Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	king_n	law_n	prerogative_n	3,673	5	10.4433	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77654	Heraclitus ridens redivivus; or, a dialogue between Harry and Roger, concerning the times	Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5060A; ESTC R231683	11,174	13

What harm has he done we 'll release him and let him go Thus by intermittent fits of ease and rigour they endeavour to shake and undermine that foundation against which their Arguments have not strength to prevail Har. But this Indulgence was so frankly offered you that you cannot choose but make sutable returns for such enexpected civilities Diss Profered service in some case is not only unacceptable but nauseous for when all the Arguments of Reason Religion could not prevail to find an unexpected fit of affection makes the kindness something suspicious and all the endearing expressions may proceed not so much from Love and Dissimulation a politick Design may be in the bottom and a Snake may lie in the Grass that looks so fresh and flourishing Har. I find you still continue in your groundless suspicion of the Papists methinks they are the most reasonable men alive for if they do repeal your Laws they promise you Equipollent securities Diss I must tell you Harry the Papists are the worst men in the world to pretend to ensure the Protestant Religion from Fire and Fagot their love to Hereticks we know is generally hot and flameing and 't is rarely that any of them vouchsafe to kiss but when 't is to bring in others that come with Swords and Staves And what is this Equipollent security to be an Act of Parliament Har. Yes but such an Act that shall be unalterable and not in the power of future Ages to revoke Dissenter Hold not too fast there you will ruin the Dispencing Power else for if the King may not suspend that Act too at pleasure what will become of those Officers who have made so bold with the Laws in being for the consequence must reach all Acts alike Har. Ay but these Tests 〈…〉 just and dangerous to the government in their consequence and so no matter what becomes of them Diss And will not that Law think you be unjust which cramps the Kings natural and inherent right of suspending Acts or Parliament so that this Law or the mighty Prerogative of suspending immediately falls to the ground and which do you think will most likely get the better on 't Besides that Law if it be equipolent must exclude all Romish Priests from Officiating in any publick Church or Chappel within the Kingdom Now if it be according to you so impious to exclude Papists from serving the King in publick Offices what a monstrous peice of impiety will Popish Judges interpret that Law to be which excludes the Priests from serving God in his publick Worship and tharefore the apparent consequence of repealing our Laws to me will be this that hereafter we shall have all Popish Governours both in Church and State and to us will be left the Merit of obedience and the Glory of suffering only I am afraid we shall much Eclipse that Glory upon some melancholy considerations that we have had a hand in our own execution Har. Well I perceive you will not give me a Categorical answer to my Question You will have the same more formally put to you ere long and I do not doubt when you have taken time to consider but you will return a very satisfactory answer Diss To be short with you then the sum of my opinion is this That I consider my self ss an Englishman as well as a Protestant and whatever I conceive may directly or by consequence prejudice my Religion or Civil Rights I think my self obliged not to consent to it as I am to answer it to GOD and my COUNTRY So farewell OXFORD Printed in the Year 1688.