From Where Political Power Grows: John Ponet's "Short Treatise," Part I
By John Ponet
"This rule is the law of Nature...reduced by Christ our Savior...: You will love the Lord your God above all things, and your neighbor as yourself."
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"This rule is the law of Nature...reduced by Christ our Savior...: You will love the Lord your God above all things, and your neighbor as yourself."
"Evil customs (be they never so old) are not to be suffered, but to be utterly abolished: and none may prescribe to do evil, whether king or subject."
"Wicked princes [are much like] warthogs, which if they be suffered to have their snouts in the ground...will suddenly have in all the body."
"For punishment of a tyrant among Christian men, the question is, whether it is lawful to kill such a monster and cruel beast covered with the shape of a man."
"O miserable England[, plagued] by a tyrant...But how much more miserable shall you be by the wars that are most certain to come...God be merciful unto thee."