Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	act_n	law_n	parliament_n	5,454	5	6.8345	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86827	The humble petition of the Major, Aldermen, and Commons of the Citty of London to his Majesty, with his Maiesties gracious answer thereunto.	City of London (England). Court of Common Council.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I). aut	1643 (1643)	Wing H3555; Thomason E85_19; ESTC R5684	4,322	16

Majesty nor assist those that doe Whether to destroy their Property by taking away the Twentieth part of their Estates from them and by the same Arbitrary Power to referre to foure standers by of their own faction to judge what that Twentieth part is be to defend the lawfull Rights and Liberties of the Subject And if they thinke these Actions to be instances of either whether they doe not know the persons before named to be guilty of them all Or whether they thinke it possible that Almighty God can blesse that Citty and preserve it from destruction whil'st persons of such knowne Guilt and Wickednesse are defended and justified amongst them against the povver of that Law by which they can only subsist His Majesty is so farre from suffering Himselfe to be incensed against the whole Citty by the actions of these ill men though they have hitherto been so prevalent as to make the Affections of the rest of little use to Him and is so willing to be with them and to protect them that the Trade Wealth and Glory thereof so decayed and Eclipsed by these publike Distractions may again be the Envy of all forraign Nations That He doth once more graciously offer His free and generall Pardon to all the Inhabitants of that His Citty of London the Suburbs and Citty of Westminster except the Persons formerly excepted by His Majesty if they shall yet returne to their Duty Loyalty and Obedience And if His good Subjects of that His Citty of London shall first solemnely declare That they will defend the knowne Lawes of the Land and will submit to and be govern'd by no other Rule If they shall first manifest by defending themselves and maintaining their own Rights Liberties and Interests and suppressing any force and violence unlawfully raised against those and His Majesty their Power to defend and preserve Him from all Tumults Affronts Violence Lastly if they shall apprehend and commit to safe Custody the Persons of those foure men who enrich themselves by the spoile and oppression of His loving Subjects and the ruine of the Citty that His Majesty may proceed against them by the course of Law as guilty of high Treason His Majesty will speedily returne to them with His Royall and without His Martiall Attendance and will use His utmost endeavour that they may hereafter enjoy all the Blessings of Peace and Plenty and will no longer expect Obedience from them then he shall with all the faculties of His Soule labour in the preserving and advancing the true reformed Protestant Religion the Lawes of the Land the Liberty and Propriety of the Subject and the just Priviledges of Parliament If notwithstanding all this the Art and Interest of these men can prevaile so farre that they involve more men in their guilt and draw that His Citty to sacrifice it's present Happines and future Hopes to their Pride Fury and Malice His Majesty shall onely give them this Warning That whosoever shall henceforward take up Armes without His Consent contribute any Mony or Plate upon what pretence of Authority soever for maintenance of the Army under the Command of the Earle of Essex or any other Army in Rebellion against Him or shall pay Tunnage and Poundage till the same shall be setled by Act of Parliament Every such Person must expect the severest punishment the Law can inflict and in the meane time His Majesty shall seize upon any part of his Estate within His Power for the relief support of Him and His Army rais'd maintain'd for the Defence of His Person the Lawes and this His Kingdome And since he denyes to His Majesty the duty benefit of his subjection by giving assistance to Rebells which by the knowne Lawes of the Land is high Treason His Majesty shall likewise deny him the benefit of his Protection and shall not only signifie to all His Forraigne Ministers that such Person shall receive no advantage by being His Subject but shall by all other wayes and meanes proceed against him as a publike Enemy to His Majesty and this Kingdome But His Majesty hopes and doubts not but His good Subjects of London will call to mind the Acts of their Predecessors their Duty Affection Loyalty and merit towards their Princes the Renowne they have had with all posterity for and the Blessings of Heaven which alwayes accompanied those virtues and will consider the perpetuall scorne and infamy which unavoydably will follow them and their Children if infinitely the meaner part in quality and much the lesser part in number shall be able to alter the Government so admirably established destroy the Trade so excellently setled and to waste the wealth so industriously gotten of that flourishing Citty And then they will easily gather up the Courage and Resolution to joyne with His Majesty in Defence of that Religion Law and Liberty which hitherto hath and only can make themselves His Majesty and His Kingdome happy For concurring with the Advice of His Two Houses of Parliament which with Reference to the Common-wealth may be as well at this distance as by being at White-hall His Majesty doubts not but His good Subjects of London well know how farre beyond the example of any of His Predecessors His Majesty hath concurred with their advice in passing of such Lawes by which He willingly parted with many of His knowne Rights for the benefit of His Subjects which the fundamentall Constitutions of this Kingdome did not oblige Him to consent unto and hath used all possible meanes to beget a right understanding betweene them And will therefore apply themselves to those who by making Just Peaceable and honourable Propositions to His Majesty can only beget that Concurrence FINIS