How did Jonathan Swift defend the balance of power in the English constitution?

Jonathan Swift defended the English balance of power primarily through his essay, "Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome." In this work, he argued that the constitutional arrangement—which distributed authority among the monarchy and the two houses of Parliament—served as a vital bulwark against tyranny.1

Although Swift later became associated with the Tory party, he maintained his core Whiggish convictions regarding the nature of government throughout his life. He explicitly rejected the Tory theory of the divine right of kings, insisting instead that ultimate power derived from the people as a whole. Within the English constitution, he maintained that this power was intended to be exercised jointly by the king, the lords, and the commons to ensure stability and prevent the concentration of absolute power.12