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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91280	Six important quæres, propounded to the re-sitting Rump of the long Parliament, fit to be satisfactorily resolved by them upon the question, before they presume to act any further, or expect the least obedience from the free-born English nation, after so manie years wars and contests for the privileges, rights, and freedom of Parliaments, and their own liberties.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4083; Thomason 669.f.22[43]; ESTC R211416	3,722	1

of London and whole Nation to delay their admission till they have put new Gards on and drawn up all their forces to London to over-awe the City and hinder their long-delayed Militia for their own security and setled the Militia of every County under their own commands to enslave the whole City and Nation to their Tyranny and usurped Parliamentary Power and then they will not only forcibly keep out all the Members but absolutely eject them unlesse they will take their new Oath and Ingagement As is evident by their Speakers prohibiting the Lord Maior and Common Council on Saturday last to set up their Chains and settle their Militia and their Order and Vote on Munday night against all forces raised without their Order to hinder the Militia in the City when they commanded the Militia in the Suburbs and Westminster to meet and Act that day And by some of their discourses 〈◊〉 secluded Members That there was no hopes of their admission unlesse they were for a Commonwealth would take the Ingagement and confirm what they had done and thereby become as guilty treacherous perfidious disloyal and hurtfull to the publike as themselves which those Members assured them they would never submit to being against the Privilege of Parliament their Judgements Consciences Protestation Covenant former Oathes upon their first admission as Members 6. Whether the City or English Nation can expect the least justice ease or redresse of their insupportable Burdens Taxes and Impositions from these new Tax-masters who though they are not yet the Tenth part of a full Commons House presumed to pass and print a New Act of Parliament to continue their expired Customs and Excises on them till March next Whether their unpresidented presumption in arrogating to themselves the Title power and authority of a Parliament when all Laws and Lawbooks resolve their own Consciences and the whole Nation infallibly know them to be no Parliament nor Commons house hath not brought them within the compasse and penalty of this Clause in their own last Act before their Dissolution by Lambert October 11. intituled An Act against raising of Money upon the people without their Consent in Parliament And be it further enacted That no person or persons shall after the 11. of October 1659. Assess levy collect gather or receive any Customs Imposts Excise Assessment Contribution Tax Tallage or any sum or sums of money or other Impositions whatsoever upon the People of this Commonwealth without their consent in Parliament or as by Law might have béen done before the Third of November 1640. And be it further enacted and declared That every person offending against this Act therefore every of themselves who passed this new Act Decemb. 27. and those who shall put it in execution shall be and are hereby adjudged to be guilty of High Treason and shall forfeit and suffer as in case of High Treason Whether the people of this Commonwealth the thousand part whereof knew not of their new sitting did ever consent to this sudden extemporary new Act made the first morning of their sitting in lesse than two hours space when there were but 42. Members in the House 22. secluded Members at the door and near 250. more Members yet living besides the whole House of Lords who must stand for Cyphers absent and not privy to their Session or this Act If not as is unquestionable whether by this their own Law and Act they be not adjudged to be guilty of High Treason and to forfeit and suffer as in case of High Treason for this their imposing and continuing of Customs and Excises on the people as well as for their seclusion of their Members which they voted to be Treason in Lambert And whether the Offices and Common Soldiers can upon this acccount expect any pay from the City or Country or Indemnity for secluding those Now sitting if they offend again in secluding the greatest part of the Members which are in truth the only House which can only really pay and indemaifie them