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crown_n upon_o the_o heir_n of_o that_o king_n body_n by_o queen_n ann_n and_o in_o the_o 28_o repeal_v that_o act_n and_o entail_v the_o succession_n upon_o the_o heir_n of_o his_o body_n by_o queen_n jane_n mary_n and_o elizabeth_n be_v declare_v illegitimate_a and_o in_o case_n he_o die_v without_o issue_n than_o the_o parliament_n empower_v he_o by_o the_o same_o act_n to_o dispose_v of_o the_o succession_n by_o his_o own_o letter_n patent_n or_o his_o last_o will._n in_o the_o 35th_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o parliament_n grant_v the_o succession_n to_o edward_n and_o for_o want_v of_o heir_n of_o his_o body_n to_o the_o lady_n mary_n and_o the_o heir_n of_o her_o body_n and_o for_o want_v of_o such_o heir_n to_o the_o lady_n elizabeth_n under_o certain_a limitation_n and_o condition_n contain_v in_o that_o act._n from_o hence_o he_o infer_v that_o a_o parliament_n may_v order_v and_o dispose_v of_o the_o succession_n but_o whether_o they_o may_v or_o not_o here_o be_v little_a or_o nothing_o prove_v from_o these_o citation_n first_o under_o the_o ambiguity_n of_o the_o word_n parliament_n he_o will_v have_v this_o thought_n to_o be_v the_o single_a act_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o when_o the_o enact_v authority_n of_o it_o be_v sole_o in_o the_o king_n and_o yet_o he_o say_v express_o that_o henry_n 8._o be_v so_o far_o from_o submit_v to_o parliament_n that_o he_o will_v never_o have_v complemented_a they_o with_o a_o power_n that_o be_v not_o their_o due_n if_o that_o power_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o parliament_n what_o need_v they_o the_o king_n authority_n for_o the_o make_n of_o it_o good_a or_o to_o divest_v themselves_o of_o that_o power_n by_o transfer_v it_o to_o the_o king_n to_o dispose_v of_o the_o reversion_n or_o remainder_n of_o the_o crown_n by_o his_o will_n or_o letter_n patent_n to_o such_o person_n as_o he_o please_v second_o these_o statute_n do_v not_o so_o proper_o transfer_v a_o right_a as_o declare_v and_o notify_v the_o person_n for_o the_o prevention_n of_o dispute_n and_o competition_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o preamble_n to_o that_o of_o the_o 28_o wherefore_o we_o your_o most_o humble_a and_o obedient_a subject_n in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v call_v to_o our_o remembrance_n the_o great_a division_n which_o in_o time_n past_a have_v be_v in_o this_o realm_n by_o reason_n of_o several_a title_n pretend_v to_o the_o imperial_a crown_n of_o this_o realm_n which_o some_o time_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n ensue_v by_o occasion_n of_o ambiguity_n and_o doubt_n than_o not_o so_o perfect_o declare_v but_o that_o man_n may_v upon_o froward_a intent_n expound_v they_o to_o every_o man_n sinister_a appetite_n and_o affection_n and_o posterity_n of_o the_o lawful_a king_n and_o emperor_n of_o this_o realm_n whereof_o have_v ensue_v great_a effusion_n and_o destruction_n of_o man_n
be_v pure_o divine_a which_o opinion_n in_o truth_n need_v not_o any_o other_o support_n than_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n by_o i_o king_n reign_v etc._n etc._n i_o have_v make_v the_o earth_n the_o man_n and_o the_o beast_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o ground_n by_o my_o great_a power_n and_o my_o outstretch_a arm_n and_o have_v give_v it_o to_o who_o it_o seem_v meet_v unto_o i_o jer._n 27._o 5._o that_o which_o we_o now_o call_v kingly_a government_n be_v at_o first_o call_v paternel_n and_o after_o that_o patriarchal_a etc._n etc._n and_o we_o find_v by_o the_o power_n they_o exercise_v as_o life_n and_o death_n war_n and_o peace_n etc._n etc._n that_o their_o paternal_a power_n do_v then_o extend_v to_o all_o the_o act_n of_o our_o regal_a power_n the_o objection_n be_v can_v there_o be_v a_o king_n without_o a_o people_n which_o be_v all_o one_o with_o the_o supposal_n of_o a_o father_n without_o a_o son_n but_o this_o do_v not_o at_o all_o conclude_v that_o adam_n have_v not_o both_o a_o regal_a and_o a_o paternal_a power_n before_o he_o have_v either_o people_n or_o child_n actual_o to_o govern_v and_o exercise_v it_o upon_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n so_o consonant_a also_o to_o the_o method_n of_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n to_o supply_v he_o previous_o with_o all_o needful_a ability_n and_o authority_n for_o the_o discharge_v of_o his_o fatherly_a and_o govern_v office_n the_o whole_a race_n of_o his_o posterity_n lie_v open_a even_o before_o they_o have_v any_o existency_n in_o nature_n to_o the_o omniscience_n of_o god_n with_o who_o there_o be_v no_o past_a or_o future_n but_o all_o thing_n always_o present_a again_o if_o adam_n do_v not_o bring_v his_o authority_n into_o the_o world_n with_o he_o when_o do_v he_o receive_v his_o commission_n or_o if_o he_o have_v none_o at_o all_o how_o can_v he_o justify_v the_o arbitrary_a rule_n he_o exercise_v over_o those_o people_n that_o be_v only_o his_o fellow_n subject_n under_o the_o same_o god_n and_o without_o any_o subordinate_a ruler_n over_o they_o or_o if_o adam_n be_v vest_v with_o a_o right_n of_o exert_v the_o power_n he_o exercise_v how_o come_v our_o author_n imaginary_a multitude_n to_o choose_v a_o governor_n of_o their_o own_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o appointment_n of_o providence_n or_o who_o absolve_v they_o from_o the_o bond_n of_o their_o filial_a and_o primary_n duty_n and_o obedience_n what_o he_o say_v afterward_o of_o conquest_n which_o he_o call_v his_o other_o acquisition_n of_o monarchy_n serve_v only_o for_o a_o occasion_n to_o tell_v we_o that_o our_o last_o norman_a conquest_n be_v little_o more_o than_o a_o composition_n which_o be_v a_o error_n and_o nothing_o at_o all_o to_o the_o point_n here_o in_o hand_n which_o refer_v only_o to_o the_o constitution_n and_o settlement_n of_o the_o government_n as_o now_o it_o stand_v without_o any_o respect_n to_o the_o manner_n of_o acquire_v it_o but_o he_o be_v now_o draw_v to_o a_o conclusion_n char._n if_o now_o at_o last_o say_v he_o popery_n must_v and_o shall_v come_v in_o as_o by_o law_n it_o can_v and_o consequent_o must_v be_v restore_v by_o arbitrary_a power_n if_o a_o new_a monarchy_n than_o a_o new_a conquest_n and_o if_o a_o conquest_n heaven_n forbid_v we_o shall_v be_v subdue_v like_o less_o than_o englishman_n or_o be_v debar_v the_o common_a right_n of_o all_o nation_n which_o be_v to_o resist_v and_o repel_v a_o invader_n if_o we_o can_v fol._n 21._o this_o be_v speak_v upon_o the_o supposition_n of_o a_o popish_a successor_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n who_o he_o call_v a_o invader_n though_o qualify_v with_o a_o legal_a title_n and_o he_o incourage_v violence_n against_o he_o though_o in_o this_o case_n the_o law_n pronounce_v he_o a_o king_n and_o this_o resistance_n to_o be_v make_v like_o englishman_n too_o that_o be_v to_o say_v englishman_n of_o the_o late_a stamp_n so_o that_o there_o go_v no_o more_o i_o perceive_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o a_o lawful_a prince_n but_o to_o say_v that_o he_o either_o be_v or_o will_v be_v this_o or_o thaâ—_n and_o the_o king_n himself_o stand_v in_o as_o much_o danger_n upon_o the_o admittance_n of_o this_o principle_n as_o his_o royal_a brother_n but_o before_o subject_n proceed_v to_o these_o term_n which_o without_o a_o legal_a authority_n be_v criminal_a in_o any_o case_n whatsoever_o malice_n it_o selâ—_n will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o infallible_a certainty_n of_o the_o inconvenience_n whereas_o as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o this_o be_v a_o case_n liable_a to_o many_o disappointment_n the_o prospect_n of_o it_o remote_a the_o expedient_a unwarrantable_a and_o the_o danger_n itself_o at_o last_o not_o so_o mortal_a as_o it_o be_v represent_v he_o support_v his_o presumption_n upon_o this_o ground_n for_o grant_v that_o a_o popish_a king_n must_v do_v whatsoever_o the_o pope_n will_v have_v he_o do_v and_o subject_a his_o people_n to_o the_o tyranny_n as_o well_o as_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n what_o do_v he_o say_v to_o the_o french_a king_n pyramid_n then_o and_o the_o vindication_n of_o himself_o and_o his_o people_n in_o divers_a other_o case_n from_o the_o insult_v of_o rome_n and_o to_o several_a other_o instance_n already_o give_v in_o this_o particular_a char._n but_o to_o sum_n up_o all_o this_o say_v he_o i_o must_v say_v the_o most_o vehement_a disputant_n against_o the_o people_n right_a of_o defend_v themselves_o must_v at_o length_n acknowledge_v thus_o much_o that_o whenever_o a_o papist_n king_n shall_v by_o tyranny_n establish_v the_o pope_n jurisdiction_n in_o england_n undoubted_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o great_a sin_n than_o that_o people_n can_v be_v that_o with_o open_a arm_n oppose_v that_o tyranny_n fol._n 22._o this_o be_v a_o clause_n of_o double_a consolation_n first_o to_o the_o author_n that_o this_o popish_a king_n shall_v be_v damn_v the_o deep_a of_o the_o two_o and_o second_o to_o the_o people_n that_o they_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o devil_n in_o good_a company_n char._n the_o very_a essence_n he_o say_v of_o a_o popish_a successor_n be_v the_o great_a plot_n upon_o england_n since_o the_o creation_n a_o plot_n of_o god_n himself_o to_o scourge_v a_o nation_n and_o make_v three_o kingdom_n miserable_a this_o must_v be_v a_o very_a great_a plot_n if_o it_o be_v the_o great_a plot_n that_o we_o have_v see_v even_o in_o our_o day_n a_o plot_n upon_o our_o law_n and_o it_o subvert_v they_o upon_o the_o church_n and_o it_o destroy_v it_o root_n and_o branch_n upon_o our_o estate_n and_o it_o take_v they_o away_o by_o violence_n upon_o our_o liberty_n and_o it_o enslave_v we_o upon_o our_o life_n and_o it_o be_v make_v death_n to_o do_v our_o duty_n it_o be_v a_o plot_n that_o leave_v we_o no_o other_o choice_n in_o many_o case_n but_o death_n or_o damnation_n if_o i_o have_v ask_v my_o revenue_n say_v the_o late_a king_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sect_n 24._o my_o power_n of_o the_o militia_n or_o any_o one_o of_o my_o kingdom_n it_o have_v be_v no_o wonder_n to_o have_v be_v deny_v in_o those_o thing_n where_o the_o evil_a policy_n of_o man_n forbid_v all_o restitution_n lest_o they_o shall_v confess_v a_o injurious_a usurpation_n but_o to_o deny_v i_o the_o ghostly_a comfort_n of_o chaplain_n seem_v a_o great_a rigour_n and_o barbarity_n than_o be_v ever_o use_v by_o christian_n to_o the_o mean_a prisoner_n and_o great_a malefactor_n who_o though_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o law_n deprive_v of_o worldly_a comfort_n yet_o the_o mercy_n of_o religion_n allow_v they_o the_o benefit_n of_o their_o clergy_n as_o not_o aim_v at_o once_o to_o destroy_v their_o bodyâ—_n and_o to_o damn_v their_o soul_n but_o my_o agony_n must_v not_o be_v relieve_v with_o the_o presence_n of_o any_o one_o good_a angel_n for_o such_o â—account_n a_o learned_a godly_a and_o discreet_a divineâ—_n &_o such_o i_o will_v have_v all_o mine_n to_o be_v they_o that_o envy_v my_o be_v a_o king_n be_v loath_a i_o shall_v be_v a_o christian_n while_o they_o sack_fw-mi to_o deprive_v i_o of_o all_o thing_n else_o they_o be_v aâ—â—aâ—d_v i_o shall_v save_v my_o soul._n have_v the_o author_n of_o the_o character_n hear_v of_o this_o un-christian_a barbarity_n towards_o a_o prince_n of_o the_o most_o exemplary_a goodness_n and_o piety_n one_o of_o they_o that_o ever_o live_v and_o how_o he_o be_v yet_o after_o all_o this_o murder_v on_o a_o scaffold_n in_o the_o name_n and_o under_o the_o pretend_a sovereignty_n of_o the_o people_n of_o england_n how_o have_v he_o then_o the_o hardness_n of_o heart_n to_o set_v up_o that_o regicidal_a principle_n afresh_o and_o to_o pronounce_v the_o government_n of_o a_o popish_a successor_n to_o be_v a_o
great_a plot_n upon_o england_n than_o the_o execrable_a bloodshed_n of_o that_o protestant_a prince_n and_o yet_o he_o carry_v it_o one_o step_n high_o a_o plot_n of_o god_n he_o call_v it_o and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o it_o in_o hell_n and_o most_o heroical_o oppose_v it_o from_o hence_o to_o the_o end_n both_o of_o the_o page_n and_o book_n there_o be_v only_o more_o variety_n of_o flourish_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n my_o pretend_v to_o answer_v this_o discourse_n look_n methinks_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v reply_v upon_o a_o almanac_n for_o several_a year_n to_o come_v it_o run_v altogether_o upon_o phansys_n supposition_n prediction_n etc._n etc._n and_o there_o be_v no_o dis-proving_a of_o a_o prognostication_n nor_o hardly_o any_o reason_n against_o it_o but_o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v calculate_v according_a to_o rule_n of_o art_n and_o wheresoever_o i_o have_v find_v any_o thing_n that_o look_v like_o a_o logical_a connexion_n i_o have_v speak_v to_o those_o passage_n what_o i_o think_v convenient_a but_o for_o the_o rest_n my_o business_n have_v be_v to_o encounter_v the_o drift_n of_o it_o and_o to_o expound_v the_o danger_n of_o these_o present_a jealousy_n by_o refer_v people_n to_o the_o miserable_a effect_n of_o the_o same_o jealousy_n in_o the_o late_a time_n it_o be_v a_o easy_a thing_n for_o people_n to_o foretell_v calamity_n and_o judgement_n of_o their_o own_o contrive_v there_o be_v not_o any_o man_n live_v that_o more_o passionate_o desire_v the_o rip_v up_o of_o this_o damâ—ed_n hellish_a plot_n to_o the_o bottom_n than_o myself_o but_o i_o must_v confess_v withal_o that_o i_o be_o for_o suppress_v the_o malice_n of_o popeâ—y_n as_o well_o as_o the_o name_n and_o utter_o against_o the_o damn_v of_o any_o position_n in_o a_o papist_n that_o i_o practise_v myself_o the_o best_a way_n to_o discover_v a_o jesuit_n be_v by_o his_o principle_n for_o it_o be_v the_o doctrine_n and_o not_o the_o order_n or_o denomination_n that_o create_v the_o danger_n so_o that_o we_o be_v never_o the_o near_o for_o roct_v out_o the_o one_o unless_o we_o purge_v ourselves_o also_o from_o the_o leagen_fw-mi of_o the_o other_o which_o will_v be_v the_o oâ—ly_a safe_a way_n of_o facilitate_v a_o comprehensive_a union_n of_o those_o conscientious_a dissenter_n that_o wish_v well_o to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o government_n and_o in_o order_n to_o this_o discrimination_n i_o shall_v give_v the_o reader_n here_o a_o taste_n of_o the_o harmony_n and_o agreement_n betwixt_o the_o jesuit_n of_o the_o society_n and_o those_o of_o the_o covenant_n that_o be_v to_o say_v such_o other_o jesuit_n as_o under_o the_o cover_n of_o dissent_v protestant_n take_v advantage_n of_o the_o credulity_n and_o weakness_n of_o the_o common_a people_n towards_o the_o work_n of_o distemper_n in_o the_o nation_n popish_a and_o jesuitical_a principle_n dominion_n be_v found_v in_o grace_n say_v the_o romish_a jesuit_n and_o upon_o that_o principle_n depose_v protestant_a prince_n but_o the_o covenant_a jesuit_n be_v even_o with_o he_o and_o upon_o the_o same_o principle_n depose_v popish_a prince_n as_o knox_n and_o those_o of_o the_o congregation_n in_o scotland_n depose_v the_o queen_n regent_n cambden_n '_o s_z eliz._n an._n 1559_o penry_n tell_v the_o lord_n precedent_n of_o wales_n that_o without_o advance_v the_o presbyterian_a discipline_n he_o can_v have_v no_o commission_n to_o rule_v there_o for_o have_v reject_v christ_n he_o be_v but_o the_o lieutenant_n of_o satan_n and_o our_o character_n do_v pretty_a well_o too_o in_o rank_v a_o popish_a prince_n with_o nabuchadnezzar_n fol._n 17._o the_o pope_n may_v deprive_v a_o king_n of_o his_o royal_a dignity_n for_o heresy_n schism_n etc._n etc._n b._n of_o lincoln_n popish_a principle_n pag._n 20._o and_o after_o excommunication_n say_v mariana_n in_o case_n of_o obstinacy_n the_o people_n may_v take_v away_o his_o life_n now_o say_v the_o covenant_a jesuit_n all_o man_n as_o well_o magistrate_n as_o inferior_n aught_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o general_n assembly_n see_v bishop_n bramhal_o pag._n 501._o minister_n say_v buchanan_n de_fw-fr jur._n reg._n page_n 70._o may_v excommunicate_v prince_n and_o when_o they_o have_v cast_v they_o into_o hell_n they_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o live_v any_o long_o upon_o earth_n pius_fw-la quintus_fw-la absolve_v the_o subject_n of_o q._n eliz._n from_o all_o their_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n to_o she_o for_o ever_o and_o now_o say_v knox_n to_o england_n and_o scotland_n if_o prince_n be_v tyrant_n against_o god_n and_o his_o truth_n their_o subject_n be_v free_a from_o their_o oath_n of_o obedience_n and_o our_o jesuitical_a covenanter_n do_v the_o same_o thing_n too_o with_o a_o penalty_n in_o abolish_n the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o allegiance_n and_o set_v up_o their_o covenant_n we_o command_v say_v the_o same_o pius_fw-la quintus_fw-la all_o the_o peer_n 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not_o leave_v the_o town_n till_o he_o have_v all_o their_o name_n that_o refuse_v to_o subscribe_v and_o that_o he_o will_v complain_v on_o it_o to_o his_o master_n it_o will_v be_v endless_a to_o run_v out_o the_o parallel_n at_o length_n so_o far_o as_o this_o argument_n will_v carry_v a_o man_n but_o this_o will_v suffice_v i_o hope_v in_o some_o measure_n for_o a_o caution_n that_o while_o we_o be_v run_v down_o of_o one_o sort_v of_o jesuit_n we_o do_v not_o incorporate_v our_o religion_n with_o another_o the_o end_n character_n declarat_fw-la &_o prot._n of_o lord_n and_o commons_o to_o the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o whole_a world_n octob._n 22._o 1642._o exact_a coll._n pag._n 664._o