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	levy_v	statute_n	2,647	5	9.0849	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67467	The life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln written by Izaak Walton ; to which is added, some short tracts or cases of conscience written by the said Bishop.	Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judgment concerning submission to usurpers.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Pax ecclesiae.; Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600. Sermon of Richard Hooker, author of those learned books of Ecclesiastical politie.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judgment in one view for the settlement of the church.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judicium Universitatis Oxoniensis. English.	1678 (1678)	Wing W667; ESTC R8226	137,878	542

he will grant keep and confirm the Laws Customs and Franchises granted to the Clergy by the glorious King S. Edward And that he will grant and preserve unto the Bishops and to the Churches committed to their charge all Canonical Priviledges and due Law and Iustices and that he will protect and defend them as every good King in his Kingdom ought to be Protector and Defender of the Bishops and the Churches under their Government Vide Exact Col. Pag. 290 291. † See Stat. 25 H. 8.20 1 E. 6.2 ‖ See Stat. 39 Eliz. 8. * Stat. 14 E. 3.4 5. 17 E. 3.14 † Stat. 26 H. 8.3 1 Eliz. 4. * Supremam potestatem merum imperium apud nos habet Rex Cambden Whereas by sundry divers old authentick Histories and Chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this Realm of England is an Empire and so hath been accepted in the world governed by one Supream Head and King having the Dignity and Royal Estate of the Imperial Crown of the same Stat. 24 H. 8.12 See also 1 Eliz. 3. † The Lords and Commons do declare That they intend a due and necessary Reformation of the Liturgy of the Church and to take away nothing therein but what shall be evil and justly often five or at least unnecessary burthensom Dec. 9 Apr. 1642. Exact Col. p. 135. * From whence it is most evident That the Rights and Privileges of Parliaments and Liberties of the Kingdom are in the first place to be preserved Answer to Scotish Papers 18 Nov. 1546 pag. 21 † We observe you mention the defence of the King twice from the Covenant yet in both places leave out In the preservation and c. p. 39 46. a main clause without which the other part ought never to be mentioned p. 56. * Heretici nec Deo nec hominibus servant fidem Speciatim hoc addo Calvinistas in hac re deteriores esse quá Lutheranos Num Calviniste nullem servant fidem Iura perjura Lutherani moderationes sunt Becan 5. Manual Controv. 14. n. 4. 6. † Invent Oaeths and Covenants for the Kingdom dispense with them when he pleaseth swear and forsweae as the wind turneth like a godly Presbyter Arraign of Persec in Epist. Ded. * By the Covenant both Houses of Parliament and many thousands of other his Majesties Subjects of England and Ireland stand bound as well as we to hinder the setting up of the Church Government by Bishops in the Kingdom of Scotland And that we as well as they stand bound to endeavour the extirpation thereof in England and Ireland Scots Declaration to the States of the United Provinces 5 Aug 1645. recited in Answer to the Scot's Papers pag. 23 † The old forms of Acts of Parliament were The King willeth provideth ordaineth establisheth granteth c. by the assent of Parliament c. See Statutes till 1 H. 4. After that The King of the assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and at the special instance and request of the Commons of this Realm hath ordained c. See Statutes 1 H. 4. till 1 H. 7. A form of such Petition of the Commons see 1 R. 3. 6. Prayen the Commons in this present Parliament assembled that where c. Please it therefore your Highness by the advice and assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in this your present Parliament assembled and by the Authority of the same to ordain c. No Bill is an Act of Parliament Ordinance or Edict of Law although both the Houses agree unanimously in it till it hath the Royal Assent Ancient Customes pag. 54. Assemblee de ceux troys Estats est appellee un Act de Parliament car sans touts troys n'est ascun Act de Parl. Finch Nomotech sol 21. We admit that no Acts of Parliament are compleat or formally binding without the King's assent H. P. Answer to David Ienkins pag. 6. * which if your Majesty shall be pleased to adorn with your Majesties Royal assent without which it can neither be compleat and perfect nor Stat. 1 Jac. 1. † Stat. 33 H. 3. 21. * Dominus Rex habet ordinariam jurisdictionem dignitatem potestatem super omnes qui in regno suo sunt Ea quae jurisdictionis sunt paecis ad nullum pertinent nisi ad coronam dignitatem Regiam nec à corona sebarari possunt Bracton cited by Stamford lib. 2. cap. 2. * For in our Laws the Clergy Nobility and Commonalty are the three Estates we your said most loving faithful and obedient Subjects viz. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons representing your three Estates of your Realm of England 1 Eliz. 3. the State of the Clergy being one of the greatest States of this Realm 8 Eliz. 1. † See Finch supra ad lit d † The Crown of England hath been so free at all times that it hath been in no earthly subjection but immediately to God in all things touching the Regality of the said Crown 16 R. 2. 5. Omnis sub so est ipsi sub nallo nisi tantum sub Deo Parem autem non habet Rex in Regno suo quia Item nec multo fortius superiorem aut potentiorem habere dibet quia sic esset inferior suis subjectis Bracton conten 1. Rubr. 36. Cui 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 legibus ipsis legum vim imponendi potestatem Deus dedit Finch Nomotech in Epist. Dedic to King Iames. * Fons Iustitiae Bracton By War to intend the alteration of the Laws in any part of them is to levy war against the King and consequently Treason by the Statute of 25 E. 3. because they are the King's Laws He is the Fountain from whence in their several Channels they are derived to the Subject Master Saint Iohn's Speech concerning the Earl of Strafford pag. 12. * Et ibidem vobiscum colloquium habere tractare super dictia negotiis tract vestrumque consilium impensur Writ to the Lords † Every Subject by the duty of his Allegiance is bounden to serve and assist his Prince and Sovereign Lord at all seasons when need shall re quire 11 H. 7. 18. St. 1 El. 1. 1 Cor. 5.1 c. 1 Cor. 11. 28 c. 1 Eliz. * Stat. 23. Eliz. 1. 29 Eliz. 6. 35 El. 1. 2. 3 Iac. 4. 5.

But of these Dr. Sanderson then drew up for his own satisfaction such a Scheme he call'd it Pax Ecclesia as then gave himself and hath since given others such satisfaction that it still remains to be of great estimation among the most learned He was also chosen Clerk of all the Convocations during that good Kings reign Which I here tell my Reader because I shall hereafter have occasion to mention that Convocation in 1640. the unhappy long Parliament and some debates of the Predestination Points as they have been since charitably handled betwixt him the learned Dr. Hammond and Dr. Pierce the now reverend Dean of Salisbury In the year 1636. his Majesty then in his Progress took a fair occasion to visit Oxford and to take an entertainment for two days for himself and honourable Attendants which the Reader ought to believe was sutable to their dignities But this is mentioned because at the King 's coming thither Dr. Sanderson did attend him and was then the 31 of August created Doctor of Divinity which honour had an addition to it by having many of the Nobility of this Nation then made Doctors and Masters of Art with him Some of whose names shall be recorded and live with his and none shall out-live it First Dr. Curle and Dr. Wren who were then Bishops of Winton and of Norwich and had formerly taken their degrees in Cambridge were with him created Doctors of Divinity in his University So was Merick the Son of the learned Izaak Causabon and Prince Rupert who still lives the then Duke of Lenox Earl of Hereford Earl of Essex of Barkshire and very many others of noble birth too many to be named were then created Masters of Arts. Some years before the unhappy long Parliament this Nation being then happy and in peace though inwardly sick of being well namely in the year 1639. a discontented party of the Scots Church were zealously restless for another Reformation of their Kirk Government and to that end created a new Covenant for the general taking of which they pretended to petition the King for his assent and that he would injoyn the taking of it by all of that Nation but this Petition was not to be presenred to him by a Committee of eight or ten men of their Fraternity but by so many thousands and they so arm'd as seem'd to force an assent to what they seem'd to request so that though forbidden by the King yet they entred England and in their heat of Zeal took and plunder'd New-Castle where the King was forc'd to meet them with an Army but upon a Treaty and some concessions he sent them back though not so rich as they intended yet for that time without blood-shed But oh this Peace and this Covenant were but the forerunners of War and the many miseries that followed For in the year following there were so many chosen into the long Parliament that were of a conjunct Council with these very zealous and as factious Reformes as begot such a confusion by the several desires and designs in many of the Members of that Parliament and at last in the very common people of this Nation that they were so lost by contrary designs fears and confusions as to believe the Scots and their Covenant would restore them to their former tranquillity And to that end the Presbyterian party of this Nation did again in the year 1643. invite the Scotch Covenanters back into England and hither they came marching with it gloriously upon their Pikes and in their Hats with this Motto For the Crown and Covenant of both Kingdoms This I saw and suffer'd by it But when I look back upon the ruine of Families the bloodshed the decay of common honesty and how the former piety and plain dealing of this now sinful Nation is turned into cruelty and cunning I praise God that he prevented me from being of that party which help'd to bring in this Covenant and those sad Confusions that have follow'd it And I have been the bolder to say this of my self because in a sad discourse with Dr. Sanderson I heard him make the like grateful acknowledgement This digression is intended for the better information of the Reader in what will follow concerning Dr. Sanderson And first That the Covenanters of this Nation and their party in Parliament made many Exceptions against the Common Prayer and Ceremonies of the Church and seem'd restless for a Reformation And though their desires seem'd not reasonable to the King and the learned Dr. Laud then Archbishop of Canterbury yet to quiet their Consciences and prevent future confusion they did in the year 1641. desire Dr. Sanderson to call two more of the Convocation to advise with him and that he would then draw up some such safe alterations as he thought fit in the Service Book and abate some of the Ceremonies that were least material for satisfying their consciences and to this end they did meet together privately twice a week at the Dean of Westminster's House for the space of 3 months or more But not long after that time when Dr. Sanderson had made the Reformation ready for a view the Church and State were both fall'n into such a confusion that Dr. Sanderson's Model for Reformation became then useless Nevertheless his Reputation was such that he was in the year 1642. propos'd by both Houses of Parliament to the King then in Oxford to be one of their Trustees for the settling of Church affairs and was allowed of by the King to be so but that Treaty came to nothing In the year 1643. the 2 Houses of Parliament took upon them to make an Ordinance and call an Assembly of Divines to debate and settle some Church controversies of which many were very unfit to judges in which Dr. Sanderson was also named but did not appear I suppose for the same reason that many other worthy and learned men did forbear the Summons wanting the King's Authority And here I must look back and tell the Reader that in the year 1642. he was Iuly 21. named by a more undoubted Authority to a more noble imployment which was to be Professor Regius of Divinity in Oxford but though knowledge be said to puff up yet his modesty and too mean an opinion of his great Abilities and some other real or pretended reasons exprest in his Speech when he first appeared in the Chair and since printed kept him from entring into it till Octobor 1646. He did for about a years time continue to read his matchless Lectures which were first de Iuramento a Point very difficult and at that time very dangerous to be handled as it ought to be But this learned man as he was eminently furnished with Abilities to satisfie the consciences of men upon that important Subject so he wanted not courage to assert the true obligation of Oaths in a degenerate Age when men had made perjury a main part of their Religion How much the learned world

or may hereafter concern us namely That in his last sad Sermon on the Scaffold at his death he having freely pardoned all his Enemies and humbly begg'd of God to Pardon them and besought those present to pardon and pray for him yet he seem'd to accuse the Magistrates of the City for suffering a sort of wretched people that could not known why he was condemned to go visibly up and down to gather hands to a Petition That the Parliament would hasten his Execution And having declar'd how unjustly he thought himself to be condemned and accus'd for endeavouring to bring in Popery for that was one of the Accusations for which he died he declar'd with sadness That the several Sects and Divisions then in England which he had laboured to prevent were like to bring the Pope a far greater harvest than he could ever have expected without them And said these Sects and Divisions introduce prophaneness under the cloak of an imaginary Religion and that we have lost the substance of Religion by changing it into Opinion and that by these means this Church which all the Iesuits machinations could not ruine was fall'n into apparent danger by those which were his Accusers To this purpose he spoke at his death for this more of which the Reader may view his last sad Sermon on the Scaffold And 't is here mentioned because his dear Friend Dr. Sanderson seems to demonstrate the same in his two large and remarkable Prefaces before his two Volumes of Sermons and seems also with much sorrow to say the same again in his last Will made when he apprehended himself to be very near his death And these Covenanters ought to take notice of it and to remember that by the late wicked War began by them Dr. Sanderson was ejected out of the Professors Chair in Oxford and that if he had continued in it for he lived 14 years after both the Learned of this and other Nations had been made happy by many remarkable Cases of Conscience so rationally stated and so briefly so clearly and so convincingly determin'd that Posterity might have joyed and boasted that Dr. Sanderson was born in this Nation for the ease and benefit of all the Learned that shall be born after him But this benefit is so like time past that they are both irrecoverably lost I should now return to Boothby Pannel where we left Dr. Hammond and Dr. Sanderson together but neither can be found there For the first was in his Journey to London and the second seiz'd upon the day after his Friends departure and carried Prisoner to Lincoln then a Garison of the Parliaments For the pretended reason of which Commitment I shall give this following account There was one Mr. Clarke the Minister of Alington a Town not many miles from Boothby Pannel who was an active man for the Parliament and Covenant one that when Belvoire Castle then a Garison for the Parliament was taken by a party of the King's Soldiers was taken in it made a Prisoner of War in Newark then a Garison of the Kings a man so active and useful for his party that they became so much concern'd for his inlargement that the Committee of Lincoln sent a Troop of Horse to seize and bring Dr. Sanderson a Prisoner to that Garison and they did so And there he had the happiness to meet with many that knew him so well as to treat him kindly but told him He must continue their Prisoner till he should purchase his own inlargement by procuring an Exchange for Mr. Clarke then Prisoner in the King's Garison of Newark There were many Reasons given by the Doctor of the Injustice of his Imprisonment and the Inequality of the Exchange but all were uneffectual For done it must be or he continue a Prisoner And in time done it was upon the following Conditions First that Dr. Sanderson and Mr. Clarke being Exchanged should live undisturb'd at their own Parishes and of either were injur'd by the Soldiers of the contrary party the other having notice of it should procure him a Redress by having satisfaction made for his loss or for any other injury or if not he to be us'd in the same kind by the other party Nevertheless Dr. Sanderson could neither live safe nor quietly being several times plundered and once wounded in three places but he apprehending the remedy might turn to a more intolerable burthen by impatience or complying forbore both and possess'd his Soul in a contented quietness without the least repining But though he could not enjoy the safety he expected by this Exchange yet by his Providence that can bring good out of evil it turn'd so much to his advantage that whereas his Living had been sequestred from the year 1644. and continued to be so till this time of his Imprisonment he by the Articles of War in this Exchange for Mr. Clarke procur'd his Sequestration to be recall'd and by that means injoy'd a poor but contented subsistence for himself wife and children till the happy Restoration of our King and Church In this time of his poor but contented privacy of life his Casuistical learning peaceful moderation and sincerity became so remarkable that there were many that apply'd themselves to him for Resolution in Cases of Conscience some known to him many not some requiring satisfaction by Conference others by Letters so many that his life became almost as restless as their minds yet he denied no man And if it be a truth which holy Mr. Herbert says That all worldly joys seem less when compared with shewing mercy or doing kindnesses then doubtless Dr. Sanderson might have boasted for relieving so many restless and wounded Consciences which as Solomon says are a burthen that none can bear though their fortitude may sustain their other Infirmities and if words cannot express the joy of a Conscience relieved from such restless Agonies then Dr. Sanderson might rejoyce that so many were by him so clearly and conscientiously satisfied for he denied none and would often praise God for that ability and as often for the occasion and that God had inclin'd his heart to do it to the meanest of any of those poor but precious Souls for which his Saviour vouchsafed to be crucified Some of those very many Cases that were resolved by Letters have been preserv'd and printed for the benefit of Posterity as namely 1. Of the Sabbath 2. Marrying with a Recusant 3. Of unlawful Love 4. Of a Military life 5. Of Scandal 6. Of a Bond taken in the King's Name 7. Of the Ingagement 8. Of a rash Vow But many more remain in private hands of which one is of Symony and I wish the World might see it that it might undeceive some Patrons who think they have discharg'd that great and dangerous trust both to God and man if they take no money for a Living though it may be parted with for other ends less justifiable And in this time of his retirement when the

enter into a mutual and solemn League and Covenant wherein we all subscribe and each one of us for himself with our hands lifted up to the most high God do swear I. THat we shall sincerely really and constantly through the Grace of God endeavour in our several places and callings the preservation of the Reformed Religion in the Church of Scotland in Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government against our common Enemies The Reformation of Religion in the Kingdoms of England and Ireland in Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government according to the Word of God and the example of the best Reformed Churches And shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three Kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in Religion Confession of Faith Form of Church Government Directory for Worship and Catechizing That we and our Posterity after us may as Brethren live in Faith and Love and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us II. That we shall in like manner without respect of persons endeavour the extirpation of Popery Prelacy that is Church Government by Archbishops Bishops their Chancellours and Commissaries Deans Deans and Chapters Archdeacons and all other Ecclesiastical Officers depending on that Hierarchy Superstition Heresie Schism Profaneness and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound Doctrine and the power of Godliness lest we partake in other mens sins and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues and that the Lord may be one and his Name one in the three Kingdoms III. We shall with the same sincerity reality and constancy in our several Vocations endeavour with our Estates and Lives mutually to preserve the Rights and Priviledges of the Parliaments and the Liberties of the Kingdoms and to preserve and defend the King's Majesties person and authority in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdoms that the world may bear witness with our Consciences of our Loyalty and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish his Majestie 's just power and greatness IV. We shall also with all faithfulness endeavour the discovery of all such as have been or shall be Incendiaries Malignants or evil Instruments by hindring the Reformation of Religion dividing the King from his people or one of the Kingdoms from another or making any faction or parties amongst the people contrary to this League and Covenant that they may be brought to publick Trial and receive condign punishment as the degree of their offences shall require or deserve or the Supream Judicatories of both Kingdoms respectively or others having power from them for that effect shall judge convenient V. And whereas the happiness of a blessed Peace between these Kingdoms denied in former times to our Progenitours is by the good Providence of God granted unto us and hath been lately concluded and settled by both Parliaments we shall each one of us according to our place and interest endeavour that they may remain conjoyned in a firm Peace and union to all Posterity And that Justice may be done upon the wilfull opposers thereof in manner expressed in the precedent Articles VI. We shall also according to our places and callings in this common cause of Religion Liberty and Peace of the Kingdoms assist and defend all those that enter into this League and Covenant in the maintaining and pursuing thereof and shall not suffer our selves directly or indirectly by whatsoever combination perswasion or terrour to be divided and withdrawn from this blessed Union and Conjunction whether to make defection to the contrary part or to give our selves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause which so much concerneth the glory of God the good of the Kingdoms and the honour of the King but shall all the days of our lives zealously and constantly continue therein against all opposition and promote the same according to our power against all lets and impediments whatsoever and what we are not able our selves to suppress or overcome we shall reveal and make known that it may be timely prevented or removed All which we shall do as in the sight of God And because these Kingdoms are guilty of many sins and provocations against God and his Son Iesus Christ as is too manifest by our present distresses and dangers the fruits thereof We profess and declare before God and the world our unfeigned desire to be humbled for our own sins and for the sins of these Kingdoms especially that we have not as we ought valued the inestimable benefit of the Gospel that we have not laboured for the purity and power thereof and that we have not endeavoured to receive Christ in our hearts nor to walk worthy of him in our lives which are the causes of our sins and transgressions so much abounding amongst us And our true and unfeigned purpose desire and endeavour for our selves and all others under our power and charge both in publick and in private in all duties we owe to God and man to amend our lives and each one to go before another in the example of a real Reformation that the Lord may turn away his wrath and heavy indignation and establish these Churches and Kingdoms in truth and peace And this Covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God the searcher of all hearts with a true intention to perform the same as we shall answer at that great day when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed most humbly beseeching the Lord to strengthen us by his holy Spirit for this end and to bless our desires and proceedings with such success as may be deliverance and safety to his people and encouragement to other Christian Churches groaning under or in danger of the yoke of Antichristian tyranny to joyn in the same or like Association and Covenant to the glory of God the enlargement of the Kingdom of Iesus Christ and the peace and tranquillity of Christian Kingdoms and Commonwealths The Negatie Oath I A. B. do swear from my heart That I will not directly nor indirectly adhere unto or willingly assist the King in this War or in this Cause against the Parliament nor any Forces raised without the consent of the two Houses of Parliament in this Cause or War And I do likewise swear That my coming and submitting my self under the Power and Protection of the Parliament is without any manner of Design whatsoever to the prejudice of the proceedings of this present Parliament and without the direction privity or advice of the King or any of his Council or Officers other than what I have now made known So help me God and the Contents of this Book Reasons why the Vniversity of Oxford cannot submit to the Covenant the Negative Oath the Ordinance concerning Discipline and Directory mentioned in the late Ordinance of Parliament for the Visitation of that place WHereas by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the Visitation and Reformation of the University