the_o king_n be_v to_o destroy_v his_o monarchike_a government_n to_o dethrone_v he_o and_o make_v he_o no_o king_n to_o subject_v he_o to_o his_o people_n and_o make_v they_o his_o master_n or_o at_o least_o colleg_n in_o the_o empire_n summa_fw-la empire_n joannes_n wemius_n pag._n 18._o quo_fw-la casu_fw-la dicerâ—m_fw-la non_fw-la proprie_fw-la esse_fw-la regnum_fw-la sed_fw-la aristocratiam_fw-la vel_fw-la democratiam_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 23._o hoc_fw-la esset_fw-la ex_fw-la rege_fw-la non_fw-la regem_fw-la eum_fw-la facere_fw-la ibid._n p._n 38._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la alicubi_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la rex_fw-la potestatem_fw-la leges_fw-la serendi_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la populi_fw-la in_o comitiis_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la fundamentaliter_fw-la limitato_n propriè_fw-la rex_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la acceptans_fw-la est_fw-la populus_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la rege_fw-la ut_fw-la collega_fw-la regem_fw-la ferens_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 53._o 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require_v &_o command_v all_o his_o good_a subject_n to_o subscribe_v the_o confession_n of_o faith_n former_o sign_v by_o his_o dear_a father_n in_o anno_fw-la 1580._o and_o it_o be_v his_o maj_n will_v that_o this_o be_v insert_v and_o registrat_n in_o the_o book_n of_o assembly_n as_o a_o testimony_n to_o posterity_n not_o only_o of_o the_o sincerity_n of_o his_o intention_n to_o the_o say_v true_a religion_n but_o also_o of_o his_o resolution_n to_o maintain_v and_o defend_v the_o same_o and_o his_o subject_n in_o the_o proâ—ession_n thereof_o proclam_n decemb._n 18._o 1638._o but_o also_o in_o his_o late_a large_a declaration_n ofttimes_o give_v out_o his_o resolution_n to_o live_v and_o die_v in_o the_o reform_a protestant_n religion_n opposite_a to_o all_o popery_n to_o maintain_v his_o establish_a law_n and_o in_o nothing_o to_o permit_v the_o enervate_n of_o they_o yea_o this_o resolution_n of_o the_o king_n be_v so_o peremptor_n &_o public_o avow_v thâ—t_a canterbury_n himself_o dare_v not_o but_o applaud_v thereto_o i_o thereto_o if_o any_o prelate_n will_v labour_v to_o bring_v in_o the_o superstition_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n i_o do_v not_o only_o leave_v he_o to_o god_n judgement_n but_o if_o his_o irreligious_a falsehood_n can_v be_v discover_v also_o to_o shame_n and_o severe_a punishment_n from_o the_o state_n and_o in_o any_o just_a way_n no_o man_n hand_n shall_v be_v soon_o against_o he_o than_o i_o in_o his_o star_n chamber_n speech_n who_o can_v seem_v more_o forward_o than_o he_o for_o the_o great_a equity_n to_o punish_v condign_o all_o who_o will_v but_o mind_n to_o bring_v in_o any_o popery_n in_o this_o isle_n or_o assay_v to_o make_v any_o innovation_n in_o religion_n or_o law_n we_o believe_v indeed_o that_o my_o lord_n canterbury_n do_v but_o juggle_v with_o the_o world_n in_o his_o fair_a ambiguous_a generality_n be_v content_a to_o invegh_o as_o much_o against_o popery_n and_o innovation_n as_o we_o can_v wish_v upon_o 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dependar_n man_n raise_v and_o yet_o maintain_v by_o he_o have_v open_o in_o their_o print_a book_n without_o any_o recantation_n or_o punishment_n to_o this_o day_n spread_v abroad_o in_o all_o the_o king_n dominion_n doctrine_n opposite_a to_o our_o religion_n and_o law_n especial_o the_o most_o point_n of_o the_o gross_a popery_n in_o reason_n all_o our_o bicker_n ought_v to_o be_v here_o alone_o this_o minor_a i_o offer_v to_o instruct_v and_o that_o by_o no_o other_o mid_n than_o the_o testimony_n of_o their_o own_o pen_n if_o i_o do_v so_o to_o the_o full_a satisfaction_n of_o all_o who_o know_v what_o be_v the_o particular_a head_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n and_o what_o the_o tenet_n of_o popery_n â—pposite_a thereto_o what_o be_v the_o law_n stand_v in_o all_o the_o thrâ—e_a dominion_n and_o what_o the_o contrary_a maxim_n of_o the_o turkish_a empire_n wherewith_o matchivelist_n this_o day_n every_o where_o be_v labour_v to_o poison_v the_o ear_n of_o all_o christian_a 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principem_fw-la &_o legem_fw-la legislatoris_fw-la non_fw-la consiliarii_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la vi_fw-la consensus_fw-la &_o consilii_fw-la habiti_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la regius_fw-la legislatoris_fw-la â—i_fw-la obligantem_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 38._o non_fw-la erubescimus_fw-la juristaturum_n reiicere_fw-la opinionem_fw-la qui_fw-la volunt_fw-la in_o monarchiis_fw-la non_fw-la obligare_fw-la legem_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la acceptetur_fw-la cum_fw-la monarcha_fw-la sit_fw-la legislator_n &_o lex_fw-la lata_fw-la qualex_fw-la obliget_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la acceptandam_fw-la cogendi_fw-la sint_fw-la subditi_fw-la post_fw-la legis_fw-la a_o monarchae_fw-la lata_fw-la publicationem_fw-la temporisque_fw-la quoà d_fw-la populi_fw-la notitiam_fw-la pervenat_n sufficientis_fw-la lapsum_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la acceptatione_n publica_fw-la legis_fw-la observatio_fw-la praecisem_fw-la ingeri_fw-la heylyn_n antid_v pag._n 66._o the_o declaration_n of_o his_o majesty_n pleasure_n in_o the_o case_n of_o s._n gregory_n be_v to_o be_v extend_v to_o all_o other_o case_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n it_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n sententia_fw-la principis_fw-la ius_fw-la dubium_fw-la â—eclarans_fw-la ius_fw-la facit_fw-la quoad_fw-la omnes_fw-la item_n quodcunque_fw-la imperator_fw-la per_fw-la epistolam_fw-la constituit_fw-la vel_fw-la cognoscens_fw-la decrevit_fw-la legem_fw-la esse_fw-la constat_fw-la id._n in_o his_o moderate_a answer_n pag._n 29._o only_o these_o command_n of_o the_o king_n be_v to_o be_v refuse_v which_o be_v direct_o against_o scripture_n or_o include_v manifest_a impiety_n he_o learn_v this_o from_o his_o opposite_a the_o lincobishire_n minister_n pag._n 68_o i_o say_v that_o all_o command_n of_o the_o king_n that_o be_v not_o upon_o the_o clear_a and_o immediate_a inference_n without_o all_o profylogismus_fw-la contrary_a to_o a_o clear_a passage_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n or_o to_o a_o evident_a sunbeam_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v precise_o to_o be_v obey_v nor_o be_v it_o enough_o to_o find_v a_o remote_a and_o possible_a inconvenience_n that_o may_v ensue_v 2._o when_o he_o be_v please_v to_o call_v a_o parliament_n it_o be_v his_o due_a right_n by_o his_o letter_n to_o ordain_v such_o baron_n to_o be_v commissioner_n for_o the_o shire_n and_o such_o citizen_n to_o be_v commissioner_n for_o burrowes_n as_o he_o shall_v be_v please_v to_o name_n subjectum_fw-la name_n joannes_n wemius_n pag._n 23._o baronum_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o civium_fw-la ad_fw-la comitia_fw-la delegatos_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la absolute_a à _fw-la baronum_fw-la vel_fw-la civium_fw-la delectu_fw-la pendere_fw-la volumus_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la rex_fw-la quos_fw-la ille_fw-la maxim_n idoneos_fw-la censuerit_fw-la eligendos_fw-la nominare_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la pro_fw-la legibus_fw-la ferendis_fw-la ijsque_fw-la quae_fw-la administrationis_fw-la sunt_fw-la publicae_fw-la statuendis_fw-la comitia_fw-la indictae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la liberum_fw-la denegare_fw-la regi_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la quos_fw-la aestimarit_fw-la prudentissimos_fw-la quibuscum_fw-la deliberet_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_o concilium_fw-la ascâ—scendi_fw-la esset_fw-la ex_fw-la rege_fw-la non_fw-la regem_fw-la eum_fw-la facere_fw-la statuumque_fw-la voluntati_fw-la ad_fw-la regiae_fw-la depressionem_fw-la eminent_a à _fw-la nimis_fw-la subjectum_fw-la 3._o that_o he_o may_v lawful_o exact_v when_o he_o have_v to_o do_v what_o portion_n of_o his_o subject_n good_n he_o think_v meet_v and_o by_o himself_o alone_o may_v make_v such_o law_n for_o exaction_n in_o time_n to_o come_v as_o seem_v to_o he_o best_o solvunt_fw-la best_o joannes_n wemius_n pag._n 19_o omnia_fw-la fatemur_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la sunt_fw-la regis_fw-la esse_fw-la qua_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la paternus_fw-la regni_fw-la dominus_fw-la adeoque_fw-la qua_fw-la postulat_fw-la ipsius_fw-la qua_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la publica_fw-la regni_fw-la conditio_fw-la posse_fw-la regem_fw-la de_fw-la singulorum_fw-la bonis_fw-la disponere_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ubi_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la terrae_fw-la in_o feuda_fw-la concessae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la aliquod_fw-la penes_fw-la se_fw-la dominium_fw-la retinente_fw-la id._n pag._n 17._o licet_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la omnium_fw-la bona_fw-la exigendo_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la leges_fw-la ferendo_fw-la sine_fw-la omnium_fw-la consensu_fw-la statuere_fw-la potest_fw-la montag_n orig_n pag._n 320._o omni_fw-la lege_fw-la divina_fw-la naturali_fw-la vel_fw-la politica_fw-la licite_fw-la semper_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la suis_fw-la subditis_fw-la tributa_fw-la &_o imposuerunt_fw-la &_o licitè_fw-fr quoque_fw-la exegerunt_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la patriae_fw-la &_o reipublicae_fw-la desensionem_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la &_o familiae_fw-la honestam_fw-la procurationem_fw-la hanc_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la accurate_a tuetur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la anglicana_n in_o qua_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la licet_fw-la magis_fw-la gaudere_fw-la &_o soleant_fw-la &_o debeant_fw-la immunitatibus_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o frequentius_fw-la &_o exuberantius_fw-la &_o libentius_fw-la quam_fw-la laici_fw-la decimarum_fw-la decimas_fw-la subsidia_fw-la annatas_fw-la primitias_fw-la solvunt_fw-la 4._o that_o no_o subject_n of_o his_o kingdom_n can_v have_v any_o hereditary_a jurisdiction_n but_o any_o jurisdiction_n that_o either_o any_o of_o the_o nobility_n or_o any_o other_o magistrate_n or_o officer_n possess_v they_o have_v it_o alone_o during_o his_o pleasure_n that_o at_o his_o presence_n the_o power_n of_o all_o other_o must_v cease_v and_o at_o his_o death_n evanish_v and_o be_v quite_o exstinguish_v till_o by_o his_o successor_n by_o new_a gift_n it_o be_v renew_v approbentur_fw-la renew_v joannes_n wemius_n pag._n 136._o cum_fw-la regis_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la regno_fw-la judices_fw-la &_o magistratus_fw-la constituere_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o judicando_fw-la &_o jubendo_fw-la vicarli_fw-la potest_fw-la tex_fw-la jubendi_fw-la judicandique_fw-la jus_o ac_fw-la magistratus_fw-la judicesque_fw-la constituendi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la inferioribus_fw-la concessam_fw-la prout_fw-la regno_fw-la utile_fw-la esse_fw-la visum_fw-la ei_fw-la fuerit_fw-la abutentibus_fw-la auferre_fw-la &_o nulla_fw-la proprie_fw-la est_fw-la sub_fw-la rege_fw-la patrimonialis_fw-la &_o haereditaria_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la rege_fw-la solo_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la propriam_fw-la habente_fw-la aliisque_fw-la quibus_fw-la eam_fw-la non_fw-la that_fw-mi sed_fw-la communicate_v tanquam_fw-la depositam_fw-la accipientibus_fw-la igitur_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la terras_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o jurisdictionem_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la privative_a rex_fw-la alienare_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la rex_fw-la esse_fw-la desinat_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 157._o si_fw-mi judices_fw-la sint_fw-la principum_fw-la vicarii_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la principe_fw-la present_n potestas_fw-la cum_fw-la solius_fw-la absentis_fw-la teneat_fw-la quis_fw-la locum_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la alicubi_fw-la &_o aliquando_fw-la videatur_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la jus_o est_fw-la â—â—dicium_fw-la regium_fw-la volente_fw-la rege_fw-la declarandi_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la ex_fw-la judicam_fw-la ore_fw-la proferatur_fw-la regis_fw-la sententia_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 17._o in_o statuum_fw-la caetu_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la judicantibuâ—_n ipsis_fw-la quam_fw-la assistentibus_fw-la imperium_fw-la exercet_fw-la rex_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la praesente_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la scent_n evanescat_fw-la aboram_fw-la omnium_fw-la jurisdicâ—â—o_fw-la derivata_fw-la ut_fw-la fluviorum_fw-la perditum_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o potestas_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o mare_fw-la discenderint_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 143._o principus_fw-la occasis_fw-la evanescit_fw-la judicum_fw-la omnium_fw-la tam_fw-la ordinariorum_fw-la quam_fw-la delegatorum_fw-la jus_o negari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la tam_fw-la apud_fw-la romanos_fw-la quam_fw-la alios_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o demortuorum_fw-la succederent_fw-la locum_fw-la reges_fw-la quamprimum_fw-la regnorum_fw-la gubernacula_fw-la capesserent_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la judicumque_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la confirmarent_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderetur_fw-la extinctis_fw-la regibus_fw-la nullam_fw-la esse_fw-la inferiorum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la nisi_fw-la successorum_fw-la edicto_fw-la confirmentur_fw-la saltem_fw-la patientia_fw-la tacit_a approbentur_fw-la 5._o that_o scotland_n be_v a_o subdue_a nation_n that_o fergus_n our_o first_o king_n do_v conquer_v we_o by_o the_o sword_n and_o establish_v a_o absolute_a monarchy_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o heir_n give_v to_o we_o 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