the　society；　is　certainly　as　great　a　breach　of　trust；　and　as　perfect　a
  declaration　of　a　design　to　subvert　the　government；　as　is　possible　to
  be　met　with。　To　which；　if　one　shall　add　rewards　and　punishments
  visibly　employed　to　the　same　end；　and　all　the　arts　of　perverted　law
  made　use　of　to　take　off　and　destroy　all　that　stand　in　the　way　of
  such　a　design；　and　will　not　comply　and　consent　to　betray　the　liberties
  of　their　country；　it　will　be　past　doubt　what　is　doing。　What　power　they
  ought　to　have　in　the　society　who　thus　employ　it　contrary　to　the
  trust　that　along　with　it　in　its　first　institution；　is　easy　to
  determine；　and　one　cannot　but　see　that　he　who　has　once　attempted　any
  such　thing　as　this　cannot　any　longer　be　trusted。
  223。　To　this；　perhaps；　it　will　be　said　that　the　people　being
  ignorant　and　always　discontented；　to　lay　the　foundation　of
  government　in　the　unsteady　opinion　and　uncertain　humour　of　the　people；
  is　to　expose　it　to　certain　ruin；　and　no　government　will　be　able　long
  to　subsist　if　the　people　may　set　up　a　new　legislative　whenever　they
  take　offence　at　the　old　one。　To　this　I　answer；　quite　the　contrary。
  People　are　not　so　easily　got　out　of　their　old　forms　as　some　are　apt　to
  suggest。　They　are　hardly　to　be　prevailed　with　to　amend　the
  acknowledged　faults　in　the　frame　they　have　been　accustomed　to。　And
  if　there　be　any　original　defects；　or　adventitious　ones　introduced　by
  time　or　corruption；　it　is　not　an　easy　thing　to　get　them　changed；
  even　when　all　the　world　sees　there　is　an　opportunity　for　it。　This
  slowness　and　aversion　in　the　people　to　quit　their　old　constitutions
  has　in　the　many　revolutions　＇that＇　have　been　seen　in　this　kingdom；
  in　this　and　former　ages；　still　kept　us　to；　or　after　some　interval　of
  fruitless　attempts；　still　brought　us　back　again　to；　our　old
  legislative　of　king；　lords　and　commons；　and　whatever　provocations　have
  made　the　crown　be　taken　from　some　of　our　princes'　heads；　they　never
  carried　the　people　so　far　as　to　place　it　in　another　line。
  224。　But　it　will　be　said　this　hypothesis　lays　a　ferment　for　frequent
  rebellion。　To　which　I　answer：
  First：　no　more　than　any　other　hypothesis。　For　when　the　people　are
  made　miserable；　and　find　themselves　exposed　to　the　ill　usage　of
  arbitrary　power；　cry　up　their　governors　as　much　as　you　will　for　sons
  of　Jupiter；　let　them　be　sacred　and　divine；　descended　or　authorised
  from　Heaven；　give　them　out　for　whom　or　what　you　please；　the　same
  will　happen。　The　people　generally　ill　treated；　and　contrary　to
  right；　will　be　ready　upon　any　occasion　to　ease　themselves　of　a
  burden　that　sits　heavy　upon　them。　They　will　wish　and　seek　for　the
  opportunity；　which　in　the　change；　weakness；　and　accidents　of　human
  affairs；　seldom　delays　long　to　offer　itself　He　must　have　lived　but　a
  little　while　in　the　world；　who　has　not　seen　examples　of　this　in　his
  time；　and　he　must　have　read　very　little　who　cannot　produce　examples　of
  it　in　all　sorts　of　governments　in　the　world。
  225。　Secondly：　I　answer；　such　revolutions　happen　not　upon　every
  little　mismanagement　in　public　affairs。　Great　mistakes　in　the　ruling
  part；　many　wrong　and　inconvenient　laws；　and　all　the　slips　of　human
  frailty　will　be　borne　by　the　people　without　mutiny　or　murmur。　But　if　a
  long　train　of　abuses；　prevarications；　and　artifices；　all　tending　the
  same　way；　make　the　design　visible　to　the　people；　and　they　cannot　but
  feel　what　they　lie　under；　and　see　whither　they　are　going；　it　is　not　to
  be　wondered　that　they　should　then　rouse　themselves；　and　endeavour　to
  put　the　rule　into　such　hands　which　may　secure　to　them　the　ends　for
  which　government　was　at　first　erected；　and　without　which；　ancient
  names　and　specious　forms　are　so　far　from　being　better；　that　they　are
  much　worse　than　the　state　of　Nature　or　pure　anarchy；　the
  inconveniencies　being　all　as　great　and　as　near；　but　the　remedy　farther
  off　and　more　difficult。
  226。　Thirdly：　I　answer；　that　this　power　in　the　people　of　providing
  for　their　safety　anew　by　a　new　legislative　when　their　legislators　have
  acted　contrary　to　their　trust　by　invading　their　property；　is　the
  best　fence　against　rebellion；　and　the　probable　means　to　hinder　it。　For
  rebellion　being　an　opposition；　not　to　persons；　but　authority；　which　is
  founded　only　in　the　constitutions　and　laws　of　the　government：　those；
  whoever　they　be；　who；　by　force；　break　through；　and；　by　force；
  justify　their　violation　of　them；　are　truly　and　properly　rebels。　For
  when　men；　by　entering　into　society　and　civil　government；　have　excluded
  force；　and　introduced　laws　for　the　preservation　of　property；　peace；
  and　unity　amongst　themselves；　those　who　set　up　force　again　in
  opposition　to　the　laws；　do　rebellare…　that　is；　bring　back　again　the
  state　of　war；　and　are　properly　rebels；　which　they　who　are　in　power；　by
  the　pretence　they　have　to　authority；　the　temptation　of　force　they　have
  in　their　hands；　and　the　flattery　of　those　about　them　being　likeliest
  to　do；　the　proper　way　to　prevent　the　evil　is　to　show　them　the　danger
  and　injustice　of　it　who　are　under　the　greatest　temptation　to　run
  into　it。
  227。　In　both　the　forementioned　cases；　when　either　the　legislative　is
  changed；　or　the　legislators　act　contrary　to　the　end　for　which　they
  were　constituted；　those　who　are　guilty　are　guilty　of　rebellion。　For　if
  any　one　by　force　takes　away　the　established　legislative　of　any
  society；　and　the　laws　by　them　made；　pursuant　to　their　trust；　he
  thereby　takes　away　the　umpirage　which　every　one　had　consented　to　for　a
  peaceable　decision　of　all　their　controversies；　and　a　bar　to　the
  state　of　war　amongst　them。　They　who　remove　or　change　the　legislative
  take　away　this　decisive　power；　which　nobody　can　have　but　by　the
  appointment　and　consent　of　the　people；　and　so　destroying　the　authority
  which　the　people　did；　and　nobody　else　can；　set　up；　and　introducing　a
  power　which　the　people　hath　not　authorised；　actually　introduce　a　state
  of　war；　which　is　that　of　force　without　authority；　and　thus　by　removing
  the　legislative　established　by　the　society；　in　whose　decisions　the
  people　acquiesced　and　united　as　to　that　of　their　own　will；　they
  untie　the　knot；　and　expose　the　people　anew　to　the　state　of　war。　And　if
  those；　who　by　force　take　away　the　legislative；　are　rebels；　the
  legislators　themselves；　as　has　been　shown；　can　be　no　less　esteemed　so；
  when　they　who　were　set　up　for　the　protection　and　preservation　of　the
  people；　their　liberties　and　properties　shall　by　force　invade　and
  endeavour　to　take　them　away；　and　so　they　putting　themselves　into　a
  state　of　war　with　those　who　made　them　the　protectors　and　guardians
  of　their　peace；　are　properly；　and　with　the　greatest　aggravation；
  rebellantes；　rebels。
  228。　But　if　they　who　say　it　lays　a　foundation　for　rebellion　mean
  that　it　may　occasion　civil　wars　or　intestine　broils　to　tell　the　people
  they　are　absolved　from　obedience　when　illegal　attempts　are　made　upon
  their　liberties　or　properties；　and　may　oppose　the　unlawful　violence　of
  those　who　were　their　magistrates　when　they　invade　their　properties；
  contrary　to　the　trust　put　in　them；　and　that；　therefore；　this
  doctrine　is　not　to　be　allowed；　being　so　destructive　to　the　peace　of
  the　world；　they　may　as　well　say；　upon　the　same　ground；　that　honest　men
  may　not　oppose　robbers　or　pirates；　because　this　may　occasion
  disorder　or　bloodshed。　If　any　mischief　come　in　such　cases；　it　is　not
  to　be　charged　upon　him　who　defends　his　own　right；　but　on　him　that
  invades　his　neighbour's。　If　the　innocent　honest　man　must　quietly
  quit　all　he　has　for　peace　sake　to　him　who　will　lay　violent　hands
  upon　it；　I　desire　it　may　be　considered　what　kind　of　a　peace　there　will
  be　in　the　world　which　consists　only　in　violence　and　rapine；　and
  which　is　to　be　maintained　only　for　the　benefit　of　robbers　and
  oppressors。　Who　would　not　think　it　an　admirable　peace　betwixt　the
  mighty　and　the　mean；　when　the　lamb；　without　resistance；　yielded　his
  throat　to　be　torn　by　the　imperious　wolf？　Polyphemus's　den　gives　us　a
  perfect　pattern　of　such　a　peace。　Such　a　government　wherein　Ulysses　and
  his　companions　had　nothing　to　do　but　quietly　to　suffer　themselves　to
  be　devoured。　And　no　doubt　Ulysses；　who　was　a　prudent　man；　preached
  up　passive　obedience；　and　exhorted　them　to　a　quiet　submission　by
  representing　to　them　of　what　concernment　peace　was　to　mankind；　and
  by　showing　＇what＇　inconveniencies　might　happen　if　they　should　offer　to
  resist　Polyphemus；　who　had　now　the　power　over　them。
  229。　The　end　of　government　is　the　good　of　mankind；　and　which　is　best
  for　mankind；　that　the　people　should　be　always　exposed　to　the　boundless
  will　of　tyranny；　or　that　the　rulers　should　be　sometimes　liable　to　be
  opposed　when　they　grow　exorbitant　in　the　use　of　their　power；　and
  employ　it　for　the　destruction；　and　not　the　preservation；　of　the
  properties　of　their　people？
  230。　Nor　let　any　one　say　that　mischief　can　arise　from　hence　as　often
  as　it　shall　please　a　busy　head　or　turbulent　spirit　to　desire　the
  alteration　of　the　government。　It　is　true　such　men　may　stir　whenever
  they　please；　but　it　will　be　only　to　their　own　just　ruin　and　perdition。
  For　till　the　mischief　be　grown　general；　and　the　ill　designs　of　the
  rulers　become　visible；