Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	allegiance_n	king_n	oath_n	2,942	5	7.6429	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91723	The vindication of Abraham Reinaldson, late Lord Major of the City of London. With certaine queryes of conscience resolved, concerning his refusing to obey a late order of Parliament, for the proclaiming an unjust act for abolishing the kingly office in England and Ireland. For which supposed contempt, he was unjustly fined 2000l. by the House of Commons, degraded of his Maioralty, and committed prisoner to the Tower of London, Aprill 2. 1648.	Reynardson, Abraham, Sir, 1590-1661.	1649 (1649)	Wing R1212; Thomason E550_9; ESTC R205644	4,252	8

THE VINDICATION OF Abraham Reinaldson LATE LORD MAJOR OF THE CITY Of LONDON With Certaine QVERYES Of Conscience Resolved concerning his refusing to obey a late Order of Parliament for the Proclaiming an unjust ACT for Abolishing the Kingly Office in ENGLAND and IRELAND For which supposed Contempt he was unjustly Fined 2000 l. by the House of Commons degraded of his Maioralty and Committed Prisoner to the Tower of London Aprill 2. 1648. Matth. 7.2 VVith what Iudgement ye judge ye shall be judged and with what measure ye mete shall be measured to you againe Aprill 10th London Printed in the Yeer M. DC.XL.IX THE VINDICATION OF Abraham Reinaldson LATE LORD MAJOR OF THE CITY Of LONDON Gentlemen and Fellow Citizens IT hath alwayes been my earnest endeavor with that holy Apostle St. Paul to preserve a cleer conscience towards God and towards man I have usually applyed my self to the holy Scriptures and to the obtaining of the true knowledge of Divine Truth whereby to steer the Actions of my life which shall alwayes be the Director to my Conscience Therefore I hold it expedient for the cleering of my self from a supposed crime or contempt against an Order of Parliament as they please to terme it That I Remonstrate unto you the Grounds and Reasons moving me not to obey their questionable Authority in prolaiming their late ungodly Act for quite abolishing the Kingly Office in England and Ireland without perjury to my Conscience and the forefeiture of my Allegiance to my King First as I very well remember when I was initiated into the Society of men and made a Member and Freeman of this City I took an Oath to be a faithfull and true Subject to the King that then was and to his Heires and to bear to Him true Allegiance Secondly I have taken an Oath That I will Faith and Truth bear to King Charles of Life and Member and terrene Honor. Thirdly I have taken the Oath of Supremacy enjoyned in Stat. 1. Eliz. cap. 1. and the Oath of Allegiance enjoyned me by Stat. 3. Iac. cap. 4. Therefore fellow Citizens as it behoveth all good Christians to be carefull before they sweare so likewise to performe that Oath they have sworne and especially when it concernes our duty towards our King I advise thee saith the Preacher to take heed of the mouth of the King and to the Oath of God as much as to say That thou obey the King and keep the Oath that thou hast made for that Cause and the Prophet Zachary gives us this Commandement from God Let none of you imagine evill in his heart against his Neighbour and love no false Oath for these are things that I hate saith the Lord. Zach. 8.17 Again our blessed Saviour gives me this Precept Matth. 5.33 Thou shalt not forsweare thy self but performe thy Oaths unto the LORD When I well weighed these Scriptures and applyed them to the former Oaths I had taken I found That I could not obey the Parliaments Order without a great sin against God and trespasse against my owne Conscience for having bound my self by so many severall former Oathes made to my King and his Heires after him to pay unto them my Allegiance Faith and Truth of Life Member and terrene Honor and having acknowledged Him to be Supreame Governor of his Realms How can I then in Conscience so persidiously withdraw my Allegiance from his Lawfull Successor in Proclaiming their unjust Act for Abolishing the Kingly Office without manifest Perjury breach of my Oath formerly made to the King and his Heirs or answer for taking the Name of God in vaine by obeying an Order from a questionable Authority which would enjoyne me a thing contradictory to my former Oaths which by lawfull Power agreeable to the Laws of God and the Realme I have already bound my Conscience to the strict observance of And in this Contempt as they please to terme it I have asked Counsell not onely of the Law of God but the Law of Reason which ought to be writ in the heart of every man teaching him what is to be done and what is to be eschewed the Law of God inlightning our Naturall understanding is given principally to direct our Actions by for the obtaining felicitie in this life so as we guide them onely by the Rule of Iustice These Lawes have instructed me and ought to instruct us all what good is to be done and evill to be avoided That I should doe to another that which I would another should doe to me That Justice is to be done to every man and not wrong That a Trespasse is to be punnished and the like And if Reason directs me That good is to be done and evill to be eschewed I must then needs conclude That this Act for the abolishing of the KINGLY Office is directly against Law and I by obeying their Order or Command in Proclaiming the same must needs withdraw my Allegiance and Subjection to my KING from him and so necessarily loose the benefit or good I should have by his Protection For the Rule in Law runs thus That the OBEDIENCE of the SUBJECT drawes Protection from the KING the King being ordained for the defence of the Law and the Bodies and Goods of all his Subjects Neither is nor can there be any lawfull Power to command me being a Magistrate but what is derivative from the Supream Power in the KING or to His Officer or officers who have their Power from him by His Writ Patent or Comission neither ought I nor can I obey the Command of any such lawfull officer if that thing which he enjoynes me to doe be contrary to the Law of God the Law of Reason or the Fundamentall Laws of the Kingdome which have all dependencie one on the other Then much lesse the command of an usurped or Pretended Power The holy Scriptures informes me That I must fear God and obey the King that I must obey him for Conscience sake and the Law teacheth me That I must avoid evill but it is evill for me to obey a pretended Authority in proclaiming an unjust Act which enjones me to deny and wrong my King and so not honor not obey him by doing of which I must necessarily disobey God who enjoynes me this duty of Obedience to my King Ergo Their command is not only forbidden in Gods Word but against the Law of reason The law teacheth me to doe as I would men should doe unto me But if I were a King I would not be robbed of my wright nor dispoyled of the duty and service of my Subjects Ergo. They order me to doe a thing against the law of reason It is injustice and wrong to take away the Kings Wright by this law but you Order me to proclaim an Act that takes away his wright which must needs be to doe him wrong Ergo I ought not to obey your Order The law of reason teacheth me That a Trespasser is to be punished and if I