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and_o in_o default_n of_o the_o king_n who_o ought_v to_o have_v maintain_v the_o law_n enable_v the_o two_o house_n of_o parliament_n to_o put_v the_o kingdom_n into_o a_o posture_n of_o war_n in_o defence_n of_o the_o king_n his_o law_n and_o subject_n but_o now_o the_o great_a question_n be_v what_o and_o where_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o our_o fear_n and_o jealousy_n and_o where_o be_v the_o imminent_a danger_n for_o many_o say_v that_o they_o can_v see_v it_o and_o then_o it_o not_o be_v visible_a and_o obvious_a to_o every_o eye_n a_o question_n as_o great_a in_o show_n as_o the_o former_a arise_v upon_o this_o who_o be_v or_o may_v be_v the_o proper_a judge_n of_o this_o imminent_a danger_n to_o the_o first_o i_o answer_v that_o our_o fear_n and_o the_o imminent_a danger_n pretend_v be_v no_o phantasm_n or_o chimerâ_fw-la as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o but_o it_o be_v a_o real_a and_o visible_a cause_n of_o fear_n et_fw-la talis_fw-la metus_fw-la qui_fw-la cadere_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o virum_fw-la constantem_fw-la such_o a_o fear_n as_o may_v befall_v a_o constant_a man_n as_o my_o lord_n cook_n describe_v a_o fear_n 253._o instit_fw-la foe_fw-mi 253._o that_o may_v possess_v a_o generous_a and_o settle_a spirit_n and_o that_o it_o be_v thus_o i_o appeal_v to_o the_o conscience_n of_o any_o wise_a &_o indifferent_a man_n whether_o that_o the_o commune_fw-la incendium_fw-la the_o common_a fire_n or_o calamity_n in_o our_o neighbour_n nation_n of_o ireland_n clothe_v with_o these_o three_o circumstance_n as_o i_o shall_v set_v it_o forth_o will_v not_o cause_n and_o just_o too_o a_o wise_a man_n to_o fear_n and_o doubt_v what_o the_o event_n will_v be_v as_o first_o that_o they_o be_v our_o neighbour_n and_o when_o my_o neighbour_n house_n be_v on_o fire_n will_v any_o man_n adjudge_v this_o to_o be_v a_o phantasm_n or_o a_o effeminate_a fear_n in_o i_o to_o
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judgement_n and_o determination_n wherefore_o for_o all_o these_o precede_a reason_n i_o conclude_v this_o point_n that_o admit_v the_o imminent_a danger_n be_v not_o perspicuous_a and_o manifest_a to_o every_o eye_n that_o the_o parliament_n as_o they_o be_v the_o most_o proper_a judge_n so_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o only_a judge_n of_o it_o and_o no_o other_o person_n whatsoever_o now_o for_o the_o objection_n that_o many_o of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o do_v never_o consent_v to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o parliament_n for_o that_o they_o be_v with_o his_o majesty_n and_o that_o therefore_o this_o shall_v make_v their_o determination_n invalid_a and_o ineffectual_a this_o be_v a_o more_o strange_a objection_n than_o the_o other_o for_o that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o rule_n of_o law_n that_o any_o man_n shall_v take_v advantage_n of_o his_o own_o wrong_n and_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o after_o the_o parliament_n be_v once_o begin_v their_o personal_a attendance_n be_v so_o 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parliament_n can_v be_v make_v by_o which_o a_o new_a law_n shall_v be_v enact_v that_o shall_v be_v obligatory_a to_o the_o subject_a for_o ever_o i_o mean_v until_o it_o be_v repeal_v by_o another_o act_n but_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o king_n lord_n and_o commons_o and_o with_o this_o accord_v the_o book_n 4._o h._n 7_o 18._o â—_o h._n 7._o 18._o there_o a_o act_n be_v make_v by_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n but_o nothing_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o commons_o and_o by_o all_o the_o judge_n this_o be_v no_o act_n of_o parliament_n 7_o h._n 7._o 14._o â—_o h._n 7_o 14._o no_o statute_n except_o that_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o assent_v to_o it_o and_o 11._o h._n 7._o 27._o â—…_n h._n 7._o 27._o it_o be_v no_o act_n of_o parliament_n except_o it_o be_v make_v by_o the_o king_n lord_n and_z commons_z by_o this_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o all_o the_o three_o estate_n ought_v to_o join_v in_o the_o make_n of_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o this_o be_v so_o clear_a that_o i_o need_v not_o cite_v any_o other_o authority_n in_o proof_n of_o it_o for_o ouâ—_n book_n be_v plentiful_a in_o this_o point_n only_o i_o shall_v remember_v one_o remarkable_a case_n which_o i_o find_v in_o our_o law_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o book_n which_o say_v that_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n can_v be_v make_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o this_o aught_o to_o be_v intend_v of_o the_o lord_n temporal_a only_a and_o not_o of_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v resolve_v by_o the_o judge_n in_o 7._o h._n 8._o keilway_n b._n â—_o h._n 8._o keilâ—â—y_n foe_fw-mi 184._o b._n that_o the_o king_n may_v well_o hold_v his_o parliament_n by_o he_o his_o temporal_a lord_n &_o commons_o without_o the_o spiritual_a lord_n so_o that_o by_o this_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o they_o be_v not_o essential_o necessary_a to_o a_o parliament_n for_o that_o the_o king_n may_v have_v hold_v a_o parliament_n without_o they_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o now_o so_o much_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o that_o they_o be_v total_o exclude_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n but_o now_o on_o the_o other_o side_n i_o conceive_v as_o clear_o under_o favour_n that_o if_o the_o king_n do_v utter_o forsake_v they_o and_o decline_v their_o advice_n and_o counsel_n to_o which_o he_o ought_v to_o adhere_v during_o parliament_n that_o in_o such_o case_n they_o may_v as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o make_v such_o ordinance_n without_o he_o for_o the_o secure_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o case_n of_o exigency_n and_o extremity_n as_o shall_v be_v obligatory_a to_o all_o the_o realm_n pend_v parliament_n for_o otherwise_o they_o shall_v have_v the_o name_n of_o a_o parliament_n only_o &_o not_o the_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o it_o but_o now_o it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o the_o king_n by_o his_o prerogative_n may_v call_v a_o parliament_n when_o he_o please_v and_o also_o adjourn_v and_o dissolve_v it_o when_o he_o please_v and_o that_o the_o power_n give_v by_o the_o writ_n of_o summons_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o parliament_n be_v only_o ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la &_o consulendum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v conclude_v that_o by_o the_o same_o power_n the_o king_n may_v command_v his_o counsellor_n whither_o he_o please_v to_o this_o i_o answer_v and_o agree_v that_o the_o king_n may_v call_v or_o dissolve_v a_o parliament_n when_o he_o please_v and_o so_o total_o toll_v their_o power_n but_o yet_o under_o favour_n pend_v parliament_n unadjourn_v the_o king_n can_v neither_o retarde_n their_o proceed_n nor_o take_v away_o their_o person_n and_o that_o i_o shall_v prove_v thus_o the_o king_n as_o fons_fw-la justitiae_fw-la the_o fountain_n of_o justice_n from_o who_o all_o judiciary_n power_n be_v derive_v may_v likewise_o make_v who_o he_o please_v to_o be_v a_o judge_n to_o dispense_v the_o
law_n in_o justice_n and_o equity_n unto_o his_o people_n but_o will_v it_o therefore_o follow_v that_o when_o he_o have_v make_v such_o and_o such_o to_o be_v his_o judge_n that_o he_o may_v either_o retarde_n their_o proceed_n or_o countermand_v their_o judgement_n under_o favour_n nothing_o less_o again_o as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o they_o be_v punishable_a by_o the_o law_n for_o withdraw_v of_o themselves_o and_o it_o be_v hard_a that_o the_o king_n shall_v have_v power_n to_o command_v i_o that_o act_n which_o be_v do_v subject_n i_o to_o a_o severe_a punishment_n now_o for_o that_o part_n of_o the_o objection_n that_o they_o be_v but_o his_o counsellor_n and_o not_o his_o judge_n to_o that_o i_o shall_v give_v as_o i_o hope_v a_o full_a and_o satisfactory_a answer_n afterward_o and_o now_o i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o first_o ground_n or_o reason_n with_o another_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n against_o the_o imminent_a danger_n and_o this_o i_o ground_n upon_o the_o 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extrajudicial_o which_o he_o have_v confess_v by_o his_o writ_n judicial_o but_o to_o this_o it_o will_v be_v say_v that_o the_o writ_n est_fw-la breve_fw-la formatum_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o form_v write_v or_o a_o writ_n of_o course_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o and_o that_o from_o this_o there_o be_v no_o vary_v so_o that_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o call_v of_o the_o parliament_n what_o it_o will_v the_o same_o form_n ought_v to_o be_v pursue_v and_o no_o other_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o conclude_a reason_n that_o there_o be_v a_o imminent_a danger_n because_o the_o writ_n say_v so_o to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o presume_v that_o the_o king_n will_v speak_v any_o thing_n in_o a_o judicial_a way_n as_o here_o he_o do_v which_o shall_v be_v vain_a and_o superfluous_a beside_o if_o you_o consider_v the_o time_n in_o which_o this_o parliament_n be_v call_v when_o that_o the_o scottish_a army_n be_v in_o england_n and_o at_o which_o time_n such_o distraction_n and_o rumour_n of_o war_n do_v i_o say_v rumour_n of_o war_n i_o may_v have_v say_v war_n itself_o be_v among_o we_o when_o that_o the_o extreme_a insolency_n and_o pride_n of_o the_o clergy_n together_o with_o the_o darkness_n of_o superstition_n and_o popery_n have_v almost_o overwhelm_v this_o nation_n with_o imminent_a destruction_n and_o misery_n the_o fear_n of_o which_o do_v yet_o cloud_v the_o face_n of_o the_o poor_a commonalty_n i_o say_v these_o thing_n consider_v we_o may_v just_o conclude_v that_o the_o king_n at_o that_o time_n speak_v as_o he_o intend_v and_o therefore_o certain_o now_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v receive_v to_o contradict_v it_o wherefore_o i_o conclude_v this_o first_o reason_n that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o imminent_a danger_n which_o threaten_v the_o commonwealth_n the_o king_n refuse_v to_o settle_v the_o militia_n the_o parliament_n may_v well_o do_v it_o second_o i_o hold_v that_o the_o parliament_n may_v do_v it_o for_o 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