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A78461 Certain considerable and most materiall cases of conscience, wherewith divers wel-affected in this kingdom are much perplexed, the cleering wherof would worthily deserve the paines of the Assembly at London. 1645 (1645) Wing C1688; Thomason E270_7; ESTC R212357 14,633 26

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to the Kings Supremacy and now hold any coequall and coordinate power are not forsworn To him that is supream there can be no equall neither will it help to say The oath hath reference to forraign powers for though in the processe of it it hath reforence indeed to forraign powers yet in the beginning of it we do testific and declare in our consciences that the King is the onely supream Governor c. absolutely and generally without any exception or limitation at all and who can give us a power to understand the oath with a limitation when we have all taken it without a limitation IX Whether it be not contrary to the such to go about to Wrest the Militia out of the Kings hand when we have in the same oath of Supremacy declared in our consciences That the King is supre can Governor c. in all things or canses both spuituall and temporall If the Militia be a temporall businesse temporall or spirituall the King by this oath must be supream therein And here it is to be considered whether the Militia be not already sttled by Act of Parliament if yea why is not that course followed which by Law is prescribed if no why then it is to be thought it belongs to the Kings prerogarive which we have all bound our selves to maintain both by our oath of Alegiance and also by our late Protestation and indeed how can he else be a King for without it he cannot afford that Protection which he owes to his Subjects as he is their King X Whether all we that do not take up Arms in behalf of the King having taken the Oath of Allegiance to him be not forsworn The words of the Oath are these I will bear faith and true Allegiance to His Majesty his heirs and successors and him them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against him or their persons their Crown and Dignity c. These are the very words of the Oath now whether our disregard of his Commands our depraving his Government our fighting against his Armies our endeavour to take him captive in the sight of the Almighty will be esteemed as tending to the defence of his Person Crown and Dignity is such a scruple that the Malignants who take up Arms for him seem more directly to follow the words of the Oath and thinke that none do rightly perform this Oath but themselves Neither will it serve the turn to say That Oath was made to prevent all encouragements of Rebellion that might be brought from Rome for divers reasons shew that the intent of the Oath is to binde the Subjects to true Allegiance whatsoever encouragement from any power might be presented to them though because the Romanists or Papists were at that time principally suspected the Oath doth principally bend its Forces against them for first there was an Ancient Oath of Allegiance before which did binde the Subjects indefinitely that is generally to bear to their Soveraign truth and faith both of life and member without application to any particular power from whence Rebellion might be suspected and it were a vain thing to imagine that in an Oath newly framed there should be a gap left open to endanger the Prince which had been prevented in the old Secondly in this latter Oath we are bound to defend the Kings Person c. against all conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made by reason of any incouragement from Rome or otherwise Thirdly it is acknowledged by us in that Oath That neither Pope nor any other person whatsoever hath power to absolve us of this Oath or any part thereof whereby it is evident the Oath doth binde us to perfect Allegiance without digressing upon any occasion whatsoever XI Whether all we that have taken the Protestation to maintain the Priviledges of Parliament do not violate our Protestation so long as we joyn with the two Houses at Westminster It is one Priviledge of Parliament That none of the Members should be excluded thence or hindred from Voting there and that freely it is another priviledge that no forraigners Scottish Commissioners or others should have any power there whiles both these things are done and suffered by the two Houses at Westminster how are the priviledges of Parliament maintained by them and how do we keep our Protestation while we consent unto and joyn with them XII Whether a man who hath subscribed that there is nothing in the Book of Homilies contrary to the word of God as all Beneficed men and Lecturers have done as will appear if the 3. Article of subscription in the 36. Canon be compared with the 35. Article of Religion whether he that hath thus subscribed can joyn with the two Houses but that he must make not onely them but himself also guilty of Rebellion There be four Homilies against Rebellion or rather four parts of one Homilie wherein these wayes of taking up Arms against the Prince are wholly condemned and this must needs be consented to for sound and orthodox by all Ministers in the Kingdom or else they must say they subscribed meerly in a colour that they might hold a Lecture or a Benefice XIII Whether we all that have vowed by our late Protestation with our Lives and Estates to maintain the Doctrine of the Church of England as it is opposed to Popery do not violate our Protestation if we maintain not all the Doctrine contained in the Homily against Rebellion Who knows not that the Homilies against Rebellion were compiled purposely against Popery the Popish Priests in those dayes being so busie to stirre up Rebellion it being also one speciall point of Popery to justifie the Arms of Subjects against their Soveraign The fashood of such tenets and the iniquity of such practises is fully declared in the Homily against Rebellion and if any Doctrine may justly be said to be established in the Church of England surely this is one part of it because by Act of Parliament in the 13. of Elizabeth the Articles of Religion are confirmed among which Articles this is one viz. Article 35. That the Book of Homilies doth contain Godly and wholsome Doctrine c. The Doctrine then that forbids the taking up of Arms against the Prince is Godly Doctrine established in the Church of England by Act of Parliament and so established as opposite to Popery and if we maintain not this Doctrine what care do we take of our Protestation pay that which thou hast vowed Eccles 5.4 if we maintain not this Doctrine what care do we take of Acts of Parliament XIIII Whether those Ministers that have taken the oath of Canonicall obedience can safely take the new Scottish Covenant or yeeld to a change of the present Government of the Church of England so long at least as these Bishops are living And yet if the oath of Canonicall obedience be not enough see how the Ministers