"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 people of God in all ages are to expect new revelations for a rule of their actions (_a_); and it is lawful for a private man, having an inward motion from God, to kill a tyrant (_b_).--(_a_) _Quakers and other Enthusiasts._ (_b_) _Goodman._ "25. The example of Phineas is to us instead of a command; for what God hath commanded or approved in one age must needs oblige in all.--_Goodman_; _Knox_; _Napthali_. "26. King Charles the First was lawfully put to death, and his murderers were the blessed instruments of God's glory in their generation.--_Milton_; _Goodwin_; _Owen_. "27. King Charles the First made war upon his Parliament; and in such a case the king may not only be resisted, but he ceaseth to be king.--_Baxter._ "We decree, judge, and declare all and every of these propositions to be false, seditious, and impious; and most of them to be also heretical and blasphemous, infamous to Christian religion, and destructive of all government in Church and State.