Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	great_a	king_n	year_n	21,498	5	5.0090	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78285	The case stated touching the soveraign's prerogative and the peoples liberty, according to scripture, reason, and the consent of our ancestors. Humbly offered to the right honorable, General Monck, and the officers in the army.		1660 (1660)	Wing C1205; Thomason E1017_40; ESTC R208218	3,658	8

honour to the King as he ought except he be one that truly feareth God and none can truly fear God as he ought if he give not the honour due to his Prince whose Soveraign Prerogative is undoubtedly his as our Estates are ours and by as firm a Law Having spoken concerning the Kings Prerogative I shall now insist upon the Liberty of the Subject and shew how it is preserved from the Inundations of the Royal Prerogative in case of such Invasion The ancient Liberties of the People of England chiefly resided in their Freedom of Parliaments and being there so inviolably seated are secured unto the People by The Petition of Right Magna Charta and the grand Bulwark of the Laws These so providing for the Peoples Rights that though the King and Lords had their Negatives in making Laws yet no Tax might be imposed but by consent of the Commons nor any Law without them of such validity that the Ministers of Justice durst inforce the execution thereof And though indeed the King had the Power of making War yet he had not the Means and so it signified no more than giving him leave to fly if he could get wings He had a Sword but he alone could never draw it for the Trained-Bands were a Weapon which he decently wore but the Nation onely could use And the Power of relieving his Wants resting in the Commons must necessarily ballance the Power of his Will and oblige him to a correspondence with Parliaments The Soveraigns Prerogative and Subjects Liberty are an excellent strengthning of our Meum and Tuum in the world I conceive and conclude this Kingdom much happier if they go like Hippocrates Twins hand in hand It was a good speech though from a bad man I shall believe the Devil when he speaks truth This Kingdom will never be happy unless there be a right Understanding between the King and his People Yet certain it is the People never enjoyed grea●e● Immunities Priviledges and Encouragements in Trading both at home and abroad than under our Kings never more Mercy ex●●ted Justice administred Usurpations ●●bed Happiness lived under until too much Plenty and Wantonness 〈◊〉 in abhorrency of That the greatest part of the three Nations are now so passionate and impatient after knowing that as there hath been more Treasure squeezed out of them for sixteen years past than by all the Kings Princes and Queens of England foregoing so their ancient and undoubted Liberties were never more infringed that since they have made or suffered both their Kings Lords and Priests to be of the meanest of the People I should expatiate in these particulars but I refer the Reader to an ingenious piece entituled A Plea for limited Monarchy where the Subjects Liberty is more at large demonstrated and to Englands Faiths Defender vindicated viz. CHARLES II. Vpon the Kings PREROGATIVE and PERSON PRerogative and Person both were free From Subjects Malice and Malignity Till haughry Rebels illegitimate From true Obedience chang'd our setled State From Sacred Kingship leaving no Spark Of Light in Government All clouded dark Like the first Chaos full of dire Confusion No Spirit mov'd but that of strong Delusion Whose Hellish Breath drave us to Wars and Murther Ev'n of our Sacred Master Nay went further We Banish'd into Exile HIM whom now Upon our second thoughts we fain would bow Unto and Worship if he would permit Himself as Idol on His Throne to sit Which thing he hates For the Decree of God Ordains that Rebels ought to kiss the Rod. Therefore embrace your Sov'raign and Proclaim Him Lawful King and so blot out your Shame THE END