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A34820 The learned and loyal Abraham Cowley's definition of a tyrant (published by the present Lord Bishop of Rochester) in his discourse concerning the government of Oliver Cromwell. Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667. 1688 (1688) Wing C6670A; ESTC R33502 843 1

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The Learned and Loyal ABRAHAM COWLEY's Definition of a Tyrant Published by the Present Lord Bishop of Rochester IN HIS Discourse concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell I Call him a Tyrant who either Intrudes himself forcibly into the Government of his Fellow-Citizens without any legal Authority over them or who having a just Title to the Government of a People abuses it to the destruction or tormenting of them So that all Tyrants are at the same time Usurpers either of the whole or at least of a part of that Power which they assume to themselves and no less are they to be accounted Rebels since no man can Usurp Authority over others but by Rebelling against them who had it before or at least against those Laws which were his Superiours Several Queries proposed to the Sages of the LAW who have Studied to Advance the Publick equally with if not more than their own private Interest Q. I. WHether the Legislative Power be in the King only as in his Politick Capacity or in the King Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled If in the latter then Q. II. If the King grants a Charter and thereby great Franchises and Priviledges and afterwards the Grantees obtain an Act of Parliament for the Confirmation hereof is this the Grant of the King or of the Parliament If the latter as it seems to be because it is done by the whole and every part of the Legislative Power then Q. III. To whom can these Grantees forfeit this Charter and who shall take Advantage of the Forfeiture If the King then an Act of Parliament may be destroyed without an Act of Parliament If the Parliament only can call them to an Account then Q. IV. Of what Validity is a Iudgment pronounced under a colour of Law in B. R. against a Charter granted by Parliament If it be of any force then the King's Bench is Superiour to the Legislative Power of the Kingdom If not then Q. V. What Reason can be assigned why it is not as safe to Act pursuant to an Act of Parliament notwithstanding a Iudgment entred in the King's Bench as it was to Act against an Act of Parliament before the Iudgment was entered And then Q. VI. Whether they that did the latter were not right down Knaves and whether they that refuse to do the former be not more nice than wise LONDON Printed in the Year 1688.