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A46988 The excellency of monarchical government, especially of the English monarchy wherein is largely treated of the several benefits of kingly government, and the inconvenience of commonwealths : also of the several badges of sovereignty in general, and particularly according to the constitutions of our laws : likewise of the duty of subjects, and mischiefs of faction, sedition and rebellion : in all which the principles and practices of our late commonwealths-men are considered / by Nathaniel Johnston ... Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705. 1686 (1686) Wing J877; ESTC R16155 587,955 505

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regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la 147._o nostri_fw-la brady_n against_o pety●_n fol._n 147._o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o all_o the_o member_n be_v include_v in_o the_o two_o general_a term_n of_o praelati_fw-la &_o magnates_fw-la which_o great_a man_n very_o frequent_o comprehend_v as_o well_o the_o barones_n majores_fw-la as_o minores_fw-la the_o earl_n baron_n and_o great_a tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la and_o the_o less_o which_o then_o be_v call_v the_o community_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o preamble_n of_o the_o statute_n make_v at_o 19_o at_o pulton_n stat._n an._n 1275.3_o e._n 1._o f._n 19_o westminster_n run_v thus_o because_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n have_v great_a zeal_n and_o desire_v to_o redress_v the_o state_n of_o the_o realm_n etc._n etc._n the_o king_n have_v ordain_v and_o establish_v these_o act_n under_o write_v the_o preface_n to_o the_o statute_n de_fw-fr bigamis_fw-la 4_o oct._n 4_o ed._n 1._o be_v thus_o b._n thus_o in_o prasentia_fw-la venerabilium_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o king_n be_v not_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o law_n because_o offend_v against_o they_o he_o be_v not_o punish_v and_o as_o st._n davide_n st._n neque_fw-la ullis_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la legibus_fw-la vo●antur_fw-la tuti_fw-la imperii_fw-la potestate_fw-la apol._n pro_fw-la davide_n ambrose_n speak_v of_o david_n say_v he_o be_v a_o king_n be_v tie_v to_o no_o law_n because_o king_n be_v free_v from_o the_o bond_n or_o punishment_n of_o fault_n be_v call_v to_o punishment_n by_o no_o law_n be_v protect_v by_o the_o power_n of_o their_o empire_n yet_o 27._o yet_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n naz._n orat._n 27._o as_o a_o grave_a father_n say_v god_n word_n and_o right_a reason_n must_v give_v a_o law_n to_o the_o lawgiver_n therefore_o that_o weighty_a and_o elegant_a expression_n of_o 35._o of_o temperans_fw-la majestatem_fw-la caesaris_fw-la infra_fw-la deum_fw-la magis_fw-la illum_fw-la commendo_fw-la deo_fw-la cvi_fw-la soli_fw-la 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young_a it_o be_v in_o truth_n a_o great_a thing_n than_o empire_n to_o submit_v the_o princedom_n itself_o to_o the_o law_n and_o that_o other_o equal_o imitable_a by_o prince_n though_o the_o law_n of_o the_o empire_n have_v free_v the_o emperor_n from_o the_o solemnity_n of_o the_o law_n yet_o nothing_o be_v so_o proper_a for_o empire_n as_o to_o live_v by_o the_o law_n or_o according_a to_o they_o so_o inthat_o commendation_n which_o plutarch_n give_v alex._n give_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orat._n 2._o de_fw-la fortuna_fw-la alex._n alexander_n the_o great_a that_o he_o conceive_v he_o ought_v to_o be_v think_v superior_a unto_o all_o man_n yet_o subject_a to_o justice_n such_o a_o prince_n we_o find_v pliny_n full_o describe_v in_o his_o meminit_fw-la his_o nec_fw-la minus_fw-la hominem_fw-la se_fw-la quam_fw-la hominibus_fw-la praeesse_fw-la meminit_fw-la panegyric_n of_o trajan_n that_o he_o think_v himself_o to_o be_v one_o of_o we_o and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o 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scrip_n 〈◊〉_d thyself_o subject_a to_o the_o law_n o_o caesar_n which_o be_v not_o write_v to_o restrain_v the_o prince_n by_o so_o we_o find_v both_o severus_n vet._n severus_n licet_fw-la legibus_fw-la soluti_fw-la simus_fw-la attamen_fw-la legibus_fw-la 〈…〉_o instit_fw-la quibus_fw-la modis_fw-la testam_fw-la infirment_fw-la 8._o vet._n and_o antonius_n often_o set_v down_o in_o their_o rescript_n although_o we_o be_v loose_v from_o the_o law_n yet_o we_o live_v by_o the_o law_n these_o law_n be_v the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n or_o those_o of_o the_o kingdom_n concern_v the_o first_o and_o last_o i_o shall_v not_o now_o discourse_v concern_v that_o of_o nature_n the_o milone_n the_o non_fw-la scripta_fw-la sed_fw-la nata_fw-la lex_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la didicimus_fw-la accepimus_fw-la legimus_fw-la verum_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la ipsa_fw-la arripuimus_fw-la hausimus_fw-la expressimus_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la docti_fw-la sed_fw-la facti_fw-la non_fw-la instituti_fw-la sed_fw-la imbuti_fw-la sumus_fw-la pro_fw-la milone_n orator_n say_v it_o be_v not_o write_v but_o bear_v with_o we_o which_o we_o have_v not_o learn_v receive_v or_o read_v but_o from_o nature_n itself_o have_v powerful_o attract_v drink_v in_o and_o extract_v to_o which_o we_o be_v not_o teach_v but_o make_v obedient_a not_o instruct_v but_o imbue_v concern_v the_o original_n of_o which_o law_n he_o say_v repub._n say_v vnus_fw-la erit_fw-la communis_fw-la quasi_fw-la magister_fw-la &_o imperator_fw-la omnium_fw-la deus_fw-la ille_fw-la legis_fw-la huius_fw-la inventor_n disceptator_fw-la lator_fw-la ●ui_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la p●rebit_fw-la ip●e_fw-la se_fw-la fugiet_fw-la a●_n naturam_fw-la hominis_fw-la spernabitur_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la ips●_fw-la luet_fw-la maximas_fw-la poenas_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la cetera_fw-la supplicia_fw-la quae_fw-la putantur_fw-la ●ffugerit_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr repub._n that_o god_n our_o common_a master_n and_o ruler_n of_o all_o be_v the_o inventor_n judge_n and_o lawgiver_n which_o he_o who_o will_v not_o obey_v must_v fly_v from_o himself_o i._n e._n abandon_v the_o dictate_v of_o his_o own_o reason_n and_o conscience_n and_o despise_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n and_o in_o himself_o i._n e._n in_o his_o conscience_n undergo_v the_o great_a pain_n although_o he_o shall_v escape_v all_o those_o other_o which_o common_o be_v account_v punishment_n it_o be_v concern_v this_o law_n he_o say_v that_o from_o it_o neither_o the_o senate_n no●_n the_o people_n can_v exempt_v we_o nor_o be_v it_o lawful_a to_o abrogate_v it_o in_o the_o whole_a nor_o derogate_v from_o it_o ibid._n it_o ibid._n neque_fw-la derogari_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la aliquid_fw-la licet_fw-la neque_fw-la tota_fw-la abrogari_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la vero_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la senatum_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la populum_fw-la solvi_fw-la hac_fw-la lege_fw-la possumus_fw-la the_o forementioned_a archbishop_n 70._o archbishop_n vs●er's_n power_n of_o prince_n p._n 70._o from_o hence_o conclude_v that_o to_o this_o moral_a law_n of_o god_n whether_o by_o nature_n thus_o write_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n or_o more_o full_o deliver_v by_o god_n own_o write_v word_n or_o by_o just_a consequence_n deduce_v from_o the_o ground_n of_o either_o of_o they_o the_o great_a monarch_n upon_o earth_n owe_v as_o much_o obedience_n as_o the_o low_a and_o mean_a of_o all_o his_o subject_n and_o however_o the_o prince_n be_v oblige_v to_o the_o directive_n force_n of_o the_o law_n and_o so_o ought_v to_o be_v govern_v by_o it_o as_o his_o director_n and_o though_o it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o 31._o that_o reges_fw-la jolo_fw-la dei_fw-la timore_fw-la metuque_fw-la gehennae_fw-la coercentur_fw-la isiodorus_n 3_o sent._n c._n 31._o king_n be_v restrain_v only_o by_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o hell_n yet_o we_o may_v conclude_v that_o these_o together_o with_o the_o consideration_n of_o their_o interest_n will_v be_v sufficient_a 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expertis_fw-la and_o to_o the_o chancellor_n of_o the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n to_o send_v two_o or_o three_o in_o the_o like_a manner_n qualify_v and_o then_o follow_v writ_n to_o several_a abbat_n prior_n dean_n and_o chapter_n and_o all_o these_o writ_n mention_v the_o business_n of_o the_o king_n claim_n to_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o scotland_n and_o in_o the_o writ_n of_o summons_n to_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbat_n prior_n temporal_a lord_n justices_z and_o sheriff_n of_o county_n that_o particular_a be_v not_o mention_v which_o show_v that_o the_o king_n summon_v these_o particular_a person_n as_o most_o fit_a to_o search_v and_o ●_o send_v their_o chronicle_n to_o the_o parliament_n the_o occasion_n and_o result_v whereof_o and_o of_o send_v these_o lawyer_n from_o the_o university_n you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o 438._o in_o an._n 13●2_n p._n 419._o to_o p._n 438._o matth._n westminster_n and_o 58._o and_o hist_o ang._n p._n 32._o to_o 58._o walsingham_n 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