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authority_n	heir_n	power_n	successor_n	3,459	5	9.2559	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88241	Rash oaths unwarrantable: and the breaking of them as inexcusable. Or, A discourse, shewing, that the two Houses of Parliament had little ground to make those oaths they have made, or lesse ground to take, or presse the taking of them, being it is easie to be apprehended, they never intended to keep them, but onely made them for snares, and cloaks for knavery, as it is clearly evinced by their constant arbitrary and tyranicall practices, no justice nor right being to be found amongst them; by meanes of which they have declaratorily, and visibly lost the very soule and essence of true magistracy, (which is, the doing of justice, judgement, equity ... In which is also a true and just declaration of the unspeakable evill of the delay of justice, and the extraordinary sufferings of Lievtenant Colonell John Lilburne, very much occasioned by M. Henry Martins unfriendly and unjust dealing with him, in not making his report to the House. All which with divers other things of very high concernment, are declared in the following discourse, being an epistle, / written by Lievtenant-Colonell John Lilburne, prerogative prisoner in the Tower of London, to Colonell Henry Marten, a member of the House of Commons of England ... May 1647.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing L2167; Thomason E393_39; ESTC R201615	53,968	58

displayed ensignes of the voluntarie Christians pluckt the writing out of his bosome wherein the League was comprised and holding it up in his hand with his eyes cast up to Heaven said Behold thou crucified Christ this is the League thy Christians in thy name made with me which they have without cause violared Now if thou be a God as they say thou art and as we dreame revenge the wrong now done unto thy Name and me and shew thy power upon thy perjurious people who in their deeds deny thee their God Whereupon there began a most cruell and feirce fight the successe of which within alittle while wholy fell to the Turkes who having slaine King Vladislaus and discomforted his Army Huniades that most valiant Captaine was forced to fly for his life and it is observable that in this battle were destroyed all the chi●fe Authors and Actours yea Iulian himselfe in breaking the Oath Covenant and League they had made with the Turke Folio 297. 298. which overthrow proved a fatall and dismall blow to the Hungarians which may be a good warning to all men in the world not rashly to enter into an Oath or Covenant but delibrately and with a resolved resolution enviolably to keepe and observe it which is impossible for any man breathing to do yours For first I read in the 1 Eliz. Chapter 1 that all and every Arch-Bishop Bishop and all and every other Ecclesiasticall Person and other Ecclesiasticall Officer and Minister of what estate dignity preheminence or degree soever he or thay be or shall be and all and every temporall Judge Justice Mayor and other lay or temporall Officer and Minister and every other person having your highnesse sees or wagges within this Realme or any your Highnesse Dominions c. shall take that Oath following viz. THat the King is the onely 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 a little below all that takes it which all you Parliament men must and ought to doe or else you cannot sit as by the Statute of the 5 Elz. 1. appeares sweares and promises that from henceforth I shall beare faith and true Alleagence to the Kings Highnesse his Heires and lawfull Successors and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdictions priviledges prehemanencies and authorities granted or belonging to the Kings Highnesse his Heires and Successors vnited and annexed to the imperiall Crowne of this Realme And by the Oath of Allegiance inacted the 3 of Jam. chapter 4. which principally and originally was made for Popish Recusants to take and for such men of England as traviled beyond the Seas to serve any Forraigne State or Prince though of late yeares as I am informed imposed upon all Members of Parliament before they are admitted to sit there in which Oath you and every one that takes it sweares and declares in your 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 of the Church on Sea of ●ome or by any other meanes with any other marke the last clause well hath any power or authoritie to despose the King or to dispose any of his Majesties kingdomes or dommious or to authorise any Forraigne Prince to invade or annoy him or his countries or to give lisceuce 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 Dominions And a little below he that takes that Oath sweares I will beare Faith and true Allegiance to his Majestie his Heires and Successors and him and them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatsoever marke the word whatseover which shall be made against his or their Persons their Crowne and Dignitie by reason or colour of any such Sentence or Declaration or otherwise make the word otherwise well and will doe to my best endeavour to disclose or make knowne unto his Majesty his Heires and Successors all treasons and treacherous conspiricies which I shall know or heare of to be against him or them And below the Oath saith I do beleeve and in conscience am resolucd that neither the Pope nor any person whatsoever note the foure last words well hath power to absolue me of this Oath nor any part thereof which I acknowledge by good and full authoritie to be lawfully ministred unto me and doe renounce all Pardons and Dispensations to the contrary and all these things I do plainly sincerely acknowledge and sweare according to these expresse words by me spoken according to the plaine and common sence and understanding of the same words without any equevocation or menthall evation or secret reseruati●n whatsoever And I doe make this recogniction and acknowledgemeni heartily willingly and truly upon the true faith of a Christian So helpe me God And adde unto these your fore-mentioned Covenants and upon them all I conclude it is impossible for any man breathing to keepe them Now Sir set aside the evill ingredients of these two Legall or Statute Oaths fore-mentioned which were easie in my judgement to be evinsed especially that clause of the Oath of Supreamicy recorded 1 Eliz. 1 the expresse words of which are That the King is the onely Supreme Governour of this Realme and of all other his Highnesse Dominions and Countries as well in all Spirituall or Ecclesiastiall things or causes as Temporall To say nothing of the Temporal part of it I will desire you to satisfie me in two or three things of the Spirituall First whether or no Jesus Christ by God the Father was not appointed to be the perfect Law-maker and Law-giver unto his visible Church on earth under the Gospell and so to settle it that there should be no roome at all left for Kings Parliaments or any other power on earth to adde to or detract from what he by the eternally and everlasting assigament of his Father was to doe in that particuler Secondly whether or no he hath beene faithfull in executing fully the will of his Father in this particuler Thirdly whether or no to deny his faithfulnesse or to set up in the Spirituall Church House or City of Jesus Christ the dictats lawes or injuntions or commands of Kings Parliaments or any other earthly power whatsoever be not an absolut denyall of the faithfulnesse of Jesus Christ a calling the Scripturea lie and false thing and a Declaration that he that we owne of our annointed Mesias or Seviour is a Theese Deluder and false Prophet and not the true reall and great Prophet professed of old to be sent into the world as the Atoner of man unto God the King of Saints as well as the