Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47913	A reply to the second part of The character of a popish successor by Roger L'Estrange.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1681 (1681)	Wing L1298; ESTC R7146	29,660	38

upon_o case_n bring_v before_o they_o to_o determine_v whether_o a_o act_n be_v bind_v or_o no_o for_o act_n of_o parliament_n against_o common_a right_n repugnant_a or_o impossible_a be_v void_a coke_n 8._o fol._n 118._o dr._n and_o student_n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o and_o to_o expound_v the_o mean_v and_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n of_o such_o act._n mr._n walker_n be_v a_o man_n of_o law_n and_o ability_n and_o far_o from_o a_o stickler_n either_o for_o prerogative_n or_o popery_n nay_o even_o a_o borderer_n upon_o coordination_n itself_o but_o yet_o he_o bring_v himself_o off_o with_o a_o distinction_n from_o the_o point_n which_o our_o author_n swallow_v whole_a it_o be_v most_o certain_a say_v the_o other_o pag._n 116._o that_o when_o the_o three_o estate_n in_o parliament_n have_v pass_v any_o act_n their_o power_n determin_n as_o to_o that_o act_n and_o then_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o judge_n begin_v and_o whereas_o the_o character_n pag._n 25._o call_v king_n lord_n and_o commons_o the_o high_a power_n of_o england_n without_o any_o more_o ado_n mr._n walker_n qualifyes_n it_o pag._n 117._o though_o this_o kingdom_n say_v he_o have_v always_o be_v rule_v by_o king_n lord_n and_o commons_o yet_o by_o the_o king_n architectonicè_fw-la and_o the_o other_o two_o organicè_fw-la the_o king_n as_o the_o architect_n the_o lord_n and_o commons_o as_o his_o instrument_n each_o in_o his_o proper_a sphere_n of_o activity_n without_o interfere_v and_o till_o this_o again_o come_v in_o use_n look_v for_o no_o peace_n this_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o 41._o and_o 42._o bring_v off_o as_o well_o as_o the_o matter_n will_v bear_v from_o hence_o he_o proceed_v upon_o the_o agitation_n of_o the_o question_n of_o disinherit_n which_o as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o be_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o my_o business_n nor_o of_o any_o moment_n in_o the_o least_o to_o the_o decide_n of_o this_o controversy_n till_o all_o other_o rub_n and_o difficulty_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o way_n to_o it_o shall_v be_v first_o clear_v and_o especial_o that_o undeniable_a impediment_n of_o the_o king_n refusal_n which_o must_v be_v allow_v on_o all_o hand_n whether_o the_o thing_n may_v be_v lawful_o do_v or_o not_o to_o be_v a_o obstacle_n not_o to_o be_v dispute_v or_o oppose_v the_o character-maker_n pag._n 26._o find_v himself_o pinch_v upon_o the_o doctrine_n of_o passive_a obedience_n according_a to_o the_o practice_n and_o precept_n of_o the_o primitive_a time_n and_o the_o very_a text_n of_o holy_a writ_n itself_o bring_v himself_o at_o last_o to_o this_o notable_a resolution_n of_o part_v with_o his_o religion_n rather_o than_o his_o argument_n the_o correspondence_n say_v he_o p._n 26._o between_o we_o and_o the_o primitive_a christian_n case_n be_v here_o so_o incoherent_o balance_v by_o l'_n estrange_v that_o never_o be_v argument_n more_o fantastical_a the_o primitive_a christian_n preach_v obedience_n to_o nero_n yes_o and_o they_o have_v forfeit_v their_o christianity_n if_o they_o have_v do_v otherwise_o but_o what_o be_v that_o nero_n a_o absolute_a monarch_n and_o what_o those_o primitive_a bishop_n not_o such_o as_o we_o they_o be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o the_o legislative_a power_n of_o the_o nation_n as_o our_o prelate_n be_v if_o nero_n invent_v rack_n torture_n and_o gibbet_n for_o persecute_v or_o murder_v the_o poor_a christian_n he_o do_v it_o by_o his_o own_o uncontrollable_a authority_n nor_o be_v those_o primitive_a bishop_n call_v to_o make_v law_n and_o therefore_o have_v not_o the_o lawful_a power_n of_o the_o least_o vote_n in_o moderate_v of_o nero_n cruelty_n or_o in_o redress_n of_o the_o christian_n torment_n the_o author_n begin_v now_o to_o speak_v english_a first_o he_o slip_v in_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o case_n betwixt_o a_o absolute_a and_o a_o limit_a monarch_n it_o be_v true_a the_o one_o act_n according_a to_o his_o pleasure_n the_o other_o be_v so_o far_o bound_v by_o rule_n and_o law_n that_o it_o be_v a_o violation_n of_o honour_n and_o conscience_n in_o ordinary_a case_n to_o pass_v those_o limit_n but_o what_o be_v all_o this_o to_o the_o subject_n obedience_n for_o it_o be_v as_o much_o rebellion_n in_o they_o to_o take_v up_o arm_n contrary_a to_o law_n against_o a_o limit_a monarch_n that_o play_v the_o tyrant_n as_o against_o a_o absolute_a prince_n that_o govern_v by_o his_o own_o will_n for_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o subject_n be_v the_o same_o to_o the_o one_o as_o to_o the_o other_o unless_o there_o be_v some_o clear_a and_o explicit_a provision_n or_o stipulation_n in_o the_o government_n to_o the_o contrary_a and_o his_o other_o shift_n upon_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o their_o bishop_n and_o we_o look_v as_o if_o mr._n deputy_n have_v write_v that_o out_o of_o his_o own_o mother-wit_n without_o consult_v his_o oracle_n for_o how_o shall_v that_o diversity_n of_o the_o case_n operate_v upon_o the_o point_n of_o passive_a obedience_n to_o make_v it_o more_o or_o less_o a_o duty_n he_o have_v but_o one_o way_n in_o the_o world_n that_o i_o can_v see_v to_o support_v his_o argument_n and_o that_o must_v be_v by_o destroy_v his_o cause_n for_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o in_o it_o that_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n have_v no_o vote_n in_o parliament_n which_o our_o prelate_n have_v his_o mean_v be_v that_o when_o they_o come_v once_o to_o vote_n in_o parliament_n they_o act_n no_o long_o in_o the_o condition_n of_o subject_n which_o be_v a_o further_a explanation_n of_o himself_o upon_o a_o coordinate_a state_n only_o i_o think_v he_o have_v as_o good_a have_v keep_v himself_o under_o the_o blind_a of_o a_o legislative_a power_n without_o translate_n it_o into_o the_o power_n of_o make_v law_n for_o though_o the_o two_o house_n may_v be_v proper_o say_v to_o make_v or_o to_o prepare_v bill_n yet_o the_o make_n of_o law_n be_v the_o sole_a privilege_n of_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n if_o by_o what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o power_n or_o right_o rather_o of_o moderate_v vote_n he_o intend_v only_a office_n of_o mediation_n or_o council_n so_o far_o it_o be_v well_o enough_o but_o if_o he_o stay_v there_o it_o will_v never_o do_v his_o business_n for_o there_o must_v be_v resolution_n also_o and_o action_n as_o well_o as_o debate_v and_o advice_n and_o that_o be_v the_o thing_n he_o do_v more_o than_o intimate_v he_o will_v be_v at_o in_o the_o remain_a part_n of_o this_o paragraph_n we_o be_v not_o say_v he_o pag._n 30_o to_o wait_v god_n further_a pleasure_n and_o providence_n to_o come_v with_o so_o entire_a a_o resignation_n till_o we_o neglect_v a_o lawful_a preservation_n when_o approach_a ruin_n threaten_v we_o the_o question_n with_o the_o author_n favour_n be_v not_o the_o neglect_v of_o lawful_a mean_n but_o whether_o the_o expedient_a here_o under_o consideration_n be_v lawful_a or_o not_o and_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o character_n be_v so_o candid_a as_o in_o the_o next_o clause_n to_o come_v within_o a_o very_a little_a of_o agree_v with_o l'_fw-mi estrange_v in_o the_o negative_a however_o say_v he_o that_o the_o author_n opinion_n may_v not_o appear_v so_o strange_o enormous_a nor_o his_o passion_n so_o whole_o destructive_a to_o government_n and_o so_o opposite_a to_o christianity_n as_o his_o answer_n will_v render_v it_o let_v we_o make_v a_o little_a explanation_n of_o the_o character_n etc._n etc._n but_o he_o do_v yet_o in_o the_o same_o page_n declare_v himself_o that_o passive_a obedience_n may_v be_v lay_v aside_o under_o the_o tyranny_n of_o a_o popish_a succession_n that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o protestant_a subject_n to_o resist_v a_o popish_a prince_n in_o the_o actual_a possession_n of_o his_o authority_n and_o government_n for_o so_o he_o expound_v himself_o p._n 27._o upon_o the_o word_n successor_n no_o man_n say_v he_o true_o be_v either_o heir_n or_o successor_n till_o he_o inherit_v and_o succeed_v and_o then_o he_o palliate_v the_o matter_n over_o again_o pag._n 31._o whatsoever_o passive_a obedience_n say_v he_o be_v due_a to_o our_o native_a prince_n we_o have_v none_o due_a to_o a_o foreign_a invader_n and_o it_o be_v a_o plain_a case_n that_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n enter_v into_o england_n be_v a_o invade_v and_o usurp_a regality_n how_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o prince_n shall_v discharge_v subject_n of_o their_o obedience_n to_o law_n i_o can_v imagine_v or_o by_o what_o right_o one_o sort_n of_o people_n under_o the_o same_o government_n shall_v pretend_v to_o overrule_a another_o in_o such_o a_o case_n or_o i_o will_v fain_o know_v whether_o upon_o the_o same_o ground_n they_o may_v not_o alter_v the_o form_n of_o the_o government_n as_o well_o as_o destroy_v the_o lawful_a successor_n or_o in_o one_o word_n be_v not_o the_o government_n already_o overthrow_v and_o all_o the_o law_n ipso_fw-la

difficulty_n and_o for_o secure_v the_o protestant_a religion_n if_o the_o parliament_n at_o oxford_n say_v he_o p._n 17._o be_v not_o damnable_o mistake_v or_o very_o lewd_o forgetful_a they_o have_v declare_v nemine_fw-la contradicente_fw-la that_o neither_o they_o nor_o their_o predecessor_n have_v ever_o hear_v or_o see_v one_o syllable_n or_o such_o a_o frame_n of_o expedient_n offer_v they_o the_o gentleman_n under_o favour_n forget_v himself_o if_o he_o mean_v that_o there_o never_o be_v any_o such_o expedient_n offer_v for_o this_o project_n of_o accommodation_n be_v agitate_a and_o modify_v even_o in_o the_o late_a long_a parliament_n and_o expedient_n have_v be_v likewise_o since_o propose_v unto_o which_o his_o majesty_n refer_v himself_o in_o his_o late_a declaration_n in_o these_o word_n but_o contrary_n to_o our_o offer_n and_o expectation_n we_o see_v that_o no_o expedient_n will_v be_v entertain_v but_o that_o of_o a_o total_a exclusion_n etc._n etc._n p._n 6._o towards_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o seventeen_o page_n the_o character_n make_v a_o invidious_a descant_n upon_o the_o hope_n the_o papist_n have_v of_o a_o toleration_n but_o not_o one_o syllable_n of_o the_o person_n that_o start_v those_o hope_n nor_o upon_o what_o interest_n and_o consideration_n the_o design_n be_v set_v affoot_o now_o he_o know_v very_o little_a of_o our_o affair_n who_o do_v not_o understand_v that_o none_o be_v so_o forward_o and_o so_o importune_v for_o the_o gain_v of_o the_o duke_n assistance_n towards_o such_o a_o indulgence_n as_o those_o very_a people_n that_o be_v now_o so_o clamorous_a against_o his_o royal_a highness_n for_o it_o not_o that_o any_o such_o disposition_n be_v wrought_v by_o his_o interest_n but_o they_o labour_v it_o however_o under_o that_o plausible_a pretext_n that_o provide_v the_o dissenter_n may_v be_v ease_v on_o the_o one_o side_n they_o will_v do_v their_o best_a also_o and_o content_v themselves_o that_o the_o papist_n may_v be_v ease_v on_o the_o other_o the_o nineteen_o page_n smell_v of_o the_o romance_n second_o ajax_n ulysses_n palladium_n troynovant_n tullia_n etc._n etc._n as_o if_o the_o author_n be_v speak_v to_o we_o by_o his_o deputy_n and_o then_o towards_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o page_n enter_z the_o true_a author_n again_o who_o p._n 21._o guide_v his_o deputy_n hand_n while_o he_o write_v these_o word_n the_o author_n of_o the_o character_n be_v a_o person_n so_o far_o from_o lay_v his_o hand_n on_o his_o heart_n and_o owe_v any_o benefit_n to_o royal_a pardon_n or_o act_n or_o oblivion_n that_o i_o must_v say_v this_o truth_n for_o he_o january_n 48._o be_v pass_v before_o he_o be_v bear_v i_o will_v he_o have_v take_v in_o the_o other_o two_o figure_n 16._o to_o have_v tell_v we_o what_o century_n he_o speak_v of_o there_o be_v a_o gentleman_n of_o my_o acquaintance_n in_o the_o late_a time_n that_o will_v needs_o make_v himself_o the_o author_n of_o kill_v no_o murder_n and_o have_v like_a to_o have_v be_v hang_v for_o his_o pain_n though_o he_o never_o write_v syllable_n on_o it_o but_o if_o mr._n deputy_n have_v so_o great_a a_o kindness_n for_o his_o principal_n as_o to_o take_v the_o character_n upon_o he_o the_o miller_n man_n that_o be_v truss_v for_o his_o master_n be_v tell_v i_o remember_v that_o he_o can_v never_o do_v his_o master_n better_a service_n the_o remainder_n of_o his_o discourse_n be_v almost_o whole_o foreign_a to_o the_o matter_n in_o question_n insist_v principal_o upon_o two_o point_n the_o danger_n and_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o a_o popish_a successor_n wherein_o i_o have_v declare_v myself_o in_o my_o first_o character_n p._n 3._o that_o i_o take_v all_o his_o supposition_n of_o difficultye_n and_o hazard_n in_o the_o case_n for_o grant_v not_o that_o i_o think_v they_o so_o great_a as_o he_o represent_v they_o but_o yet_o admit_v they_o so_o to_o be_v that_o very_a concession_n will_v not_o do_v his_o business_n the_o second_o point_n be_v whether_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n may_v by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n exclude_v the_o next_o heir_n of_o the_o blood_n from_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o crown_n upon_o thi●_n question_v i_o have_v thus_o deliver_v myself_o in_o my_o case_n put_v p._n 9_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n for_o it_o other_o against_o it_o but_o the_o legality_n or_o illegality_n of_o such_o a_o act_n be_v a_o point_n that_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a to_o meddle_v with_o either_o one_o way_n or_o other_o for_o whether_o the_o thing_n may_v lawful_o be_v do_v or_o not_o there_o may_v be_v danger_n yet_o and_o inconvenience_n in_o the_o put_v of_o the_o question_n and_o so_o likewise_o in_o my_o first_o character_n p._n 53._o as_o to_o that_o way_n which_o be_v matter_n of_o parliamentary_a cognizance_n i_o reckon_v it_o my_o duty_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o legal_a issue_n of_o their_o debate_n as_o a_o authority_n to_o which_o i_o have_v ever_o pay_v a_o duty_n and_o veneration_n so_o that_o it_o will_v be_v utter_o superfluous_a to_o spend_v time_n and_o word_n upon_o a_o argument_n wherein_o i_o can_v for_o quietness_n and_o for_o brevity_n sake_n allow_v he_o his_o ask_n and_o preserve_v the_o main_a of_o the_o cause_n still_o untouched_a but_o for_o such_o passage_n as_o fall_v in_o by_o the_o by_o and_o proper_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o my_o design_n i_o shall_v take_v such_o notice_n of_o they_o as_o i_o find_v pertinent_a to_o my_o purpose_n in_o the_o 24_o page_z he_o make_v his_o gloss_n upon_o that_o clause_n in_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n where_o we_o swear_v to_o be_v faithful_a to_o the_o king_n lawful_a heir_n and_o successor_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o that_o oath_n say_v he_o that_o bind_v they_o to_o the_o person_n but_o to_o the_o thing_n to_o no_o particular_a man_n any_o further_a than_o he_o be_v heir_n and_o successor_n lawful_o so_o and_o no_o man_n true_o be_v either_o heir_n or_o successor_n till_o he_o inherit_v and_o succeed_v now_o if_o this_o clause_n bind_v we_o not_o to_o the_o person_n but_o to_o the_o thing_n we_o swear_v fidelity_n previous_o to_o the_o right_n which_o take_v place_n before_o the_o succession_n in_o the_o low_a line_n of_o this_o page_n he_o lodge_v the_o absolute_a power_n of_o the_o law_n in_o the_o three_o estate_n in_o parliament_n and_o p._n 25._o expound_v this_o position_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o high_a power_n of_o england_n king_n lord_n and_o commons_o which_o be_v a_o flat_a denial_n of_o the_o king_n sovereign_a power_n and_o since_o he_o be_v please_v to_o set_v up_o a_o new_a form_n of_o government_n he_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o furnish_v we_o with_o a_o new_a oath_n of_o supremacy_n too_o that_o instead_o of_o declare_v the_o king_n highness_n to_o be_v the_o only_a supreme_a governor_n of_o this_o realm_n we_o may_v swear_v faith_n and_o true_a allegiance_n to_o king_n lord_n and_o commons_o and_o to_o their_o highness_n lawful_a heir_n and_o successor_n this_o coordinate_a imagination_n be_v the_o main_a pillar_n of_o the_o late_a rebellion_n see_v what_o work_n he_o make_v now_o upon_o these_o follow_a word_n in_o my_o first_a character_n p._n 60._o with_o reverence_n to_o the_o utility_n and_o constitution_n of_o good_a and_o wholesome_a law_n it_o be_v not_o present_o to_o cite_v a_o statute_n or_o say_v there_o be_v a_o frecedent_n for_o those_o law_n that_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o common_a right_n be_v nullity_n in_o themselves_o now_o say_v he_o here_o be_v one_o of_o the_o bold_a master-stroke_n of_o the_o pen_n that_o ever_o come_v in_o print_n this_o point_n once_o gain_v all_o the_o protestant_a law_n since_o the_o reformation_n and_o the_o whole_a fabric_n of_o the_o present_a government_n be_v total_o subvert_v it_o be_v but_o a_o popish_a successor_n believe_v and_o maintain_v that_o all_o the_o protestant_a law_n ever_o since_o harry_v the_o eight_n perversion_n be_v against_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o consequent_o nullitye_n in_o themselves_o his_o logic_n i_o perceive_v be_v all_o of_o a_o piece_n if_o one_o popish_a prince_n be_v a_o tyrant_n or_o a_o faith-breaker_n all_o mu_o be_v so_o if_o one_o statute_n be_v find_v against_o common_a right_n therefore_o all_o may_v be_v so_o and_o then_o what_o fear_n i_o say_v of_o a_o popish_a successor_n damn_v all_o protestant_a law_n when_o it_o be_v a_o know_a rule_n that_o the_o judge_n be_v the_o only_a interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n but_o these_o possible_a nullitye_n will_v find_v better_a quarter_n perhaps_o from_o walker_n then_o from_o l'_fw-mi estrange_v and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v refer_v mr._n deputy_n to_o the_o history_n of_o independency_n pag._n 116._o 117._o print_a at_o london_n 1648._o the_o authority_n of_o the_o judge_n be_v judicative_a who_o office_n be_v