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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	head_n	king_n	supreme_a	4,443	5	9.1068	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62890	The rebels plea, or, Mr. Baxters judgment concerning the late wars in these particulars : viz. the originall of government, coordinate and legislative power in the two Houses, third estate, force upon the Houses in 1642, principles the Houses went by at the beginning, destructive to monarchy, covenant, reasons for submitting to the late government.	Tomkins, Thomas, 1637?-1675.	1660 (1660)	Wing T1838; ESTC R32811	35,816	50

is required to repeal a law will by this time I hope be a small argument of their partitipation of the Soveraignty sure I am the Monarchs of the East were as much limitted the laws of the Meades and Persians which change not at the pleasure of the King the Scripture mentions even those Princes were sworn to observe the Laws Ahasuerus could not revoke the Decree against the Jews nor Darius though he passionately desired it of his Nobles save Daniel Dan. 6. He that would affirm that to be a mixt Monarchy or that those Nobles or any else were sharers in the Government to say no more would bring a new Doctrine into the world The next Objection is in short this In a Declaration set forth in the Kings name It is acknowledged that the King Lords and Commons make the three Estates and the ballance must hang even between them c. To which I shall briefly say this it were to the purpose if it could be proved that the King Lords and Commons make the three Estates But the truth is the Lords Spiritual Temporal and Commons are the three Estates not to repeat many In the Act of Recognition of Queen Elizabeth We your most loving faithfull and obedient Subjects representing the Three Estates of this Realme which evidently shews the Queen was not esteemed one Anno 8. Eliz. cap. 1. The Clergy being one of the greatest Estates of this Realm it is clear therefore that by the law the Clergy is one estate So when Hen. 5. Funerals were ended The Three Estates did assemble and acknowledge his ●on King For their right of being the thrid Estate unanswerably acknowledged by Parliament it might admit a debate whether any two Estates may conspire to Vote out the third sure if the Commons had been so served Mr. Baxter would have resolved it in the Negative How comes it to passe that that part of Magna Charta which relates to the Clergy should be lesse significant then any other To the Kings Concession to that illegall Bill I onely say this The law takes no notice of an Act but when it is by the assent of the Three Estates nor could the Lay Lords and Commons disoblige the King from his Oath made to the Spiritually there being a particular clause besides the general for securing the Liberty of the Nation In the Coronation Oath for the Rights and Priviledges of the Church nothing but the Church could give them away if yet the Church it self could For it is a thing generally granted that a generall representative cannot cancel Obligations to particular Bodies which truth in any other instance people will acknowledge The House of Commons are the Representative of all the Commons of this Land the City of London hath her Burgesses there If they upon this fancy of involving each ones consent and so doing injury to none should Vote the City paid the money they borrowed of them I believe every one would quickly discover the fallacy of that Plea and explode it as illegall sinfull and rediculous the other case is much harder London is the greatest City the Clergy is one of the greatest Estates in the Nation according to 8. Eliz. cap. 1. London hath some at least that there represent her whereas the Clergy hath not so much as one He saw the impossibility of the Bishops fitting there their Persons and Friends assaulted themselves like to be murthered by the rabble see Bishop Halls Narrative before his last works the Lords making an Order to suppresse the tumults the Commons not concurring but encouraging them the Bils severall times thrown out of the House of Peeres and brought in the same Session contrary to all Order of Parliament considering which I will say onely this Let any man consider in what a condition the Kings Majesty was in then how injurious to himself to one of the greatest Estates of this Realm according to 8. Eliz. that grant was how contrary to Magna harta to the Rights of the Church by Law and his Majesties Oath so much provided for he will easily finde the Kings consent to be extorted and null If I should upon their Protestation against all Acts passed during their forced absence it would not be easily answered Having now shewed the Clergy to make the third Estate which is as much as the King hath been allowed to be of late the main Argument of coordination is thereby removed I will adde but this The Oath of Supremacy asserts the King to be the sole supream Governour and therefore sure the two Houses are not coparceners It is declared in Anno 16. R. 2. c. 5. 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 and to no other And again The Realm of England is an Empire governed by One Supream head and King having the dignity an Royall Estate of the Imperiall Crown of the same 24. H. 8. c. 12. unto whom a Body Politick compact of all sorts and degrees of people in terms and by names of Spiritually and Temporalty been bounden and ought to bear next to God a natural and humble obedience This Body Politick consisting of all sorts and degrees divided into terms and by names of Spiritualty and Temporalty must necessarily be the Parliament there being no other body capable of that appellation and description which here acknowledgeth as such a body it self subject and him Supream The next is a large quotation out of Grotius in Latine that in some cases it is lawfull to resist but they reach not the present Question the first concerns not Supream Magistrates but such things as Sparta had the second none at all the third If the King aliens the Kingdome which sure was not our case fourthly If the King apparently designes the destruction of the whole people I will not wrong the King so much as to endeavour to clear him from that fifthly If there is such a clause c. If the King doth this or that the Subjects are absolved from their Oath produce such a clause and shew how the King broke his Trust Sixth If there is a division of Supremacy and the King encroaches he may beso far resisted I shall make it out the Houses encroached upon him as I have sufficiently evinced the vanity of a coordination In these cases Grotius thinks they who at their entring into society contracted for themselves and posterity intended not to obliege them so far as to dy rather then resist nisi forte cum hoc additamento si resi●ti nequeat nisicum maximâ reip perturbatione aut exitio plurimorum ●●nocentium unlesse by resisting they mightily disturbe the Common wealth or destroy many innocents that being the Parliaments case nothing in Grotius can acquit them from the sin of Rebellion to their Soveraign and the duty of restitution to the Subjects they injured And here are the female and