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inst._n 4.28_o ibid._n 46._o â—ract_n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o 1_o jac._n claudian_n the_o king_n absolute_a power_n of_o peace_n and_o war._n nat._n brev._n 113._o ess._n of_o delay_n inst._n 3.9_o 25_o edw._n 3.2_o 7_o rep._n 25._o 13_o of_o this_o king_n cap._n 2._o sir_n e._n cook_n inst._n 1.90_o 1.90_o subscribe_v to_o by_o all_o the_o judge_n in_o the_o case_n of_o ship-money_n and_o by_o hatten_n and_o crook_n though_o they_o fall_v off_o afterward_o sir_n will._n dugdale_n short_a view_n fol._n 42._o inst._n 1.161_o the_o king_n power_n in_o appoint_v chief_a magistrate_n and_o great_a minister_n smith_n de_fw-fr repub._n ang._n l._n 2._o inst._n 2.26_o inst._n 3.7_o the_o power_n of_o the_o last_o appeal_n inst._n 4.343_o ibid._n 341._o matth._n paris_n cite_v by_o sir_n j._n davys_n in_o his_o irish_a rep._n 61._o answer_v to_o petit._n p._n 88_o ass._n de_fw-fr clarend_fw-fr 10_o h._n 2._o c._n 8._o inst._n 4.14_o 16_o r._n 2._o c._n 5._o vide_fw-la the_o case_n of_o praemunire_n in_o sir_n john_n davys_n inst._n 4.341_o inst._n 2.602_o sir_n h._n hobart_n fol._n 146._o the_o sole_a fountain_n of_o honour_n inst._n 4.126_o inst._n 1.65_o inst._n 4.363_o seld._n tit._n of_o honour_n 621._o ibid._n 628._o ibid._n 630._o inst._n 1.69_o may_v create_v a_o palatinate_n camb._n britt_n 464._o seld._n tit._n hon._n 530._o inst._n 4.211_o camb._n britt_n 600._o plough_v 214._o inst._n 4.204_o in_o the_o margin_n 9_o jac._n in_o scac._n fol._n 49._o as_o also_o seld._n tit._n hon._n 693._o stat._n hibern_n 14_o car._n 2._o c._n 20._o have_v make_v a_o king_n and_o lord_n of_o ireland_n seld._n tit._n hon._n 38.41_o inst._n 4.357_o inst._n 1.83_o ibid._n seld._n 26._o sir_n e._n cook_n 5_o rep._n 110._o in_o foxley_n case_n inst._n 3.233_o &_o 241._o the_o king_n appoint_v the_o value_n etc._n etc._n of_o coin_n sir_n j._n davys_n q._n v_o case_v the_o mix_a money_n stat._n 25_o edw._n 3._o cap._n 2._o sir_n j._n davys_n in_o pref._n 5._o rep._n 114._o inst._n 2.576_o inst._n 1.207_o liege_n homage_n receive_v by_o our_o king_n seld._n tit._n hon._n 26._o ibid._n 29._o ibid._n 24_o 25.38_o inst._n 3.11_o their_o burn_v those_o incommunicable_a title_n of_o majesty_n etc._n etc._n tit._n hon._n 594._o ibid._n 92._o further_a instance_n of_o the_o king_n sovereignty_n by_o the_o common_a law_n inst._n 1.1_o inst._n 2.68_o inst._n 1.13_o ibid._n 42._o inst._n 1.15_o 1_o h._n 7.4_o plough_v 238._o inst._n 4.352_o inst._n 3_o 7._o 7._o rep._n in_o calvin_n case_n ibidem_fw-la 23_o h._n 6._o c._n 8._o 11._o rep._n of_o the_o lord_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ware_n 13_o edw._n 3._o inst._n 4.342_o vide_fw-la seld._n tit._n hon._n 21._o ann._n reg._n 14._o ann._n 40._o ed._n 3._o inst._n 4.13_o &_o 357._o 18_o edw._n 3._o inst._n 4.88_o &_o 104._o inst._n 2.167_o inst._n 1.90_o &_o 344._o inst._n 2.496_o bract._n l._n 1._o britt_n f._n 27._o regist._n fol._n 61._o 1_o sam._n 6.19_o the_o like_a from_o the_o statute-law_n and_o that_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n be_v imperial_a inst._n 4.343_o 16_o r._n 2._o c._n 5._o vide_fw-la article_n against_o woolsey_n 21_o h._n 8._o iâ—st_n 4.89_o 24_o h._n 8._o c._n 12._o 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 21._o vide_fw-la cap._n 22._o 88_o h._n 8._o c._n 7._o vide_fw-la cap._n 16._o stat._n hibern_n 28._o h._n 8._o c._n 2._o stat._n hibern_n 33_o h._n 8._o c._n 1._o 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o and_o cap._n 3._o 5_o eliz._n c._n 1._o 1_o jac._n c._n 1._o stat._n scotiae_fw-la 5._o jac._n 3._o c._n 3._o print_a at_o edinburgh_n 1681._o the_o king_n power_n in_o ecclesiastic_n sir_n h._n hob._n 143._o inst._n 1.94_o glanv_n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o inst._n 4.285_o inst._n 1.134_o &_o 344._o ann._n reg._n 17._o math._n paris_n fol._n 213._o answ._n to_o pet._n fol._n 88_o 40_o edw._n 3._o the_o act_n be_v not_o in_o the_o statute_n at_o large_a but_o you_o may_v find_v it_o inst._n 4.13_o ibid._n 357._o 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 2._o this_o be_v set_v out_o by_o dr._n bernard_n in_o 16_o 1._o in_o a_o book_n entitle_v clavi_fw-la trabales_fw-la with_o the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n preface_n to_o it_o p._n 82._o inst._n 4.357_o ibid._n 359._o regist._n 294._o fitz._n n._n breâ—_n print_a in_o 1666._o 411._o 6_o edw._n 3.11_o 11_o h._n 4.68_o 11_o h_n 4.60_o 11_o h._n 7.12_o sir_n hen._n hob._n fol._n 146._o inst._n 3.238_o fitz._n n.b._n 662._o inst._n 1.344_o dyer_n 348._o ibid._n 294._o the_o same_o 3_o car._n 1_o c._n 4._o inst._n 4.342_o inter_fw-la leges_fw-la ed._n c._n 17._o mr._n hooker_n of_o the_o king_n power_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n cla._n drab_n 72._o inst._n 4.323_o cro._n jac._n 371._o 22_o car._n 2._o that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v just_o use_v the_o title_n of_o emperor_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o from_o ancient_a age_n seld._n tit._n of_o honour_n f._n 17._o sir_n edw._n coke_n preface_n to_o his_o four_o report_n camb._n brit._n 189._o ibid._n seld._n inst._n 4.343_o ibidem_fw-la ibid_fw-la seld._n 1_o object_n 1._o object_n 2._o sol._n 1._o bodin_n l._n 2._o ibid._n bodin_n sol._n 2._o the_o manner_n of_o the_o three_o estate_n apply_v to_o the_o king_n 3_o car._n 1._o 1_o jac._n 1._o 1_o eliz._n 3._o 1_o mar._n sess._n 2._o 28_o h._n 8._o c._n 7._o 1_o rich._n 3._o 3_o edw._n 4._o 4_o edw._n 3._o â—5_n edw._n 3._o 1_o edw._n 1._o stat_n de_fw-fr scat._n 51_o h._n 3._o what_o these_o three_o estate_n be_v inst._n 4.1_o inst._n 1.110_o lib._n 5.233_o de_fw-fr repub._n l._n 1._o coll._n fr._n tâ—â—ffe_o his_o speech_n to_o they_o â—rom_o the_o duke_n of_o lorain_n 1674._o sir_n h._n spelm._n gloss._n f._n 449._o 1_o pet._n 2.13_o to_o presume_v he_o such_o be_v to_o make_v he_o but_o a_o coordinate_a power_n bar._n arg._n l._n 1._o he_o can_v summon_v himself_o novum_n organ_n aphor._n 46._o where_o be_v these_o three_o estate_n
before_o the_o commons_o come_v in_o to_o be_v a_o three_o estate_n 1_o chron._n 28.1_o 2_o chron._n 5.2_o inst._n 4.3_o answer_v to_o mr._n petit._n 19_o 20._o sir_n h._n spelm._n gloss._n 450._o inst._n 4_o 3._o for_o so_o mr._n selden_n take_v the_o word_n tit._n hon._n 580._o ibid._n 524._o answer_v to_o petit._n 44.46_o ibid._n answ._n 52._o seld._n tit._n hen._n 581._o ibid._n answer_v 56_o 57_o 58._o monast._n ang._n tit._n hon._n 581._o pet._n 61_o 62_o 63._o tit._n hon._n 583._o sir_n h._n spelm._n tit._n baro._n pet._n 80._o ad_fw-la 99_o sir_n h._n spelm._n gloss._n 451._o ibidem_fw-la the_o time_n when_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a they_o first_o come_v in_o 20_o h._n 3._o vide_fw-la stat._n 52_o h._n 3._o gloss._n 452._o the_o lord_n temporal_a one_o great_a estate_n the_o lord_n spiritual_a one_o other_o distinct_a estate_n from_o the_o lord_n temporal_a inst._n 4.1_o seld._n tit._n hon._n 594._o inst._n 4.322_o 8_o h._n 6._o c._n 1._o stat._n 1_o e._n 1._o stat._n 13_o e._n 1_o 40_o edw._n 3._o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o point_n 8_o eliz._n c._n 1._o express_a authority_n to_o prove_v the_o king_n none_o of_o the_o three_o estate_n inst._n 4.1_o cowel_n interp._n tit._n parliam_fw-la tit._n scotland_n fol._n 7_o 8._o stat._n of_o scotl._n 3_o jac._n 1._o c._n 48._o print_a at_o edenb_n 16._o october_n 1669._o all_o print_v at_o â—denbr_n 1681._o english_fw-fr stat._n 1_o jac._n c._n 1._o inst._n 4.351_o a_o short_a recapitulation_n of_o affair_n before_o his_o majesty_n return_n part_v of_o the_o epitaph_n of_o mary_n queen_n of_o scot_n scobel_n collection_n of_o act_n 1648._o that_o he_o want_v not_o opportunity_n of_o resent_v they_o have_v he_o design_v it_o virgil._n strada_n 1_o sam._n 10.26_o 1_o chron._n 10.5_o 2_o sam._n 18.3_o eccles._n 8.3_o 2_o sam._n 3.36_o eccles._n 10.20_o exod._n 22.18_o psal._n 105.25_o eccles._n 8.2_o 〈◊〉_d 20.2_o 〈◊〉_d 1._o sci._n 1._o job_n 36.18_o object_n 2._o sol._n 2._o rom._n 3.29_o the_o like_a of_o other_o nation_n to_o their_o king_n herodot_n l._n 8._o de_fw-fr moribâ—s_fw-la gentium_fw-la l._n 1._o cap._n 5._o ibid._n l._n 2._o c._n 10._o append._n ad_fw-la pet._n ciacc_n de_fw-fr triclinio_fw-la 327._o object_n 3._o sol._n 3._o the_o precept_n of_o obedience_n be_v without_o restriction_n exod._n 1.9_o 10._o ezra_n 6.10_o jer._n 29.7_o 1_o sam._n 15.26_o 35._o idolatry_n no_o ground_n to_o resist_v matth._n 22.21_o 1_o tim._n 2.1_o 2._o bellarm_n de_fw-fr poâ—t_fw-fr l._n 3._o c._n 9_o buch._n de_fw-fr jâ—re_fw-fr reg._n p._n 61._o in_o apolog._n much_o less_o thing_n indifferent_a dyer_n 23.148_o vide_fw-la preface_n to_o the_o liturgy_n and_o touch_v ceremony_n the_o example_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o his_o institute_v his_o last_o supper_n deut._n 12.11_o rosin_n rom._n antiq._n l._n 5._o c._n 27._o lipsii_n saturn_n lib._n 1._o c._n 6._o mat._n 26.23_o john_n 13.26_o mat._n 10_o 4._o lest_o of_o all_o injury_n john_n 18.11_o act_n 25.5_o exod._n 12.37_o 1_o sam._n 22.2_o 1_o king_n 19.18_o 1_o sam._n 19.4_o jer._n 38.9_o esther_n 7.3_o if_o any_o ground_n be_v to_o be_v admit_v that_o will_v never_o be_v want_v semido_n in_o hisâ—_n of_o china_n 2_o king_n 8.13_o it_o be_v to_o be_v do_v piecemeal_n the_o king_n necessity_n to_o be_v supply_v with_o complaint_n rushworth_n coll._n fol._n 40.183.402.656_o plot_n discover_v fear_n and_o jealousy_n promote_v sir_n will._n dugd._n short_a view_n etc._n etc._n from_o fol._n 67._o to_o fol._n 124._o octob._n 6.1642_o religion_n cant_v its_o part_n 2_o sam._n 15.11_o lead_v man_n to_o make_v it_o law_n and_o gospel_n the_o example_n of_o corah_n etc._n etc._n numb_a 16.3_o 1_o king_n 1.19_o the_o same_o game_n play_v over_o again_o 2_o king_n 18_o 2d_o prognostication_n etc._n etc._n hudibras_n the_o ill_a consequence_n of_o such_o impression_n matth._n 13.25_o act_n 17.21_o ovid._n met._n barkeley_n argen_n l._n 3._o psal._n 65.7_o the_o example_n of_o jack_n cade_n and_o other_o 4_o rich._n 2._o vide_fw-la the_o history_n write_v by_o a_o noble_a neapolitan_a holy_a league_n in_o france_n comb._n britt_n 509._o lord_n baconâ—_n â—_z essaya_n 78._o solemn_a league_n and_o covenant_n at_o home_n new_a train_n to_o the_o old_a fuel_n psal._n 90.6_o 22_o car._n â—_o our_o saviour_n advice_n to_o his_o disciple_n mark_v 8.15_o act_n 26.5_o luke_n 18.11_o 12._o mat._n 23.27_o what_o the_o pharisee_n be_v luke_n 12.1_o josephus_n antiq_n l._n 17._o c._n 3._o godw._n jewish_n antiq._n 40_o 41._o mat_n 25.5.23_o 24_o 25_o 26._o make_a applicable_a to_o ourselves_o the_o end_n to_o be_v consider_v in_o all_o thing_n the_o advantage_n propose_v in_o exclude_v his_o royal_a highness_n wherein_o be_v at_o act_n for_o security_n of_o religion_n less_o than_o a_o bill_n of_o exclusion_n object_n â—ol_n the_o moral_a impossibility_n of_o introduce_v the_o romish_a religion_n though_o the_o prince_n be_v a_o romanist_n himself_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o kingdom_n follow_v edw._n 6_n reformation_n queen_n mary_n go_v back_o sâ—at_fw-la 1.2_o ph._n and_o mary_n c._n 8._o queen_n eliz._n return_v to_o it_o that_o the_o case_n can_v be_v the_o same_o at_o this_o day_n john_n 11.48_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n a_o old_a entail_v aphorism_n the_o danger_n of_o innovation_n object_n but_o such_o thing_n have_v be_v do_v sol._n â—o_o have_v a_o king_n be_v murder_v more_o particular_o answer_v in_o e._n 4._o qu._n marry_o and_o qu._n eliz._n all_o exclude_v by_o parliament_n yet_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n 28_o h._n 8._o c._n 7._o no_o man_n change_v but_o in_o hope_n of_o better_a jer._n 2.11_o prov._n 17.14_o the_o advantage_n of_o continue_v as_o we_o be_v pretender_n bar_v annal._n 1._o disorder_n avoid_v vide_fw-la case_n of_o tanistry_n in_o sir_n j._n davis_n irish_a report_n f._n 29._o no_o new_a family_n to_o be_v provide_v for_o the_o indignity_n of_o a_o repulse_n avoid_v suppose_v scotland_n and_o ireland_n shall_v be_v of_o another_o opinion_n virgil._n act_n of_o scotland_n for_o assert_v the_o succession_n of_o that_o crown_n 1681._o ovid_n met._n all_o occasion_n of_o jealousy_n take_v off_o object_n sol._n gen._n 6.12_o disadvantage_n that_o have_v attend_v the_o lay_n by_o the_o right_a heir_n revolt_v of_o the_o 10_o tribe_n at_o home_n our_o loss_n of_o france_n lucan_n 25_o h._n 8.22_o matth._n 7.12_o plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la lycur_n john_n 12.6_o luke_n 10.7_o prov._n 3.27_o lord_n chancellor_n speech_n to_o the_o parliament_n at_o oxon_n 10._o octob._n 65._o oliver_n jones_n esq_n second_o justice_n of_o his_o majesty_n chief_a place_n in_o ireland_n gen._n 16.9_o luke_n 10.37_o 1_o sam._n 26._o â—_o 〈◊〉_d l._n 3._o
assistance_n of_o god_n king_n of_o britain_n and_o edwine_n ibidem_fw-la in_o a_o charter_n of_o he_o to_o the_o abbey_n of_o crowland_n be_v style_v edwinus_fw-la anglorum_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la britanniae_fw-la telluris_fw-la gubernator_fw-la &_o rector_n edwine_n king_n of_o the_o english_a and_o of_o all_o the_o british_a land_n director_n and_o governor_n in_o like_a manner_n ethelred_n in_o a_o charter_n of_o he_o to_o the_o church_n of_o canterbury_n style_v himself_o angligenum_n orcadarum_fw-la 1_o necne_fw-la in_o gyro_fw-la jacentium_fw-la monarchus_fw-la monarch_n or_o sole_a governor_n of_o the_o english_a the_o isle_n of_o orkeney_n and_o all_o that_o lie_v within_o that_o circuit_n but_o subscribe_v it_o ego_fw-la aethelredus_fw-la anglorum_fw-la induperator_fw-la etc._n etc._n ay_o ethelred_n emperor_n of_o the_o english_a and_o beside_o what_o i_o say_v before_o of_o king_n william_n rufus_n that_o say_v he_o have_v the_o same_o prerogative_n in_o his_o kingdom_n as_o the_o emperor_n claim_v in_o the_o empire_n in_o a_o charter_n of_o he_o to_o the_o monastery_n of_o shaftsbury_n he_o say_v ego_fw-la willielmus_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la anno_fw-la ab_fw-la incarnatione_fw-la 1089._o secundo_fw-la anno_fw-la mei_fw-la imperii_fw-la i_o william_n king_n of_o the_o english_a in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1089._o and_o of_o my_o empire_n the_o second_o and_o now_o have_v bring_v it_o thus_o far_o i_o shall_v in_o the_o next_o place_n examine_v the_o unreasonableness_n of_o that_o new_a notion_n that_o the_o king_n be_v one_o of_o the_o three_o estate_n and_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o prove_v the_o contrary_a to_o any_o man_n but_o he_o who_o will_v not_o be_v persuade_v though_o you_o shall_v have_v persuade_v he_o section_n vi._n that_o the_o king_n be_v none_o of_o the_o three_o estate_n in_o which_o two_o preliminary_a objection_n be_v examine_v by_o reason_n and_o answer_v by_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o three_o estate_n 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