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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10557	The Christian divinitie, contained in the divine service of the Church of England summarily, and for the most part in order, according as point on point dependeth, composed; and with the holy Scriptures plainly and plentifully confirmed: written for the furtherance of the peoples understanding in the true religion established by publike authoritie, and for the increase of vnitie in that godly truth eternall. By Edmund Reeve Bachelour in Divinitie, and vicar of the parish of Hayes in Middlesex.	Reeve, Edmund, d. 1660.	1631 (1631)	STC 20829; ESTC S115773	277,054	457

utterly testifie and declare in my conscience that the Kings Highnesse is the only Supreme Governour of this Realme and of all other his Highnesse Dominions and Countries as well in all spirituall or Ecclesiasticall things or causes as temporall and that no forraigne Prince person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Iurisdiction Power Superioritie Preheminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or spiritual within this Realme and therfore I doe utterly renounce forsake all forraigne Iurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities and doe promise that from henceforth I shall beare faith and true allegiance to the Kings Highnesse his Heires and lawfull Successours and to my power shall assist and defend all Iurisdictions Priviledges Preheminencies and Authorities granted or belonging to the Kings Highnesse his Heires and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of his Realme so helpe mee God and the Contents of this booke The Oath of Allegiance as it is expressed in the Booke intituled God and the King I A. B. doe truely and sincerely acknowledge professe testifie and declare in my conscience before God and the world that our Soveraigne Lord King Charles is lawfull and rightfull King of this Realme and of all other his Majesties Dominions and Countries and that the Pope neither of himselfe nor by any Authority by the Church and Sea of Rome or by any other meanes with any other hath any power or Authority to depose the King or to dispose any of his Majesties Kingdomes or Dominions and to authorize any forraigne Prince to invade or annoy him or his Countries or to discharge any of his Subjects of their Allegiance obedience to his Majesty or to give License or leave to any of them to beare armes raise tumults or to offer any violence or hurt to his Majesties Royall person State or Government or to any of his Majesties Subjects within his Majesties Dominions Also I doe sweare from my heart that notwithstanding any Declaration or sentence or Excommunication or deprivation made or granted or to bee made or granted by the Pope or his Successors or by any Authoritie derived or pretended to be derived from him or his Sea against the said King his Heires or Successors or any absolution of the said subjects from their obedience I will beare faith and true Allegiance to his Majesty his Heires and Successors and him and them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his or their persons their Crowne and dignity by reason or colour of any such sentence or declaration or otherwise and will doe my best indeavour to disclose and make knowne unto his Majesty his Heires and Successors all treasons or traiterous conspiracies which I shall know or heare of to be against him or any of them And I doe further sweare that I doe from my heart abhorre detest abjure as impious and haereticall this damnable Doctrine and position that Princes which bee excommunicated or deprived by the Pope may bee deposed or murthered by their subjects or any other whatsoever And I doe beleeve and in my conscience am resolved that neither the Pope nor any person whatsoever hath power to absolve me of this oath or any part thereof which I acknowledge by good and full authoritie to be lawfully ministred unto mee and doe renounce all pardons and dispensations to the contrary And all these things I doe plainely and sincerely acknowledge and sweare according to these expresse words by me spoken and according to the plaine and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation or mentall evasion or secret reservation whatsoever and I doe make this recognition and acknowledgement heartily willingly and truly upon the true faith of a Christian So helpe me God In the Collect to be read after the ten Commandements we are taught to pray That wee the subjects unto Gods chosen servant Charles our King Governour duely considering whose Authority hee hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinance In the second part of the * T. 1. p. 49. Homily concerning Swearing it is said Whereas Zedekias King of Hierusalem had promised fidelity to the King of Chaldea afterward when Zedekias contrary to his * 2 Chron. 36.13 Oath and Allegiance did rebell against King Nebuchodonosor This Heathen King by Gods permission and sufferance invading the Land of Iurie and besieging the City of Hierusalem compelled the said Zedekias to flee and in fleeing tooke him prisoner slew his sonnes before his face and put out both his eyes and binding him with Chains led him * 2 King 25.7 prisoner miserably into Babylon Thus doth God shew plainly how much he abhorreth breakers of honest promises bound by an Oath made in his name Concerning the Kings Soveraignty or Supremacy namely That our most dread Soveraigne Lord King Charles is the onely Supreame Governour of this Realme and of all other his Highnesse Dominions and Countries as well in all spirituall or Ecclesiasticall things or causes as temporall and that no forraigne Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction power superioritie preheminence or authority Ecclesiasticall or Spiritual within this Realme It is evident by considering the Prerogative of the Kings of Israel who were not subject to any forraigne jurisdiction but had the chiefe power in their Land and the chiefe government of all estates in it whether they were Ecclesiasticall or Civill and likewise in all things or causes as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall That there was no person above or over them but God onely it is manifest by that which Salomon uttered saying x Eccles 8.4 Where the word of a King is there is power and who may say unto him what dost thou That they had power over the high priesthood yea the rule thereof Salomons y 1 King 2.26.27.55 deposing of Abiathar and the putting of Zadok in his roume is proofe sufficient For to shew the Soveraigntie of Kings over the highest degree in the ministerie or Clergie the holy Scriptures naming of a King or Prince alwaies afore the high priest is a plaine argument Moses is z Exod. 4.29 c. named afore Aaron a 1 Sam. 11.6.7 Saul afore Samuel when Saul was King b Hag. 1.14 Zerubbabel before Iosedec c. c Neh. 8.9 Nehemiah which is the * Or Governour as it is rendred in the margent Radix est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chaldaice ac Rabbinice Inde in Hiphil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 potestatemfecit concessit permisit Shindelerus refert ad 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 caput literà 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 omissâ Tirshatha is named afore Ezra the priest And that Tirshatha was hee that ruled matters Ecclesiasticall and said unto certaine whom likely hee had put