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A56211 The soveraigne povver of parliaments and kingdomes divided into foure partsĀ· Together with an appendix: wherein the superiority of our owne, and most other foraine parliaments, states, kingdomes, magistrates, (collectively considered,) over and above their lawfull emperours, kings, princes, is abundantly evidenced, confirmed by pregnant reasons, resolutions, precedents, histories, authorities of all sorts; the contrary objections re-felled: the treachery and disloyalty of papists to their soveraignes, with their present plots to extirpate the Protestant religion demonstrated; and all materiall objections, calumnies, of the King, his counsell, royallists, malignants, delinquents, papists, against the present Parliaments proceedings, (pretended to be exceeding derogatory to the Kings supremacy, and subjects liberty) satisfactorily answered, refuted, dissipated in all particulars. By William Prynne, utter-barrester, of Lincolnes Inne. It is on this second day of August, 1643. ordered ... that this booke ... be printed by Michael Sparke ...; Soveraigne power of parliaments and kingdomes Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1643 (1643) Wing P4087A; ESTC R203193 824,021 610

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the_o first_o into_o captivity_n impious_o also_o do_v the_o ephramite_n who_o do_v not_o only_o not_o gratulate_v gideon_n and_o jephtha_n attain_v the_o victory_n and_o triumph_v but_o likewise_o envy_v they_o though_o yet_o they_o desert_v they_o when_o they_o be_v in_o danger_n likewise_o the_o israelite_n who_o when_o david_n reign_v cry_v out_o say_v behold_v we_o be_v thy_o flesh_n and_o thy_o bone_n when_o he_o be_v reduce_v into_o strait_n say_v we_o have_v no_o part_n in_o david_n nor_o in_o the_o son_n of_o jesse_n impious_o do_v all_o those_o christian_n only_o in_o name_n who_o will_v communicate_v in_o the_o sacred_a feast_n of_o the_o church_n and_o yet_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o taste_v the_o cup_n of_o bitterness_n with_o their_o brethren_n who_o seek_v salvation_n in_o the_o church_n and_o yet_o take_v no_o care_n for_o the_o salvation_n and_o safety_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o its_o member_n final_o they_o acknowledge_v one_o father_n god_n one_o family_n the_o church_n profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v one_o body_n in_o christ_n yet_o neither_o yield_v any_o aid_n to_o christ_n afflict_v in_o his_o member_n or_o bestow_v their_o wealth_n on_o he_o be_v poor_a what_o think_v we_o shall_v be_v the_o future_a punishment_n of_o their_o impiety_n moses_n compare_v the_o deserter_n of_o their_o brethren_n to_o the_o rebel_n at_o kadesbarnea_n now_o none_o of_o those_o by_o god_n own_o decree_n enter_v into_o canaan_n therefore_o they_o can_v seek_v no_o place_n for_o themselves_o in_o the_o celestial_a canaan_n who_o assist_v not_o christ_n most_o miserable_o crucify_v and_o die_v a_o thousand_o time_n every_o day_n and_o implore_v as_o it_o be_v their_o help_n from_o door_n to_o door_n christ_n himself_o condemn_v those_o to_o eternal_a fire_n who_o harbour_v he_o not_o when_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n who_o foster_v he_o notwhen_o he_o be_v a_o cold_a who_o clothe_v he_o not_o when_o he_o be_v naked_a who_o relieve_v he_o not_o when_o he_o be_v poor_a who_o free_v he_o not_o when_o he_o be_v captive_a therefore_o they_o ought_v to_o know_v that_o eternal_a fire_n be_v prepare_v for_o they_o who_o pass_v he_o by_o with_o a_o deaf_a ear_n daily_o suffer_v such_o thing_n although_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o may_v seem_v to_o work_v great_a miracle_n and_o therefore_o very_o it_o shall_v be_v easy_a for_o certain_a insidel_n than_o for_o they_o for_o what_o do_v the_o jew_n the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n proper_o crucify_v christ_n do_v the_o ethnic_n turk_n final_o some_o christian_n persecute_v crucify_v vex_v christ_n in_o his_o member_n the_o jew_n profess_v and_o believe_v he_o a_o imposter_n the_o ethnic_n a_o malefactor_n the_o turk_n a_o infidel_n other_o a_o heretic_n therefore_o if_o they_o consider_v the_o mind_n of_o they_o all_o from_o who_o we_o common_o measure_v the_o crime_n they_o all_o seem_v to_o persecute_v noxious_a impious_a man_n deserve_v punishment_n not_o proper_o to_o slay_v christ_n but_o they_o only_o do_v true_o persecute_v true_o slay_v he_o who_o willing_o suffer_v he_o who_o they_o profess_v their_o messiah_n redeemer_n god_n to_o be_v torture_v and_o crucify_v in_o his_o member_n when_o they_o may_v hinder_v it_o in_o sum_n he_o who_o deliver_v he_o not_o from_o death_n when_o he_o may_v be_v equal_o guilty_a with_o he_o that_o slay_v he_o for_o because_o he_o will_v not_o help_v he_o he_o will_v he_o shall_v be_v slay_v now_o in_o a_o crime_n the_o will_n itself_o ought_v to_o be_v regard_v but_o certain_o the_o murder_n especial_o of_o christian_a prince_n who_o help_v not_o those_o who_o be_v persecute_v for_o religion_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o grievous_a by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o they_o slay_v who_o they_o may_v set_v free_a and_o by_o how_o much_o it_o be_v more_o wicked_a
hist._n l._n 6._o dionys._n hal._n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o body_n commonweal_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o l._n 5._o see_v the_o appendix_n appendix_n poli●_n l._n 3._o c._n 11._o 11._o de_fw-fr rege_fw-la &_o regis_fw-la instit._fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8_o 9_o 9_o bodin_n commonweal_n l._n 5._o c._n 5._o 5._o arragonensium_fw-la rerum_fw-la commentar_n p._n 588_o 589._o 723._o 723._o ibid._n p._n 724._o 724._o foris_fw-la &_o in_fw-la castris_fw-la summum_fw-la imperium_fw-la summam_fw-la rerum_fw-la bellicarum_fw-la administ_n ratienem_fw-la obtinet_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n nicholaus_fw-la isthuanfus_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la vngar_fw-la hist._n l._n 6._o f._n 84_o 85._o bodins_n commonweal_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o p._n 167._o livy_n rom._n hist._n l._n 31._o 35._o bodin_n commonweal_n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o bodin_n ibid._n ibid._n bodins_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o 10._o matthew_n paris_z hist._n angliae_fw-la p._n 835._o 835._o dinothi_fw-mi historia_fw-la sleidan_n l._n 8._o 18._o 22_o grimston_n imperial_a history_n in_o rodulph_n 2._o and_o ferdinand_n the_o second_v second_v lambard_n archaion_n f._n 135_o de_fw-fr heretochiis_fw-la heretochiis_fw-la p._n 232_o 348_o 349._o 349._o see_v master_n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 605._o 605._o bodins_n commonweal_n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o p._n 273._o 273._o grimstone_n imperial_a hist._n p._n 171._o 171._o bodin_n com._n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o p._n 273._o 273._o cook_n instit_n on_o lit._n f._n 110._o cambdens_fw-fr brit._n p._n 177_o holinshed_n description_n of_o england_n c._n 8._o p._n 113._o and_o annal_n of_o ireland_n p._n 120._o to_o 130._o brooke_n crompton_n cowel_n minshew_n tit._n parlem_n sir_n thomas_n smith_n commonwealth_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o 2._o object_n answ._n answ._n 14_o h._n 8._o f._n 3._o b._n b._n see_v littleton_n sect._n 297._o 314._o 323._o &_o cook_n instit._fw-la ibidem_fw-la object_n object_n see_v all_o his_o majesty_n late_a proclamation_n protestation_n and_o print_v declaration_n of_o this_o nature_n answ._n answ._n seneca_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n ●_o c._n 2._o see_v the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o novem_n 2._o 1642._o 1642._o anno_fw-la 1641_o &_o 1642._o 1642._o lord_n faulkland_n l._n seymor_n l._n digbey_v l._n savil_n sir_n io._n culpepper_n sir_n edward_n deering_n mr._n holborn_n mr._n hide_v etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v the_o parliament_n remonstrance_n nou._n 2._o 1642._o 1642._o quid_fw-la potest_fw-la ab_fw-la co_fw-la quisquam_fw-la sperare_fw-la quem_fw-la malum_fw-la esse_fw-la docuit_fw-la non_fw-la diu_fw-la paret_fw-la nequitia_fw-la nec_fw-la quantum_fw-la jubetur_fw-la peccat_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr clem._n l._n 2._o c._n 26._o 26._o see_n br._n parl._n 7._o dyer_n 60._o a._n cromptons_n jurisdict●f_n 16._o a._n a._n see_v 3_o car._n c._n 6_o 7._o 7._o artic._n super_fw-la chartas_n c._n 12_o see_v cook_n institutes_n on_o it_o agricolae_fw-la apud_fw-la indos_n sacri_fw-la &_o afurto_fw-la &_o praeda_fw-la alieni_fw-la di●dorus_fw-la sic_fw-la bib._n hist._n l._n 2._o n._n 40._o 40._o fitz._n corone_n 192._o 194._o 58._o 276._o 261._o 21_o h._n 7._o 39_o 24._o h_o 8._o c._n 5._o stamford_n f._n 13_o 14._o cook_n l_o 4._o 91_o 92._o see_v matth._n paris_n hist._n p._n 264_o 265_o 266._o 266._o see_v the_o parliament_n second_o remonstrance_n concern_v the_o commission_n of_o array_n array_n see_v this_o full_o prove_v in_o the_o parliament_n second_o declaration_n declaration_n quae_fw-la alia_fw-la vita_fw-la esset_fw-la si_fw-la l●ones_n ursique_fw-la regnarent_fw-la si_fw-mi serpentibus_fw-la in_o nos_fw-la ac_fw-la noxissimo_fw-la cuique_fw-la animali_fw-la daretur_fw-la potestas_fw-la illa_fw-la ra●ionis_fw-la experria_fw-la &_o a_o nobis_fw-la immanita_fw-la be_v c●imine_fw-la damna_fw-la ta_fw-la abstinent_a suis_fw-fr &_o 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la etiam_fw-la inter_fw-la feras_fw-la similitudo_fw-la apud_fw-la r●man●s_fw-la tantum_fw-la ne●_n a_o necessariis_fw-la quidem_fw-la aby_n temperate_a sibi_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr clem._n l._n 2._o c._n 26._o 26._o nulli_fw-la regi_fw-la gloria_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la saeva_fw-la animadversione_n at_o contra_fw-la maxima_fw-la si_fw-la vim_o svam_fw-la continet_fw-la si_fw-la multos_fw-la irae_fw-la alienae_n eripuit_fw-la neminemsuae_fw-la impendit_fw-la senecade_n clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 17._o 17._o ista_fw-la frequens_fw-la vindicte_fw-la paucorum_fw-la odium_fw-la reprimit_fw-la omnium_fw-la irritat_fw-la regius_fw-la crudelitas_fw-la auget_fw-la inimicorum_fw-la numerum_fw-la ●ollendo_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o 8._o the_o relation_n of_o the_o take_n of_o cicester_n and_o the_o prisoner_n relation_n relation_n quanto_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la nasci_fw-la melius_fw-la fuit_fw-la quam_fw-la numerari_fw-la inter_fw-la publico_fw-la malo_fw-la natos_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 18._o 18._o the_o king_n letter_n on_o saturday_n apil_n 8._o 1643_o to_o the_o house_n house_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 24._o 24._o see_v the_o parliament_n declaration_n and_o parliament-man_n speech_n to_o this_o effect_n effect_n 1_o king_n 11._o 1_o to_o 12._o 12._o see_v the_o parliament_n remonstrance_n &_o declaration_n to_o this_o effect_n effect_n see_v doctor_n jones_n his_o book_n of_o examinatons_n publish_v by_o order_n of_o both_o ho●ses_n object_n answ._n answ._n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o petition_n of_o right_n right_n concern_v the_o break_n up_o of_o the_o parliament_n and_o before_o the_o 39_o article_n of_o religion_n object_n answ._n answ._n mat._n pa●●s_o hist._n p._n 243._o to_o 256_o daniel_n p._n 143._o 144._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat._n par._n hist._n angl._n p._n 240._o 421._o 430._o dan._n hist._n p._n 157_o 158_o 158_o mat_n par_fw-fr an_n 125●_n 1838_o 839_o the_o stat._n at_o large_a dan._n hist_o p_o 169._o speed_v p._n 28_o mat_n weston_n holinsh_v fab._n graf_n an._n 1253._o 1253._o daniel_n p●_n 169._o 169._o math._n paris_n p._n 839._o 839._o psal._n 146._o 3_o psal_n 62._o 9_o 9_o math_n paris_n p._n 825_o 826._o speed_n p_o 627._o 628._o daniel_n p._n 167._o 168._o 168._o matthew_n paris_n p_o 826._o 827._o daniel_n p_o 168._o 168._o see_v constit._n council_n de_fw-fr reding_n cap._n de_fw-fr sentent_fw-fr excom_n public_a in_o john_n de_fw-fr aton_n ●_o 131._o 131._o daniel_n history_n p._n 260._o 260._o 5_o e._n 3_o c_o 9_o 15._o 15._o e._n 3._o stat._n 1._o c._n 2._o 3._o 25._o e._n 3._o stat._n 5._o c._n 4._o 28._o e._n 3._o c._n 3._o 37._o e._n 3._o c._n 8._o 38._o e._n 3._o c._n 9_o 42._o e._n 3._o c._n 3._o 3._o the_o revocation_n of_o this_o statute_n make_v 15_o ed._n 3._o in_o the_o statute_n a●_n large_a large_a hist._n arg●●_n p._n 371._o 371._o seneca_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o 1._o see_v the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o may_v 26._o 1642_o and_o novem._n 2._o 1642._o 1642._o see_v plutar_n numa_n pem_n pilius_n livy_n l._n 2._o bodin_n com._n weale_n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o prov._n 11._o 14._o c_o 15._o 22._o c._n 24._o 6._o 6._o eccles_n 4._o 9_o to_o 13._o 13._o see_v 7._o h._n 4._o c._n 2._o 26_o h._n 8._o c._n 22._o 28._o h._n 8._o c._n 7._o 35._o h._n 8._o c._n 1._o 1_o eliz._n 2._o cap._n 1._o cook_n 8._o report_n the_o prince_n case_n case_n novem._n 2._o 1642_o and_o may_v 26._o 1642._o 1642._o de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 29._o object_n 3._o 3._o see_v his_o majesty_n answer_n to_o the_o parliament_n 19_o proposition_n june_n 2._o 1642._o with_o other_o declaration_n and_o treatise_n on_o his_o part_n part_n page_n 17_o 18_o 19_o 19_o de_fw-fr laudibu●_n legum_n angliae_fw-la c._n 13_o 14._o answ._n 1._o 1._o livy_n hist._n l._n 1_o 2_o 3._o dionys._n hal_n antiq._n rom._n l._n 2._o &_o 3_o polybius_n hist._n l._n 6._o bodin_n commonwealth_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o 10._o arist._n polit._n i._n 2_o 3_o 5._o xenophon_n de_fw-fr lacedaem_n republica_n diodoru●_n sic_fw-la bib._n hist._n l._n 2_o 3._o 3._o cook_n inst._n on_o magna_fw-la 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