Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	king_n	law_n	parliament_n	8,718	5	6.8422	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32017	By the King. A proclamation against the oppression of the clergy by the intrusion of factious and schismaticall persons into their cures, and inverting and detaining their tithes and possessions by orders of one or both Houses of Parliament, contrary to all law and justice.; Proclamations. 1643-05-16.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. aut	1643 (1643)	Wing C2542; ESTC R213822	1,022	1

C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE BY THE KING A Proclamation against the Oppression of the Clergy by the Intrusion of Factious and Schismaticall Persons into their Cures and inverting and detaining their Tithes and possessions by Orders of one or both Houses of Parliament contrary to all Law and Justice WHEREAS by the Great Charter of the Liberties of England it is provided that the Church should have all its Rights whole and Liberties inviolable and amongst others the Church hath these Priviledges That regularly no Ecclesiasticall Possessions may be extended seized or sequestred but by the Ordinary And that Distresses may not be taken of Lands wherewith Churches have been anciently endowed And that Churches presentative cannot be filled and the Lawfull Incumbents thereof removed but by the Ordinary nor the Cure of the Incumbents served by Curates Lecturers or others but by their own appoyntment or in their default by the appoyntment of the Ordinary neither are any of Our Subjects of the Laity by the Common Lawes of Our Realme capable to take or receive Tithes which are the portion of the Clergy unlesse by demise from them or such as are appropriate and made Lay-Fee Neverthelesse by colour of Orders or pretended Ordinances of one or both Houses of Parliament the Estates Reall and Personall as well of Our Clergy as Laity have been and are daily seized sequestred and taken from them and their Possessions distrayned for illegall Taxes and Contributions for supporting the Rebellion against Us Which being clearly against Law and unwarrantable We did forbid by Our Proclamation of the seventh of Aprill last and doe hereby forbid the same under the penalties in that Our Proclamation contained And whereas diverse of Our Clergy eminent for their Piety and Learning because they publish Our lawfull and just Commands and Declarations and will nor against the known Lawes of the Land and their own Consciences submit to Contributions nor publiquely pray against Us and Our Assistants but conforme themselves to the Book of Common-Prayer established by Law and Preach Gods Word according to the purity thereof and in their Sermons will not teach Sedition nor will publish illegall Commands and Orders for fomenting the unnaturall Warre levied against Us are some of them 〈◊〉 and found 〈◊〉 their Cares and Habitat●●●● 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 and Persecuted and their C 〈…〉 if O 〈…〉 ●ded and put in to sow Sedition● 〈…〉 expresly contrary to the word of God and the Lawes of the Land 〈…〉 of Right belonging to such Incumbents as 〈…〉 Parishes where such Arbitray power prevailes and distributed part 〈…〉 the maintenance of this Warre against Law and the Liberties of the Ch●●ch 〈…〉 and the Ple●sure therefore is and We doe hereby straitly charge and Command all Our Subject as well Ecclesticall as Tempo●all not to presume to intermeddle in discharging or hindering any of Our said Clergy for the cause afores●●d