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A93661
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A view of a printed book intituled Observations upon His Majesties late answers and expresses.
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Spelman, John, Sir, 1594-1643.
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1643
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Wing S4941; Thomason E245_22; ESTC R6700
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universality_n or_o body_n collect_v as_o he_o be_v head_n so_o be_v he_o in_o place_n power_n and_o dignity_n above_o the_o body_n politic_a or_o universality_n and_o not_o otherwise_o the_o head_n of_o any_o particular_a but_o as_o he_o be_v a_o part_n of_o that_o universality_n as_o out_o of_o the_o embryo_n say_v fortescue_n arise_v a_o body_n natural_a rule_v by_o one_o head_n even_o so_o of_o a_o multitude_n of_o people_n arise_v a_o kingdom_n which_o be_v a_o body_n mystical_a govern_v by_o one_o man_n as_o by_o its_o head_n as_o then_o in_o the_o natural_a body_n the_o head_n be_v improper_o say_v to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o arm_n or_o of_o the_o leg_n but_o the_o head_n of_o the_o body_n so_o in_o truth_n must_v the_o king_n be_v make_v the_o head_n of_o the_o mystical_a body_n not_o of_o the_o particular_a member_n the_o king_n be_v but_o one_o head_n and_o therefore_o but_o of_o one_o body_n not_o then_o of_o the_o particular_n which_o be_v many_o body_n but_o of_o the_o universal_a one_o body_n there_o be_v a_o politic_a body_n which_o be_v the_o vniversalitas_fw-la angliâ—_z have_v this_o body_n politic_a no_o head_n or_o be_v the_o head_n inferior_a to_o its_o body_n and_o yet_o no_o monster_n the_o observator_fw-la will_v object_v that_o the_o political_a head_n must_v be_v sâ—bservient_n to_o its_o body_n for_o that_o it_o receive_v its_o first_o be_v and_o subsistence_n from_o the_o body_n we_o shall_v hereafter_o prove_v that_o the_o regal_a power_n have_v always_o its_o being_n from_o god_n though_o it_o be_v sometime_o with_o the_o people_n approbation_n and_o as_o the_o political_a head_n have_v its_o subsistence_n with_o the_o body_n and_o must_v be_v destroy_v by_o its_o dissolution_n so_o if_o you_o destroy_v the_o head_n or_o kingly_a power_n you_o destroy_v the_o kingdom_n and_o dissolve_v it_o into_o a_o chaos_n and_o confuse_a multitude_n nec_fw-la populus_fw-la acephatus_n say_v fortescue_n corpus_fw-la vocari_fw-la meretur_fw-la quiaut_fw-fr in_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la capite_fw-la detruâ—cato_fw-la residuum_fw-la non_fw-la corpus_fw-la sed_fw-la truncum_fw-la appellamus_fw-la sic_fw-la in_fw-la politicis_fw-la sine_fw-la capite_fw-la communit_fw-la as_o nullatenus_fw-la corporatur_fw-la but_o admit_v that_o in_o the_o body_n politic_a the_o head_n have_v its_o power_n and_o authority_n derive_v mere_o and_o sole_o out_o of_o the_o politic_a provision_n that_o radical_o and_o habitual_o be_v in_o the_o people_n to_o provide_v for_o its_o own_o safety_n and_o weal_n yet_o i_o can_v see_v how_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o therefore_o the_o regal_a power_n must_v be_v subservient_n and_o subject_n unto_o the_o people_n for_o as_o in_o the_o natural_a body_n the_o heart_n be_v primum_fw-la vivens_fw-la distribute_v blood_n and_o spirit_n unto_o all_o the_o member_n and_o give_v life_n and_o virtue_n unto_o the_o head_n itself_o yet_o must_v that_o and_o the_o whole_a body_n be_v subject_a unto_o the_o 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all_o which_o he_o will_v shift_v off_o by_o his_o misapply_a distinction_n of_o king_n be_v such_o singulis_fw-la but_o not_o universis_fw-la but_o indeed_o a_o king_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o father_n or_o pater_fw-la patriae_fw-la that_o be_v of_o the_o universality_n not_o of_o particular_a person_n and_o elsewhere_o the_o king_n be_v term_v a_o oeconomus_fw-la or_o paâ—eâ—familuis_fw-la which_o with_o no_o congruity_n can_v be_v say_v in_o respect_n of_o particular_n nor_o can_v the_o observator_fw-la satisfy_v any_o man_n consider_v that_o domestical_a government_n be_v the_o very_a image_n and_o model_n of_o sovereignty_n in_o a_o commonweal_n why_o child_n and_o servant_n may_v not_o as_o well_o use_v this_o distinction_n against_o their_o parent_n and_o master_n as_o subject_n against_o their_o sovereign_n for_o may_v it_o not_o be_v object_v though_o the_o father_n in_o relation_n to_o his_o child_n or_o a_o master_n of_o a_o family_n in_o relation_n to_o his_o servant_n be_v singulis_fw-la major_fw-la yet_o universis_fw-la minor_fw-la and_o therefore_o if_o all_o the_o son_n or_o servant_n hold_v together_o they_o may_v command_v their_o father_n or_o master_n or_o turn_v he_o out_o of_o door_n which_o be_v wise_o foresee_v by_o agesilaus_n when_o he_o return_v this_o answer_n to_o a_o citizen_n of_o sparta_n that_o desire_v a_o alteration_n of_o the_o government_n that_o kind_n of_o rule_n which_o a_o man_n will_v disdain_v in_o his_o own_o house_n be_v very_o unfit_a to_o govern_v great_a region_n by_o but_o the_o observator_fw-la will_v object_v that_o the_o relation_n hold_v not_o alike_o betwixt_o king_n and_o subject_n as_o between_o master_n and_o servant_n for_o that_o the_o master_n say_v he_o be_v more_o worthy_a than_o his_o servant_n and_o above_o they_o all_o but_o this_o hold_v not_o in_o relation_n betwixt_o a_o king_n and_o his_o subject_n why_o that_o be_v the_o question_n for_o proof_n whereof_o although_o he_o neither_o do_v or_o can_v allege_v any_o one_o authority_n yet_o to_o prove_v the_o contrary_a that_o the_o people_n neither_o conjunctim_fw-la nor_o divisim_fw-la and_o much_o less_o than_o representative_n be_v more_o worthy_a or_o above_o the_o king_n among_o many_o peruse_v these_o few_o bracton_n l._n 1._o cap._n 8._o omnis_fw-la quidem_fw-la sub_fw-la eo_fw-la rege_fw-la and_o ipse_fw-la sub_fw-la nullo_fw-la nisi_fw-la tantum_fw-la sub_fw-la alone_o deo_fw-la parem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la suo_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la amitteret_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la nam_fw-la par_fw-la in_fw-la parem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la imperium_fw-la iten_fw-la nec_fw-la multò_fw-la fortiùs_fw-la superiorem_fw-la nec_fw-la potentiorem_fw-la habere_fw-la debet_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la esset_fw-la inferior_fw-la sibi_fw-la subditis_fw-la if_o he_o be_v tantum_fw-la sub_fw-la deo_fw-la then_o not_o under_o the_o people_n or_o their_o representative_n 19_o e._n 4._o 6._o if_o all_o the_o people_n in_o england_n will_v make_v a_o war_n yet_o if_o the_o king_n will_v not_o assent_v it_o can_v be_v say_v a_o war_n but_o the_o king_n alone_o may_v make_v siastico_fw-la a_o war_n or_o league_n be_v not_o the_o king_n in_o this_o above_o all_o the_o people_n in_o england_n 24._o h._n 8._o cap._n 12._o where_o by_o divers_a sundry_a old_a authentic_a history_n and_o chronicle_n it_o be_v manifest_o declare_v and_o express_v that_o this_o realm_n of_o england_n be_v a_o empire_n and_o so_o have_v be_v accept_v in_o the_o world_n govern_v by_o one_o supreme_a head_n and_o king_n have_v the_o dignity_n and_o royal_a estate_n of_o the_o imperial_a crown_n of_o the_o same_o unto_o who_o a_o body_n politic_a compact_n of_o all_o sort_n and_o degree_n of_o people_n be_v bind_v and_o owen_n to_o bear_v next_o to_o god_n a_o natural_a and_o humble_a obedience_n etc._n etc._n note_v the_o king_n the_o supreme_a head_n true_a say_v the_o observator_fw-la singulis_fw-la not_o universis_fw-la unto_o who_o a_o body_n politic_a compact_n of_o all_o sort_n be_v bind_v and_o owen_n next_o to_o god_n than_o no_o mediate_a underived_a majesty_n betwixt_o god_n and_o he_o a_o natural_a obedience_n that_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o the_o divine_a law_n not_o only_o by_o the_o paction_n and_o agreement_n of_o politic_a nation_n 25._o â—â—_z 8._o 25._o h._n 8._o this_o your_o grace_n realm_n recognise_v no_o superior_a under_o god_n but_o only_o your_o grace_n by_o realm_n be_v mean_v either_o subject_n divisim_fw-la or_o conjunctiâ—_z if_o divisim_fw-la then_o no_o particular_a be_v subject_a to_o judge_n and_o justice_n nor_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o in_o parliament_n but_o only_o to_o the_o king_n which_o be_v absurd_a if_o conjunctim_fw-la then_o be_v the_o king_n in_o the_o act_n recognize_v major_fw-la universis_fw-la camb._n eliz._n pag._n 39_o the_o queen_n explain_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n that_o she_o claim_v nothing_o thereby_o quam_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la angliae_fw-la jam_fw-la olim_fw-la jure_fw-la spectavit_fw-la scilicet_fw-la se_fw-la sub_fw-la deo_fw-la