Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	king_n	power_n	3,247	5	5.0875	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30054	Some seasonable considerations for the good people of Connecticut	Bulkeley, Gershom, 1636-1713.	1694 (1694)	Wing B5401A; ESTC R224014	26,221	63

3d of March last gave more power in that behalf to those to whom it was directed than ever we had by the Charter The Power of Arms grantÃ©d by the Charter was not given to the General Court but only to the Governours chief Commanders and Officers for the time being c. The Charter never granted us the command of aÌ„ny Forts or places of Strength Let us examine the Charter and see if we can find these things there 2 dly Suppose we that all this had been granted by the Charter from King Charles the second and his Successors to us and our Successors yet then the Grant had been void because the Militia is a Jewel of the Crown not to be granted by the King from his Successors It is like Abishag the Shunamite And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunamite for Adonijah ask him for the Kingdom also sayes Solomon Beware of the next words God do so to me c. If the King give away his Militia he may give his Kingdom too And of the truth of this our present Behaviour is an undeniable InstÃ nce 3 dly Suppose we That it had been so granted and that the Grant had been good yet we should remember that our Succession was determined in the Year 1688. So that we cannot talk of our Succession or Successors without some new Grant And when their Majesties came to the Crown the Militia and all Forces c. and all Forts and places of strength were in their Majesties hands And this was either by right or by wrong If it were so by Right there is no colour for this Objection If by Wrong we might then have preferred our Petition of Right for the Recovery of it But for us without their MajestÃ¯es Notice or Lisence either surrepetitiously or by force to take and with hold the Militia from the King is such a Presumption as I know not who will undertÃ ke to justifie or excuse â— Object But we suspect that this Commission is a Cheat because the King was in Flanders at the date of it Answ But 1 st Can we prove it to be a Cheat otherwise this is a very bold Objection 2 dly It is only our Ignorance that makes us suspect it to be a Cheat. For we should know 1 st That the King is wont when he goes out of the ReÃ lm by his Letters Patents under the great Seal to constitute and leave behind him his Proxer or Deputy who is Guardian or Keeper of the Realm to exercise the Government in his absence 2 dly BÃ»t now there is a Queen Regent his Majesty was pleased to commit the Government to the Queen in his absence and accordingly it was by Act of ParliÃ ment of anno 2. W. M. May 20. 1690. provided That as often as his Majesty shall be absent out of the Realm of England the Queen shall exercise and administer the Regal Power and Government of the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed and the Plantations and Territories thereto belonging in the Names of both their Majesties c. The King's absence therefore is no argument that the Commission is a Cheat for if the King did not give his Writ of Privy Seâ—l before he went for the affixing of the great Seal the Queen might lawfully do it in his absence 3 Object But if it be not a Cheat yet the King hath given us no command to surrender the Militia to his Excellency Answ 1 st A poor shift as if their Majesties Commission to his Excellency to command were not a command for us to obey or as if his Excellency's command pursuant to his Commission received from their Majesties were not their Majesties Command He commands in their Majesties Name and for this he hath their Majesties Authority Warrant and Commission under the great Seal and do not their Majesties then command us to submit to him His Excellency demands no surrender of the Militia of us but Obedience to his Commission The Militia is the Kings and he hath constituted his Lieutenant over it and thereby furnished him with all the Powers that any of their Majesties Captain Generals do or have lawfully exercised Now the Kings Lieutenants or Captain Generals may lawfully assemble men form Regiments Troops and Companies commissionate Officers muster lead and conduct them or cause them to be mustered led and conducted either for Military Exercise or for actual Service as occÃ sion requires And the Law not only requires Obedience of all but in particular requires all Officers and Ministers to be aiding and assisting to the Kings Captain Generals in the execution of their Commissions He hath Power to require assistance of whom he will and they must assist him at their Peril 2dly Did their Majesties ever give their Subjects any command to yeild Obedience to our resumed Power We lately received a Letter from their Majesties Did their Majesties therein or any otherwise give the People any immediate and express Command to obey us in what we were thereupon about to do Yet we expect Obedience from them without any such command And are not we their Majesties Subjects as well as the rest of the People 4 Obj. But we cannot manage our Government without the Militia Answ Then we may either go to the King to help us or let it alone The Kings Government is more General more Necessary more Worthy and more Legal than ours and how shall the King manage or maintain his Government without the Militia Laws and Arms are necessary in a King that he may rightly govern the Times both of Peace and War as Ã foresaid Our Government is but a particular thing and we may not set our Government in Competition with much less in Opposition to the Kings Government 5 Obj. But we are afraid that if we let the Militia go our Government will go too and we shall be annexed to York Answ That is no necessary consequence but Ã¬f it should be so what then Whether we be annexed to York or York annexed to us 't is as long as broad York hath been annexed to us once or twice Ã lready and what hurt did we receive by it it was in some sort annexed by our Charter which extended to the South Sea and then it was I suppose with our consent seperated again York was again annexed to us by the late King James and I know not any detriment that ensued upon that We have also once in great measure annexed our selves to York and without question the King may as well annex us to York as we annex our selves We may remember how readily at Leysler's motion under the pretence of an Expedition against Canada we confederated with him took Commission from him and put their Majesties Subjects under his command Ã nd have not their Majesties a better Right to put us under their own LieÃ¹tenant commissionated by themselves Will the King take this well at our hands that we should obey any man rather than himself We can

benefit ought to feel the burthen too and makes the quantity of each mans Estate the Rule whereby this Burthen is to be equally Ã pportioned upon each Person In this great CÃ se therefore the Question was not Whether the sole and supream Power of the Militia and of all Forces Ã§. belong to the King or not otherwise how should he perform this great Trust Therefore says Brâ—cton that Ã ntient Author There are two things necessary in a King LAWS and ARMS whereby he may rightly govern the Times both of Peace and War Nor was the Question Vpon whom the burthen of it should be laid for Allegiance binds every Subject to yeild his best Assistance both of Counsel and Aid for the common Defence These things were without Controversy agreed on both hands but the only Question was concerning the Manner how the Charge of the Defence ought to be levyed Whether by the Kings Writ or by common consent Hereby therefore we may see that by the Law of England the sole and supream Power Government and Dispose of the Militia c. is and ever was the Kings undoubted Right and that these Statutes above-mentioned do but declare the antient Law in that behalf This Commission therefore is a lawful Commission being founded upon the antient and standing Laws of the Realm yea it is not only lawful but necessary forasmuch as it is incumbent upon their Majesties both in Honour and by their Oath to provide for the safety of their People on every side The Designation or Appointment of this or that particular Person to be their Majesties Lieutenant being qualified according to Law is by the Law left to their Majesties Wisdom and Pleasure Consider we then that these things being so our Disobedience to this Commission is utterly inexcusable and much more our Contempt 4 thly It is to be considered also That when their present Majesties came to the Throne the Militia and all Forces by Sea and Land and all Forts and places of Strength in Connecticut were in their Majesties hands and possession it is good for us to bethink us Who took them out of their MajestÃ¬es hands or how it came to pass that they are not now in their Majesties hands if it be so indeed or who will adventure to give account of that matter Is it not more Wisdom for us to make sure of a Pardon for what is past than to go on to multiply and aggravate our Presumptions 5 thly Put the case that their Majesties had granted such a Commission to us should we not have expected and compelled Obedience to it Yea no doubt then it had been a very lawful and good Commission and necessary to be obeyed We that can make so much of a bare silent Permission or SufferÃ nce of our Government and make so much of the King 's lÃ te Letter which yet takes not so much as the least Notice of any of us and can be so severe and sharp upon any disacknowledgement of our disputable Authority how brag peremptory should we have been if this Commission in terminis had been given to us Certainly Fire and Faggot or the Noose of an Halter had been good enough for any one that should have offered to oppose it or refuse Obedience to it And how should we have traduced them as Enemies and Rebels to King William and Queen Mary Let us then turn the Scale We know the Golden Rule Whatsoever ye would that others should do to you do you the same to them It is their Majesties Commission no less than if it had been directed to ourselves 6 thly How greedily did we catch at the King's Letter of the 3d of March last although their Majesty doth therein take no Notice of our Corporation or any particular Person in it but directs it only in general thus To such as for the time being take care for the preservation of the Peace c. in our Collony of Connecticut And how readily did we comply with it And why Why it will be said it is his Majesties Command his Majesties pleasure we must obey the King Consider then This Commission is their Majesties Command also this is their Royal Pleasure In this case Rex praecipit Lex precipit The King commands and the Law commands is all one And is not this lawful Command as good as that Is not the great Seal as effectual Ã s the little Seal But it may be thought that Letter put a staff into our hands in a sinister manner to serve our selves of our fellow Subjects but this Commission takes it out again and therefore we willingly complyed with that but will oppose this Possibly some may have cause to thank their Majesties for that But if that be the case where is our Obedience Genuine Obedience is Universal 7 thly Consider we the vile Ingratitude of this our ill behaviour towards their Majesties and their Lieutenant It is well known to the World what their Majesties have done and how they have exposed themselves for the benefit of the whole English Nation of which we are a part for the securing of all their Rights civil and sacred their Religion Lives Liberty and Property and the continual and unspeakable Labour and Hazards which his sacred Majesty condescends from Year to Year to undergo for that end Whereby their Majesties have given abundant Evidence of their good affection to their Subjects and that they will take nothing from us which is our Right nor deny us any thing which their Royal Wisdom shall see to be good for us but are willing to purchase it for us at a dear Rate Yea and this very Commission is a singular Instance of their tender care for our Defence and Safety in this perilous time of War as is manifest from the Commission it self And do we thus requite their Majesties O foolish we and unwise Who hath bewitched us There is nothing so hateful and provoking as Ingratitude Truly we may do well to remember Jotham's Parable Judg. 9. and the applicÃ tion of it and apply it to our selves Hearken to me sayes he that God may hearken to you c. If you have dealt well with Jerubbaal c. and have done to him according to the deserving of his Hands for he fought for you and adventured his Life far and delivered you c. and you are risen up against him this day c. Have we done to their Majesties according to the deserving of their Hands Shall we requite Love with Hatreds Tender Bowels with Malignity For what else can our Behaviour signifie but a malignant Spirit and inveterate Hatred against the King as King and who ever comes from him as such We have sufficiently declared our Affections to the King and what we should have done if we had him Ã¬n our hands we should soon rid the World of Kings if we had them in our Power Remember Hazael Is thy Servant a Dog says he that he should do this great i. e. this Abominable thing Yea

Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Text snippets containing the quad