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power_n	king_n	law_n	positive_a	3,676	5	11.2679	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14777	A moderate defence of the Oath of Allegiance vvherein the author proueth the said Oath to be most lawful, notwithstanding the Popes breues prohibiting the same; and solueth the chiefest obiections that are vsually made against it; perswading the Catholickes not to resist souerainge authoritie in refusing it. Together with the oration of Sixtus 5. in the Consistory at Rome, vpon the murther of Henrie 3. the French King by a friar. Whereunto also is annexed strange reports or newes from Rome. By William Warmington Catholicke priest, and oblate of the holy congregation of S. Ambrose.	Warmington, William, b. 1555 or 6.; Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590. De Henrici Tertii morte sermo. English.	1612 (1612)	STC 25076; ESTC S119569	134,530	184

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to_o obey_v the_o pope_n prohibition_n of_o this_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n pag._n 44._o a_o boy_n under_o age_n hang_v in_o rome_n pag._n 46._o a_o nephew_n of_o old_a navarre_n the_o canonist_n by_o the_o pope_n commandment_n hang_v in_o haste_n ibid._n card._n mendoza_n deprive_v of_o his_o deanery_n of_o toledo_n by_o force_n pag._n 47._o a_o gentleman_n of_o card._n farnesius_n put_v to_o death_n by_o pope_n clement_n pag._n 8._o 48._o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o overmuch_o devote_a to_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o pope_n pag._n 50._o obedience_n due_a to_o all_o superior_n yet_o be_v their_o power_n contain_v within_o certain_a limit_n pag._n 51._o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a power_n both_o immediate_a from_o god_n both_o distinct_a and_o independent_a of_o each_o other_o pag._n 53._o a_o superior_a yea_o the_o pope_n in_o diverse_a case_n may_v be_v disobey_v without_o sin_n pag._n 57_o the_o breve_n of_o paulus_n 5._o prohibit_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n may_v be_v not_o obey_v without_o sin_n pag._n 59_o many_o evil_n ensue_v upon_o obey_v the_o pope_n in_o this_o case_n of_o the_o oath_n pag._n 60._o a_o commandment_n upon_o error_n of_o wrong_a information_n bind_v not_o pag._n 62._o the_o pope_n bare_a precept_n not_o always_o sufficient_a to_o cause_v man_n to_o hazard_v their_o temporal_a state_n ibid._n case_n not_o doubtful_a but_o manifest_a as_o be_v this_o of_o the_o oath_n need_v no_o solution_n from_o the_o pope_n pag._n 63._o subject_n bind_v to_o obey_v all_o just_a law_n of_o their_o temporal_a prince_n pag._n 64._o the_o law_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n just_a pag._n 65._o the_o king_n majesty_n in_o set_v forth_o this_o oath_n have_v not_o exceed_v his_o limit_n pag._n 66._o all_o lawful_a king_n be_v they_o heathen_n or_o heretic_n be_v to_o be_v obey_v by_o their_o subject_n in_o temporal_n pag._n 68_o that_o the_o pope_n or_o church_n do_v permit_v evil_a prince_n to_o reign_v a_o strange_a phrase_n pag._n 70._o 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be_v

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