Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
majesty_n house_n parliament_n speaker_n 3,357 5 10.8139 5 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
B08623 To the High Court in Parliament a vindication of the Protestant religion, or, Of the innocency of the martyrs against the Pope's supremacy and against the errors of the Church of Rome. Carew, Abel, 17th cent. 1690 (1690) Wing C540A; ESTC R173393 10,520 11

There are 2 snippets containing the selected quad. | View lemmatised text

of the King and of all his People in Parliament is the support power strength defence and safety of the King and Kingdom and then consequently that Man that now denies the Commons of England to be the greatest Interest of the King and Kingdom he is no better than a Cheat and an Enemy to the King and Kingdom for so it is apparent by King Solomon the wisest of Kings That in the multitude of Counsellors there is safety that is to say safety in point of Power to Defend safety in point of Plenty to Preserve and safety in point of Knowledg and Wisdom for the ratifying of Equity and Justice First Safety in point of power to defend A multitude of Counsellors by the consent of the King and of all h●s People in Parliament is not only the power strength defence and safety of the King and Kingdom but it is an Amicable Concord betwixt the King and all his Subjects Secondly Safety in point of plenty to preserve for there must be plenty to preserve the King's Person as well as power to defend Him or else there cannot be safety and all this is Comprized in the Commons of England for here is plenty of People of Treasure and of all sorts of Provisions and Necessa●ies for the support and defence of Their Majesties Royal Persons and Government so tha● here is that inexh●ustible Fountain of Treasure in the Trade and Traffick of all the People of England which is like the Tide that Ebbs and Flows so that whatsoever Taxes they pay it returns to them again in their way of Trade and now whatsoever all the Protestants in England can do for the King and Queen it is not comparable to that inestimable Kindness of the King and Queens most Excellent Majest es in securing and preserving the Protestant Religion against Popery c. And thus as the Kings Honour is in the whole Nation so I am for all the Protestants in England to acknowledg King William and Queen Mary to be supreme ●hirdly In the multitude of Counsellors there is safety in point of Knowledg and Wisdom for the ratifying of Equity and Justice in order for the security of Peace and Tranquillity for all Men to sit under their own Vine and to Reap the Fruits of their own Labour and to render unto Cesar the things that are Cesars and unto God the things that are Gods and as the King and Queen are God's Vicegerents so God Almighty the wise Creator and Governour of the World as he has Created a multitude of People for the King and Queens Honour so he has Constituted a multitude of Counsellors for the safety of Their Majesties Royal Persons and Government and now this is to the Glory of the English Nation that they are Govern'd by the King and Queen together with the Lords and Commons the multitude of Counsellors in Parliament which is the Knowledg and Wisdom of the Nation according to the Protestant Religion and this is the happiest Government in the World And as I do acknowledg King William and Queen Mary together with the High Court of Parliament to be the supreme Authority of the Nation and that the King and Queens Honour cannot be alone in any one single Person but that it is in a general way in the whole Nation and that the King's Honour cannot be so much in a few Persons as it is in a multitude of People and accordingly it is not in the power of any one of Their Majesties Subjects to call a Parliament to appoint any Member to sit in Parliament without the consent of the King and the Country and to appoint any sitting Member to be Speaker to the House of Commons for as it is in the King and Queens Prerogative to call a Parliament so it is in the Countries Priviledg to Elect their Representatives to sit in Parliament and afterwards as they sit by the King's consent so it is in the House of Commons undoubted Right and Priviledg to Elect any sitting Member to be their Speaker without any Obligation to any one of Their Majesties Subjects whatsoever and now whatsoever kindness any Member receives from any one of his Election in any County or Corporation he is interested in the King and the Country for it is very well known that the Pope would assume to himself such a Power h●re in this Land as to call a Parliament to appoint Members without the consent of the King and the Country and to appoint any sitting Member to be Speaker to the House of Commons and consequently to put down all Parliaments so that none of the Protestants in England shall have any Right and Liberty but what they give Credit to the Popes Infallibility for if it shall be allowed for any Man to appoint any Member to sit in Parliament and to appoint a Speaker without any liberty of the Subjects the King has a power above the Pope or any Man whatsoever but that Man that now denies the Commons of England to be the greatest interest of the King and Kingdom he is no better than a Cheat and an Enemy to the King and Kingdom as aforesaid which I have now proved according to the Word of God in the Wisdom of Solomon that in the multitude of People is the King's Honour and in the multitude of Counsellors there is safety And as I do acknowledg King William and Queen Mary to be supreme and the High Court of Parliament the multitude of Counsellors for safety the chiefest Counsel of the Nation against the Popes Infallibillity so I do in the first place protest against the Popes Supremacy and whatsoever Holiness there is in the Pope it is a fraudulent invention of his own to pick Peoples Pockets of the●r Mony concerning Indulgences and Absolutions for the Pope undertakes to Absolve any Man of his Sins for a Sum of Mony yea and to renew his Absolution for another Sum so that if a Man has Mony enough he may have all his Sins remitted for such a time but when he has no Mony he may go and be Damn'd for all his Holiness and besides when the Pope is Mad it is not Mony or Submission that shall then obtain a Pardon even as it was in the Bloody Queen Mary's ●eign when a great many suffered Martyrdom for their Religion they promised to save those that woul● c●a●ge their Religion but when they had got them over to their Religion yet notwithstanding they would take them and Burn them saying that they should then Damn both Body and Soul and th●s they counted that they did God Service in killing of Hereticks and accordingly if the Pop● could now have his Will as it is not Mony or Submission that should then obtain a Pardon so he would Execute his Revenge upon all the Protestants in England with the greatest Barbarity he could invent and when the Pope is Mad and cannot Execute his Revenge then he Curseth by Bell Book and Candle which is the last Revenge
unto God Rom. 14.11 12. And of their Extreme Unction which is also against the Word of God 1 Cor. 1.21 1 Joh. 2.20 And of their Prayers for the Dead and Purgatory for after the Soul is separated from the Body it shall remain so till the general Resurrection at which time the Souls and Bodies of all Persons shall be reunited and shall receive according to their Works whether they be Good or Evil Eccles 11.3 latter part And whatsoever false Doctrins and Errors of the Church of Rome I utterly deny And now with all humble Submission to all Protestants in general I hope no Protestant whatsoever will be against me for vindicating the Innocency of the Martyrs in denying the Errors of the Church of Rome For Christ is the Propitiation for the Sins of the whole World so That whosoever believeth in him should not Perish but have Everlasting Life 1 Joh. 2.2 John 3.15 Which implies that there is no Sinner whatsoever Exempted from a Faith in the Merits of Christ and that by a true Faith in the Merits of Christ there is hopes of Salvation for the worst of Sinners but there is no Salvation in the Pope who Exalts himself to be above Christ and so the Pope is indebted to all the Protestants in England upon account of Religion for I know that the Pope is against all the Protestants in England because they are for the Word of God and so I having consider'd that the Word of God being the Foundation of the Christian Religion so that it is that Word that no Man whatsoever can be saved without it because the Word of God is peremptory in it John 3.18 1 John 5.10 Acts 10.43 And it is the Word of God that vindicates the King Matth. 22.21 And it is the Word of God that vindicates a multitude of People and a multitude of Counsellors for the King and Queen's Honour and for the safety of Their Majesties Royal Persons and Government Prov. 14.28 11.14 And thus it is the Word of God by which all the Learned Divines in the Land maintains the Protestant Religion against the Errors of the Church of Rome and as I do acknowledg God Almighty the Wise Creatour and Governour of the World so I am for the Word of God Therefore I humbly acquaint your Honours with a definition of my Religion and accordingly I do acknowledg and confess my self a Protestant and such a Protestant as doth protest against all Erroneous Ways and Principles and consequently I desire to imitate that which is most consistent to the Sacred Verbum Dei and whatsoever is inconsistent or repugnant thereunto I desire to utterly Detest Abjure Abandon and Abhor or thus as I do acknowledg and confess my self such a Protestant as doth Protest against all Erroneous Ways and Principles so I desire to practice and perform all those Duties which are required and commanded in the Sacred Word of God and whatsoever is therein forbidden or not implied as a Duty I desire to utterly Detest Abjure Abandon and Abhor but as a denial of the Popes Infallibility there is Nemo sine Crimine Vivit no Man lives without a Fault so that all Men are guilty in the sight of God and that there is no hopes of Salvation but in and through the Merits of Christ and I being weak frail Flesh and Blood and subject to Infirmities as other Men are so I may say with the Apostle Paul That when I would do Good Evil is present with me Rom. 7.21 For there is Habemus inclinationem ad Malum aversationem ad B●num We have an inclination to that which is Evil and an aversion to that which is Good Rom. 9.16 So then it is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that sheweth Mercy whose Mercy is as far above the Mercy of the Pope as Heaven is above Hell for the Mercy of the Pope is Cruelty but the Mercy of God is full of Clemency Compassion Forbearance and Long-suffering Psal 57.10 For thy Mercy is great unto the Heavens but the Mercy of the Pope is Diabollical but I hope God Almighty will have Mercy upon the King and Queen and al the Protestants in England as to preserve us ●rom the Mercy of the Pope whose Mercy is Cruelty Matth. 7.15 So that the Pope is the Devil's Vicegerent here on Earth who have their False Prop●ets in Sheep's Clothing but inwardly they are Ravening Wolves and thus the Devil Rampant like a Roaring Lion with his Vicegerent goes up and down with their Sheep's Clothing and Ravening Wolves s●●king whom they may devour and thus as the Old Saying is To speak the Truth is to shame the Devil yea and the Pope too but I am for a Veneration to Superiority and so I am for the Protestant Religion to be Esteemed above the Popish Religion or I am for the Tripple Crown to be kept under the Protestants and accordingly those that are now for a Popish King and Governour or a Popish Successor they may go to Rome and there acknowledg the Pope's Supremacy and so pay Homage to the Pope and Kiss his Great Toe and there is no doubt but that the Pope will give them his Benediction and call them i●● good Children but when I am to Kiss the Pope's Great Toe if I could I would bite it off and ●●en afterwards those that have such an Affection for the Pope instead of Kissing his Great Toe they may Kiss his Backside and this is Biteing off the Pope's Great Toe that if the Pope is living in Person he is Dead in Law as to the Government of this Land so that no Papist whatsoever has any ●ight and Title to the Crown of England and accordingly as I do acknowledg King William and Q●een M●ry to be supreme And as the Parl●ament was call'd by the King and Queen and do sit by Their Maj●sties Prerogative so it is not in the power of any one of Their Majesties Subjects whatsoever to c●ll a Parliament to appoint Members to sit in Parliament or to appoint any sitting Member t● be Speaker to the House of Commons and that the King's Honour cannot be alone in any one single ●erson but that it is in a general way in the whole Nation and that it cannot be so much in a few Pe●s●ns as it is in a multitude of People and as the Convention Parliament denied the Pope's Supremacy upon their Coronation of King William and Queen Mary so I am for all the Protestants in England to acknowledg King William and Queen Mary to be supreme so that whatsoever all the Pro●e●tants in England can do for the King and Queen it is not comparable to that inestimable Kindness of the King and Queens Most Excellent Majesties in securing and preserving the Protestant Religion against Popery c. For it is the Providence of God that has brought Their present Maj●sties to the Throne whom God grant long to Reign to preserve this Nation from an Inundation of Popery yea further that Man that is now for a Popish King and Governour or a Popish Successor he is no better then a Sheep's Clothing or an Agen●to the Devil and the Pope and inwardly he is a Popishly Affected Ravening Wolf and accordingly though the Pope may be living in Person he is dead in Law and Gospel too as to the Government of this Land so that no Papist whatsoever has any Right and Title to the Crown of England and thus I am for a Veneration to Superiority as that I am for the Tripple Crown to be kept under the Protestants and for the Protestant Religion to be Esteemed above the Popish Religion so that none of the Protestants in England may live in fear of their Religion Lives and Liberties by the Crafty Machinations and Insinuations of any Ravening Wolf For the end and design of Christ's coming into the World was for the Redemption of Mankind From the Bondage of Corruption into the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God Rom. 8.21 And thus the end and design of Christ's coming into the World was for the advancement of his Kingdom to the downfal of Antichrist that Whore of Babylon the Pope Psal 103.19 For his Kingdom Ruleth over all But the Pope is the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth Rev. 17.5 18.2 19.2 6.10 And so I Conclude according to the Wisdom of Solomon the wisest of Kings as That the King's Honour is Asserted in a multitude of People and not in any one single Person whatsoever and thus I am for Their Majesties Honour that whatsoever the whole Nation can do for King William and Queen Mary who are God's Vicegerents it is not comparable to that inestimable Kindness of the King and Queen's Most Excellent Majesties in redeeming them from Popery c. And this is from him Who Prestrates himself to the Mercy of all Protestants humbly praying that no Protestant whatsoever will now be Offended at him for acknowledging King William and Queen Mary to be Supreme and denying the Pope's Supremacy and the Popish Religion Abel Carew