∣stituted

over them by their own consent] This instance he give's because he hoped that writing against such a hor∣rid diabolical doctrine would usher in the rest of his wic∣ked opinions plausibly;* 1.1 I am not intended to defend their opinions who think so; but yet I will say this for them, that I think they that write for killing of kings, which are the Papists, and some others, as destructive of civill Society as they, will pretend that those Sovereignes are not constituted over them by their own consent: they will say, they never consented to his Coronation; to his acception; never took the Oath of Alleageance and Supremacy: And I will say, that if this be all the ground of this sinne in rebellion,* 1.2 there is no such thing as rebellion by Mr. Hobbes his doctrine; for Mr. Hobbes (as will be seen hereafter) make's no Sovereign, or Leviathan, but such as is consented unto by every particular, of which kind there is none in the world: and therefore, where men have not made such a consent, and are bound by that Covenant which is not to be seen in the whole world, there can be no sin in rebellion; but this was onely an instance to lead on his future scorne of religion, being in it's self impertinent

Notes

• * 1.1

  Mr Hobbes's subtilty in wri∣ting against Rebelion.
• * 1.2

  which cannot be by his do∣ctrine.