Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	king_n	law_n	levy_v	3,963	5	11.2983	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81540	A discovery of the iuglings and deceitfull impostures of a scandalous libell against the Parliament. Published in the forme of a petition to the Houses of Parliament, in the name of the inhabitants of London and Westminster, and inhabitants of Southwarke, pretended to be distressed in point of conscience. Hereunto is added the said petition, in the name of the inhabitants of London and Westminster, &c. Together with a free, cleare and conscientious answer in way of petition, to the foresaid scandalous pamphlet.		1643 (1643)	Wing D1657; Thomason E247_8; ESTC R206810	9,439	7

subject And they have also power to provide and prepare for the Kings royall assent further Lawes profitable for the Kingdome And he that resists these powers of Parliament though it be the King himselfe or by colour of his command resists the powers ordained of God and the ordinance of God See the vindicatiof Psal 105.15 lately published and the revindication thereof falsifies the late Protestation and shall receive for it if the word of God be true damnation without repentance For the annoynting of Kings before Christ exhibited it was commanded and used as the annoynting of Priests and Prophets because tipicall of the true annoynted Jesus Christ in his Kingly Priestly and Propheticall offices But now thereis neither rule use or necessity of any such annoynting Christ and his members being the only annoynted of the Lord under the Gospell Romans 13. commands every soule even Kings where they be not the supreame power to be subject to the higher powers so as the King of England is and ought to be subject to the Lawes which are the powers established by the 3 estates for the regulating of all persons and things within the Kingdome not alterable by the Kings power which is subordinate and given him by the Lawes and by them supported and conserved unto him And this Scripture speakes only of powers Legall commands have power in them and are to be subjected unto but illegall commands are the sins and weakenesses of the personall will of the King and are not to be submitted unto and the authour of this Libell hath by chance stumbled upon a reason for it where he saith that that which is evill cannot be the subject of any command nor induce any obligation upon any man by any authority It is certaine that King Charles is Gods Minister while he executes the Lawes which are the immediate issues of the supreame power the 3 estates and so he hath Gods authority but where he proceeds by a deceived and misled will against the Laws he is saith the Lawyer the minister of the Devill a Bracton Minister Diaboli And to fight against such as take up Armes against the Parliament to protect themselves and other offenders against the Lawes and to hinder and obstruct the said lawfull powers and priviledges of Parliament is to fight for God and the powers ordained by him and such as take up Armes against such powers of Parliament though they have the personall commands of the King for it doe fight against Gods authority and against God himselfe Secondly from Calvin and the harmony of reformed Churches concerning Magistracy nothing can be produced in any wise contrary to what I have said and if this Authour had expressed what they say it would have evidently appeared and both their writings and practises cleerely confirme it and the Doctrine of the Church of England cannot be conceived to fight against the Laws and politick Monarchy of England But this deceivers wicked purpose to delude his readers is further expressed by his hiding himselfe in generalls and shunning the cleere directing and convincing light of distinct knowledge Thirdly The law declaratory of Treason is the Statute of 25 E. 3. cap. 2. Which first declares it to be Treason to compasse or imagine the Kings death Secondly To levy war against the King c. The first provides for the Kings safety in his Person and the other for his Kingly power that it be not obstructed by the hand of force and violence And as to rescue the Kings Person out of the hands of enemies or thieves by force of Armes and to fight against them that wickedly captivate and carry him away is not any offence against the first branch of this Statute So to raise Armes and to fight against them that resist and obstruct his most eminent power which is in his Parliament and Laws is not any offence against the latter And they that by wicked counsels seduce the King from the Parliament and from his Lawes and his care of seeing them executed to the danger and dammage of his Kingdome and from his Oath by which he is obliged to both and draw him to adventure his Person in most imminent dangers to protect them in their rebellion against the Law and just punishment thereof by the high Court of Parliament are cleerely Traitors within the first branch of this Statute And they that take up Armes to obstruct and oppose the Lawes and justice of the Kingdome and the due execution thereof are evidently Traitors within the other branch thereof which is meant of the King in his politick capacity b Rex est Nomen officij his legall Kingly authority most eminently exercised and apparent in his high Court of Parliament This latter clause being distinct in sence and meaning from that former concerning his Person And I confidently beleeve every man not wilfully blinded by malice against God and goodnesse will easily grant that the King may be more certaine and assured of safety in White-Hall and of Angellicall protection in the way of his Kingly office and duty then in the hands and power of the Dammees that for their wicked and damned base ends pretend to assist and helpe him in wayes contrary to his office and destructive to his Kingdome and people Fourthly The Earle of Essex in taking up Armes against Queene Elizabeth to remove such from her as he counted his Enemies offended against the said Statute because upon a private quarrell against some Peeres and great Officers neere about the Queenes Person he being a private man without legall authority and contrary to Law took up Armes and raised force to goe to the Queenes Court to the apparent endangering of her royall Person and so it was in Law both an imagining of her death and a levying of War against the Law and her regall power But how impertinently yea malitiously this is applyed to the Parliaments present case is manifest to him that hath but halfe an eye The difference betweene the King and Parliament is no private quarrell the Parliament which is no private person but the highest Court of justice in the Kingdom the representative body of the Kingdome to whom the preservation of the Kingdome and of the peace and safety thereof and of the Lawes doth properly and primarily belong discovering sonnes of Belial wicked men practising to undermine the Parliament and our Laws and liberties by false and scandalous aspersions cast upon the Parliament and lying suggestions against the power of Parliaments and against the proceedings and priviledges thereof whispered into the eares of the King to seduce and draw him away from his Parliament and his affections from his people to improve his Personall illegall commands to resist and frustrate the lawfull proceedings of his Parliament against them to withdraw the great Seale from them and the members of either House of Parliament from their attendance upon the service thereof and to raise a force against the Parliament not only