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A28801 Examen legum Angliæ, or, The laws of England examined, by Scripture, antiquity and reason cujus author anagrammat[os] est, A gomoz boa oz̄ bary. Booth, A., 17th cent.; Boon, A. 1656 (1656) Wing B3738; ESTC R38641 162,879 175

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15.20_o exo._n 21.17_o 1_o pet._n 1.14_o deut._n 21.20_o 21._o disobedient_a child_n be_v reckon_v among_o the_o worst_a of_o sinner_n and_o wicked_a man_n 2_o tim._n 3.2_o 43._o cowel_n instit_fw-la l._n 1._o tit_n 10._o sect_n 3_o p._n 43._o 16._o neither_o be_v there_o any_o law_n against_o 34.3_o against_o the_o heathen_a observe_v this_o to_o have_v consent_n of_o parent_n in_o marriage_n shechem_n gen._n 34.3_o marriage_n without_o parent_n consent_n nor_o against_o marriage_n of_o young_a child_n unless_o the_o party_n be_v heir_n or_o inheritrix_n nor_o against_o matrimo_fw-la against_o calvin_n inst_z l._n 4._o c._n 19_o s●ct_n 37._o gouge_n on_o ephes_n 6._o treat_n 5._o p._n 254._o col_fw-fr 2._o and_o p._n 252._o col._n 2._o and_o 255._o col._n 1._o erasm_n collo_fw-la de_fw-fr matrimo_fw-la choose_v calling_n without_o parent_n consent_n which_o thing_n be_v mere_o civil_a ought_v to_o be_v provide_v for_o by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n to_o the_o end_n that_o parent_n 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monastery_n and_o other_o superstition_n and_o reverence_v they_o more_o then_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o as_o they_o believe_v the_o name_n of_o a_o king_n to_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la and_o indeed_o little_o less_o than_o a_o god_n and_o that_o no_o man_n may_v rule_v who_o have_v not_o that_o title_n because_o that_o 112._o that_o blow_n com._n foe_o 177._o b._n &_o 129._o b._n bodin_n repub._n l._n 1._o p._n 112._o name_n must_v never_o die_v so_o they_o think_v that_o the_o law_n which_o they_o and_o other_o call_v the_o 1._o the_o coke_n tit_n cawdreys_n case_n l._n 5._o par_fw-fr 1._o foe_n 1._o king_n law_n be_v as_o the_o town-clerk_n tell_v the_o ephesian_n 19.35_o ephesian_n act_n 19.35_o concern_v their_o idol_n diana_n the_o image_n which_o fall_v down_o from_o jupiter_n and_o of_o so_o 1630._o so_o lex_fw-la illa_fw-la sanctio_n specialiter_fw-la dicitur_fw-la cowel_n instit_fw-la jur._n angl._n l._n 2._o tit._n 1._o sect_n 10._o impr._n anno_fw-la 1630._o 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invention_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n be_v condemn_v as_o will-worship_n and_o thing_n that_o be_v mere_o idolatrous_a in_o state_n serve_v for_o nothing_o but_o to_o uphold_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o false_a church_n of_o rome_n and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v use_v by_o christian_n lev_n 20.23_o hos_fw-la 14.8_o 2_o cor._n 6.16_o deut._n 12.3_o chap._n vi_o that_o divers_a of_o the_o old_a statute_n as_o well_o su●h_a ●s_n be_v say_v to_o be_v make_v in_o affirmance_n of_o the_o common_a law_n as_o o●●●rs_v introductory_n of_o new_a law_n co●tain_a i●_n they_o g●●at_a oppression_n and_o wrong_n to_o the_o people_n a●●_n o●ght_n to_o be_v amend_v 2._o amend_v articuli_fw-la super_fw-la chartas_n 3_o ed._n 1._o c._n 7_o 31._o 28_o ed._n 1._o c._n 2._o 10_o ed._n 3._o c._n 1_o 4._o 14_o ed._n 3._o c._n 19_o 25_o ed._n 3._o c._n 1_o 15_o 21._o 34_o ed._n 3._o c._n 2._o the_o statute_n concern_v purveyance_n for_o the_o king_n household_n where_o the_o officer_n may_v take_v in_o a_o 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