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person_n who_o judge_v and_o the_o person_n judge_v and_o it_o be_v still_o the_o king_n who_o judge_v since_o all_o other_o judge_n do_v represent_v he_o and_o derive_v their_o power_n from_o he_o ipse_fw-la se_fw-la prator_fw-la cogere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quia_fw-la triplici_fw-la officio_fw-la fungi_fw-la nequit_fw-la suspectum_fw-la dicentis_fw-la &_o coach_n &_o cogentis_fw-la l._n ille_fw-la aâ—quo_fw-la ff_n ad_fw-la treble_n it_o be_v a_o principle_n in_o all_o law_n that_o jurisdiction_n and_o all_o other_o mandate_n cease_v with_o the_o power_n that_o grant_v it_o and_o therefore_o as_o they_o acknowledge_v that_o a_o king_n can_v be_v cite_v till_o he_o have_v forfeit_v his_o just_a right_n so_o how_o soon_o he_o have_v forfeit_v it_o all_o the_o power_n of_o the_o ordinary_a judge_n in_o the_o nation_n fall_v and_o become_v extinct_a and_o no_o other_o judge_n can_v judge_v he_o because_o no_o other_o judge_n can_v sit_v by_o virtue_n of_o any_o other_o authority_n 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autem_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr donat_fw-la inter_fw-la virum_fw-la &_o vxorem_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o be_v we_o by_o adoption_n do_v positive_o assert_v that_o princeps_fw-la legibus_fw-la solutus_fw-la est_fw-la the_o king_n be_v liable_a to_o no_o law_n l._n princeps_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la for_o though_o he_o be_v liable_a to_o the_o directive_n force_v of_o the_o law_n that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o ought_v to_o be_v govern_v by_o it_o as_o his_o director_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o liable_a to_o the_o co-ercive_a force_n of_o the_o law_n as_o all_o lawyer_n that_o be_v indifferent_a do_v assert_v hâ—rmenopol_n l._n 1._o tit_n 1._o sect._n 48._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o king_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o law_n because_o offend_v against_o they_o he_o be_v not_o punish_v with_fw-mi granswinkell_n cap._n 6._o arnis_fw-la cap._n 4._o francisc._n a_o victoria_fw-la relect._n 3._o numb_a 4._o ziegler_n de_fw-fr
vocat_fw-la ad_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la vid._n l._n 1._o ff_n de_fw-fr grad_v &_o l._n 1._o §_o hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr bonor_n possess_v and_o these_o who_o be_v now_o brother_n to_o the_o present_a king_n have_v be_v son_n to_o the_o former_a and_o therefore_o whatever_o have_v be_v say_v for_o son_n be_v also_o verify_v in_o brother_n as_o for_o instance_n though_o his_o royal_a highness_n be_v only_a brother_n to_o king_n charles_n the_o ii_o yet_o he_o be_v son_n to_o king_n charles_n i._n and_o therefore_o as_o saint_n paul_n say_v if_o a_o son_n then_o one_fw-mi heir_n except_o he_o be_v seclude_v by_o the_o existence_n and_o succession_n of_o one_fw-mi elder_n brother_n that_o this_o gradual_a succession_n be_v found_v on_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n be_v as_o clear_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o 12_o table_n and_o the_o praetorian_a law_n of_o rome_n and_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o monarchy_n either_o old_a or_o new_a we_o will_v find_v that_o wherever_o the_o 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see_v how_o the_o right_a of_o succession_n can_v be_v take_v away_o by_o a_o statute_n for_o that_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o right_n of_o blood_n and_o be_v more_o strong_o found_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n than_o the_o power_n of_o make_v testament_n since_o then_o this_o right_n be_v found_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n and_o of_o nation_n it_o do_v clear_o follow_v that_o no_o parliament_n can_v alter_v the_o same_o by_o their_o municipal_a statute_n as_o our_o act_n of_o parliament_n have_v just_o observe_v for_o clear_v whereof_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o consider_v that_o in_o all_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n which_o be_v subordinat_a to_o one_o another_o the_o inferior_a shall_v obey_v but_o not_o alter_v the_o power_n to_o which_o it_o be_v subordinat_a and_o what_o it_o do_v contrary_a thereto_o be_v null_a and_o void_a and_o thus_o if_o the_o judge_n of_o england_n shall_v publish_v edict_n contrare_fw-la to_o act_n of_o parliament_n or_o if_o a_o justice_n of_o peace_n shall_v ranverse_v a_o decree_n of_o the_o judge_n of_o west-minster_n these_o their_o endeavour_n will_v be_v void_a and_o ineffectual_a but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o by_o the_o same_o principle_n but_o in_o one_fw-mi infinite_o more_o transcendent_a way_n all_o king_n and_o parliament_n be_v subordinat_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n and_o therefore_o no_o act_n of_o parliament_n can_v be_v bind_v to_o overturn_v what_o these_o have_v establish_v this_o as_o to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v clear_a not_o only_o from_o the_o general_n dictate_v of_o religion_n but_o 28_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 7._o the_o parliament_n use_v these_o word_n for_o no_o man_n can_v dispense_v with_o god_n law_n which_o we_o also_o affirm_v and_o think_v and_o as_o to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n they_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v immutable_a from_o the_o principle_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o law_n itself_o confess_v that_o naturalia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la jura_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la peraequè_fw-fr observantur_fw-la divina_fw-la quadam_fw-la providentia_fw-la constituta_fw-la semper_fw-la firma_fw-la atque_fw-la immutabilia_fw-la permanent_a §_o sed_fw-la naturalia_fw-la institut_n de_fw-fr jur._n natural_a &_o §_o singulorum_fw-la de_fw-la rer_n divis_fw-la and_o when_o the_o law_n declare_v that_o a_o supreme_a prince_n be_v free_a from_o the_o obligation_n of_o law_n solutus_fw-la legibus_fw-la which_o be_v the_o high_a power_n that_o a_o parliament_n can_v pretend_v to_o or_o arrive_v at_o yet_o lawyer_n still_o acknowledge_v that_o this_o do_v not_o exeem_v these_o supreme_a power_n from_o be_v liable_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n nature_n and_o nation_n accur_v in_o l._n princeps_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr leg._n clementina_n pasturalis_fw-la de_fw-la rejudicatâ_fw-la bart._n in_o l._n ut_fw-la vim_o de_fw-la justitiâ_fw-la &_o jure_fw-la voet._n de_fw-la statutis_fw-la sect._n 5._o cap._n 1._o nor_o can_v the_o law_n of_o nation_n be_v overturn_v by_o private_a statute_n or_o any_o supreme_a power_n and_o thus_o all_o statute_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o ambassador_n who_o be_v secure_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n be_v confess_v by_o all_o to_o be_v null_a and_o the_o high_a power_n whatsoever_o can_v take_v off_o the_o necessity_n of_o denunce_a watr_n before_o a_o war_n can_v be_v lawful_a and_o lawyer_n observe_v very_o well_o that_o these_o who_o will_v oppose_v the_o common_a dictate_v of_o mankind_n shall_v be_v look_v upon_o as_o enemy_n to_o all_o mankind_n my_o second_o argument_n shall_v be_v that_o the_o king_n &_o parliament_n can_v have_v no_o more_o power_n in_o parliament_n than_o any_o absolute_a monarch_n have_v in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n for_o they_o be_v when_o join_v but_o in_o place_n of_o the_o supreme_a power_n sit_v in_o judgement_n and_o therefore_o they_o can_v in_o law_n do_v what_o any_o other_o supreme_a and_o absolute_a 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