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A28566 Reflections on a pamphlet stiled, A just and modest vindication of the proceedings of the two last Parliaments, or, A defence of His Majesties late declaration by the author of The address to the freemen and free-holders of the nation. Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699. 1683 (1683) Wing B3459; ESTC R18573 93,346 137

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83._o pag._n 6._o pag._n 7._o declaration_n from_o breda_n april_n 4._o 1660._o ☞_o declaration_n concern_v ecclesiastical_a affair_n octob._n 25._o 1660._o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o there_o be_v some_o seditious_a preacher_n who_o can_v be_v content_a to_o be_v dispense_v with_o for_o their_o full_a obedience_n to_o some_o law_n establish_v without_o reproach_v and_o inveigh_v against_o those_o law_n how_o establish_v soever_o who_o tell_v their_o auditor_n that_o the_o apostle_n mean_v when_o he_o bid_v they_o stand_v to_o their_o liberty_n that_o they_o shall_v stand_v to_o their_o arm_n etc._n etc._n lord_n chancellor_n speech_n may_v 8._o 1661._o address_v to_o the_o freeman_n and_o freeholder_n of_o the_o nation_n part._n 1._o by_o a_o declaration_n publish_v december_n 26._o 1662._o in_o which_o be_v these_o word_n we_o shall_v make_v it_o our_o special_a care_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v without_o invade_v the_o freedom_n of_o parliament_n to_o incline_v they_o to_o make_v such_o a_o act_n etc._n etc._n friday_n feb._n 27._o 1663._o collection_n of_o message_n address_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 6._o ☞_o see_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o address_n to_o the_o freeman_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 7._o the_o declaration_n pag._n 7._o speech_n octob._n 21._o 1680._o pag._n 8._o address_v to_o the_o freeman_n and_o freeholder_n part_v ii_o pag._n 22._o 22._o though_o his_o majesty_n can_v not_o do_v that_o without_o act_v contrary_a to_o his_o own_o judgement_n strengthen_v with_o the_o opinion_n and_o advice_n give_v by_o his_o royal_a grandfather_n king_n james_n of_o bless_a memory_n to_o his_o elder_a son_n price_n henry_n in_o these_o word_n but_o if_o god_n give_v you_o not_o succession_n defraud_n never_o the_o near_a by_o right_n whatsoever_o conceit_n you_o have_v of_o the_o person_n for_o kingdom_n be_v ever_o at_o god_n disposition_n and_o in_o that_o case_n we_o be_v but_o live-rentars_a lie_v no_o more_o in_o the_o king_n nor_o people_n hand_n to_o dispossess_v the_o righteous_a heir_n basil_n doron_n 62._o ult_n ed._n pag._n 8._o speech_n octob._n 26._o 1662._o speech_n dece_n 26._o 1662._o pag._n 8._o pag._n 8._o speech_n mar._n 6_o 1678-9_a pag._n 8._o lord_n chancellor_n speech_n march_v 6._o 167●●_a pag._n 9_o speech_n mar._n 6._o 1678-9_a pag._n 9_o a_o seasonable_a address_n to_o both_o house_n of_o parliament_n pag._n 4._o pag._n 9_o pag._n 10._o pag._n 10._o pag._n 10._o vote_n nou._n 13._o 1680._o pag._n 10._o 10._o 16_o car._n 2._o etc._n etc._n 4._o pag._n 10._o friday_n march_v 25._o 1681._o pag._n 10._o historical_a collect_n of_o the_o four_o last_o parliament_n of_o q._n eliz._n p._n 47._o 13_o car._n 2._o ca._n 5._o pag._n 10._o 10._o by_o the_o bill_n to_o disinherit_v his_o royal_a highness_n pag._n 11._o pag._n 11._o lord_n chancellor_n speech_n may_v 23._o 1678._o the_o word_n be_v these_o the_o influence_n such_o a_o peace_n will_v have_v upon_o our_o affair_n be_v fit_a for_o meditation_n than_o discourse_n therefore_o it_o will_v import_v we_o to_o strengthen_v ourselves_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v find_v a_o cheap_a or_o easy_a thing_n to_o put_v a_o affront_n upon_o we_o we_o dr._n nalson_n observe_v that_o the_o like_a disorder_n have_v the_o same_o effect_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o majesty_n father_n who_o he_o say_v by_o this_o mean_n lose_v the_o opportunity_n of_o be_v able_a to_o support_v his_o friend_n and_o ally_n as_o also_o that_o honour_n and_o terror_n among_o his_o enemy_n abroad_o which_o the_o union_n and_o hearty_a affection_n of_o his_o parliament_n will_v have_v render_v great_a and_o dreadful_a but_o now_o he_o become_v mean_a and_o contemptible_a that_o prince_n who_o have_v not_o power_n o●●●_n his_o own_o subject_n at_o home_n be_v in_o no_o probable_a capacity_n of_o do_v any_o great_a matter_n abroad_o preface_n to_o his_o impartial_a collection_n pag
61._o pag._n 11._o colemans_n long_a letter_n a_o seasonable_a address_n to_o the_o parliament_n pag._n 6_o 7._o pag._n 12._o pag._n 12._o verbae_fw-la strictius_fw-la quam_fw-la fere_n proprietas_fw-la sumenda_fw-la erunt_fw-la si_fw-la id_fw-la necessarium_fw-la erit_fw-la ad_fw-la vitandam_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la absurdltatem_fw-la atsi_fw-la non_fw-la talis_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la sed_fw-la manifesta_fw-la aequitas_fw-la vel_fw-la utilitas_fw-la in_o restrictione_n subsistendum_fw-la erit_fw-la intra_fw-la arctissimos_fw-la terminos_fw-la proprietatus_fw-la nisi_fw-la circumstantia_fw-la aliud_fw-la suadeant_fw-la grot._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o sect_n 12._o pag._n 13._o pag._n 13._o seasonable_a address_n p_o 3_o pag._n 13._o pag._n 13._o april_n 7_o and_o 9_o 1678._o pag._n 14._o pag._n 14._o hist_o col._n of_o the_o four_o last_o parliament_n of_o q_o eliz._n pag._n 15._o proceed_n of_o the_o four_o last_o parliament_n of_o q._n eliz._n p._n 254._o anno_fw-la regni_fw-la 44._o it_o seem_v probable_a to_o i_o that_o this_o question_n be_v then_o first_o resolve_v by_o the_o argument_n bring_v for_o it_o which_o use_v not_o to_o be_v in_o plain_a case_n and_o one_o member_n oppose_v it_o and_o another_o say_v many_o be_v send_v for_o but_o none_o appear_v none_o be_v punish_v coke_n instit_n part_n 4._o of_o the_o proceed_n in_o parliament_n against_o absent_v p._n 38._o 38._o own_a by_o this_o author_n p._n 39_o coke_n instit_n part_n 4._o p._n 24._o debate_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o pag._n 217._o a_o commitment_n of_o this_o house_n be_v always_o in_o nature_n of_o a_o judgement_n and_o the_o party_n not_o bailable_a address_v to_o the_o freeman_n etc._n etc._n part._n 2._o p_o 38._o 4_o edw._n 6._o 18_o jac._n 20_o jac._n 3_o car._n pag._n 16._o pag._n 17._o ibid._n pag._n 17._o ibid._n proceed_n of_o the_o four_o last_v parl._n p._n 47._o pag._n 17._o in_o hoc_fw-la parliamento_fw-la concessa_fw-la suis_fw-la regi_fw-la taxa_fw-la insolita_fw-la &_o incolis_fw-la tricabilis_fw-la &_o valde_fw-la gravis_fw-la wall_n nec_fw-la servarentur_fw-la ejus_fw-la evidentiae_fw-la in_o thesauria_n regius_fw-la ibid._n polid._n virgil._n sunorum_fw-la crebris_fw-la conjurationibus_fw-la vexatus_fw-la jan._n 7._o 1680._o pag._n 18._o pag._n 19_o there_o be_v two_o vote_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n pass_v in_o 1626._o concern_v tonnage_n and_o poundage_n nalson_n preface_n to_o his_o collection_n pag._n 60._o pag._n 19_o pag._n 19_o pag._n 20._o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o pag._n 20._o coke_n instit_n part_n 2._o p._n 44._o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o 27_o ●_o 8._o 31_o ●_o ●_o c._n 13._o 32._o h._n 8._o c._n 14._o 27_o h._n 8._o c_o 24._o pag._n 20._o ibid._n pag._n 21._o pag._n 21._o ibid._n pag._n 22._o pag._n 22._o pag._n 22._o pag._n 22._o pag._n 22._o pag._n 22._o pag._n 22._o pag._n 23._o pag._n 23._o pag._n 23._o pag._n 23._o 23._o suppose_v that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v disarm_v of_o all_o those_o law_n by_o which_o she_o be_v guard_v and_o will_v not_o this_o turn_v a_o national_a church_n into_o nothing_o else_o but_o a_o tolerate_a sect_n or_o party_n will_v it_o not_o take_v away_o all_o appearance_n of_o establishment_n from_o it_o lord_n chancellor_n speech_n april_n 13._o 75._o will_v this_o unite_v we_o in_o one_o affection_n pag._n 24._o pag._n 24._o ibid._n pag._n 25._o pag._n 25._o pag._n 11_o 20._o pag._n 26._o the_o gracious_a speech_n there_o make_v and_o the_o gracious_a declaration_n that_o follow_v be_v so_o much_o of_o a_o piece_n that_o we_o may_v just_o conclude_v the_o same_o person_n to_o have_v be_v the_o author_n of_o both_o pag._n 27._o of_o this_o book_n pag._n 27._o pag._n 6._o pag._n 27._o proceed_n of_o the_o four_o last_v parl._n pag._n 32._o viide_n p._n 178._o ☜_o pag._n 27._o feb._n 24._o 1592._o 35_o eliz._n prerogative_n of_o parliament_n pag._n 56._o feb._n 28._o 1592._o and_o according_o in_o this_o session_n of_o parliament_n be_v the_o sharp_a statute_n make_v against_o the_o dissenter_n which_o be_v design_v to_o have_v be_v repeal_v when_o the_o bill_n of_o repeal_n be_v lose_v in_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n pag._n 27._o pag._n 28._o pag._n 28._o ibid._n pag._n 28._o pag._n 29._o the_o lord_n chancellor_n tell_v the_o parliament_n may_v 1●_n 1662._o that_o they_o have_v well_o provide_v for_o the_o crown_n by_o the_o bill_n of_o the_o mil●●●●_n and_o the_o act_n for_o the_o additional_a revenue_n to_o their_o high_a commendation_n how_o ●●owa●d_n and_o indispose_v soever_o many_o be_v at_o present_a who_o 〈◊〉_d such_o obstruction_n lay_v in_o their_o way_n to_o mutiny_n and_o sedition_n use_v all_o the_o artifice_n they_o can_v to_o persuade_v the_o people_n that_o yo●_n have_v not_o be_v soiretou_o enough_o for_o their_o liberty_n nor_o 〈◊〉_d enough_o for_o their_o pro●●●_n and_o 〈◊〉_d labour_n to_o 〈◊〉_d their_o reverence_n towards_o you_o which_o sure_o be_v 〈◊〉_d more_o due_a to_o any_o 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pag._n 36._o pag._n 36._o ibid._n pag._n 36_o 37_o 38_o 39_o pag._n 40._o pag._n 41._o 41._o 〈…〉_z the_o three_o be_v time_n they_o put_v down_o the_o purveyor_n of_o the_o meat_n for_o the_o maintenance_n 〈…〉_z house_n as_o if_o the_o king_n have_v be_v a_o bankrupt_a and_o give_v order_n that_o without_o ready_a money_n he_o sh●●●_n not_o take_v up_o a_o chicken_n prerogative_n of_o parliament_n p._n 15._o pag._n 41._o trial_n p_o 54._o pag._n 41._o pag._n 42._o ibid._n pag._n 42._o pag._n 43._o ibid._n ibid._n pag._n 44._o there_o have_v not_o be_v a_o week_n since_o venner_n rise_v in_o which_o there_o have_v not_o be_v combination_n and_o conspiracy_n form_v against_o his_o majesty_n person_n and_o against_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n lord_n chancellor_n speech_n may_v 8._o 1661._o pag._n 6._o pag._n 44._o tacitus_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o augustus_n say_v senes_fw-la plerique_fw-la inter_fw-la bella_fw-la civium_fw-la nati_fw-la quotusquisque_fw-la relic_n qui_fw-la rempub._n vidisset_fw-la igitur_fw-la versus_fw-la civitatis_fw-la status_fw-la nihil_fw-la usquam_fw-la pris●i_fw-la &_o integri_fw-la moris_fw-la omnis_fw-la exuta_fw-la aequalitate_fw-la jussa_fw-la principis_fw-la aspectare_fw-la h._n lib._n 1._o in_o which_o passage_n monarchy_n be_v oppose_v to_o the_o ancient_a liberty_n or_o commonwealth_n pag._n 45._o see_v the_o preface_n to_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o address_n to_o the_o freeman_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 19_o pag._n 22._o pag._n 45._o pag._n 46._o declaration_n debate_n p._n 19_o 1._o pag._n 46._o address_v to_o the_o freeman_n p_o 39_o part_n 2._o 2._o speech_n to_o the_o parliament_n feb._n 5._o 1672._o pag._n 35._o pag_n 6._o ibid._n pag._n 47._o 17_o car._n 2._o c._n 1._o pag._n 5._o pag._n 43_o 44_o pag._n 47._o ibid._n college_n trial_n p._n 18._o 25._o pag._n 48._o pag._n 48._o ibid._n red_a reverentiam_fw-la praelato_fw-la &_o obedientiam_fw-la quarum_fw-la altera_fw-la 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