Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n
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A58931
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A seasonable memento both to King and people upon this critical juncture of affaires
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1680
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Wing S2232; ESTC R10313
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a_o seasonable_a memento_n both_o to_o king_n and_o people_n upon_o this_o critical_a juncture_n of_o affair_n nullo_n modo_fw-la eye_v artibus_fw-la placatur_fw-la divina_fw-la majestas_fw-la quibus_fw-la humana_fw-la dignitas_fw-la inquinatur_fw-la aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la london_n print_v in_o the_o year_n 1680._o a_o seasonable_a memento_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v grow_v into_o a_o custom_n i_o know_v to_o smooth_v the_o way_n for_o the_o gross_a of_o the_o subject_a in_o agitation_n by_o some_o preliminary_a apology_n or_o compliment_n to_o the_o courteous_a reader_n but_o yet_o for_o reason_n best_o know_v to_o myself_o i_o shall_v at_o this_o time_n pass_v over_o the_o ceremonious_a flourish_n of_o a_o introduction_n and_o without_o welt_n or_o guard_n as_o they_o say_v fall_v upon_o my_o province_n which_o be_v to_o make_v out_o that_o neither_o upon_o pretext_n of_o religion_n personal_a vice_n excess_n in_o government_n or_o any_o other_o colour_n whatsoever_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n may_v withdraw_v their_o obedience_n or_o make_v hostile_a resistance_n to_o king_n charles_n our_o present_a sovereign_n be_v by_o right_a of_o inheritance_n just_o possess_v of_o the_o crown_n his_o title_n no_o way_n depend_v either_o upon_o his_o divine_a or_o moral_a virtue_n and_o the_o say_a subject_n have_v receive_v he_o and_o acknowledge_v he_o for_o their_o only_a supreme_a governor_n do_v he_o homage_n and_o swear_v to_o he_o faith_n and_o allegiance_n absolute_o and_o without_o condition_n as_o for_o other_o prince_n and_o potentate_n whether_o elective_a kingdom_n or_o such_o as_o at_o the_o erection_n of_o they_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o first_o king_n upon_o express_a covenant_n and_o only_o with_o a_o conditional_a obedience_n as_o be_v pretend_v by_o those_o of_o arragon_n and_o other_o of_o these_o i_o shall_v not_o here_o discourse_n neither_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o those_o king_n and_o prince_n who_o acknowledge_v in_o spiritual_a matter_n a_o superior_a jurisdiction_n in_o the_o pope_n over_o they_o who_o further_o stickle_v by_o necessary_a relation_n and_o dependency_n of_o the_o temporal_a upon_o the_o spiritual_a to_o have_v also_o a_o temporal_a power_n over_o they_o in_o ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la and_o have_v often_o put_v this_o his_o claim_n in_o practice_n by_o accompany_v his_o spiritual_a censure_n of_o excommunication_n with_o the_o sentence_n of_o discharge_v subject_n of_o their_o obedience_n to_o their_o prince_n and_o so_o consequent_o of_o depose_v they_o herewith_o i_o shall_v not_o meddle_v none_o of_o these_o case_n be_v applicable_a to_o this_o in_o question_n of_o king_n charles_n who_o be_v no_o elective_a king_n but_o hold_v his_o crown_n by_o a_o unquestionable_a title_n of_o succession_n derive_v to_o he_o by_o descent_n from_o his_o ancestor_n for_o the_o space_n of_o more_o than_o six_o hundred_o year_n neither_o be_v there_o ever_o any_o pact_n or_o condition_n with_o he_o or_o any_o of_o his_o progenitour_n of_o forfeiture_n which_o in_o this_o case_n neither_o be_v nor_o ever_o can_v be_v just_o pretend_v true_a it_o be_v that_o his_o ancestor_n and_o himself_o have_v be_v please_v to_o limit_v and_o restrain_v their_o legal_a right_n by_o many_o concession_n and_o law_n in_o some_o case_n as_o the_o make_n of_o law_n without_o consent_n of_o peer_n and_o people_n the_o levy_v of_o money_n etc._n etc._n which_o he_o can_v violate_v without_o great_a injustice_n as_o shall_v be_v after_o show_v but_o no_o such_o pact_n or_o covenant_n can_v be_v produce_v whereby_o upon_o breach_n he_o forfeit_v his_o sovereignty_n or_o make_v it_o justifiable_a for_o his_o subject_n to_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o or_o to_o inflict_v punishment_n upon_o his_o person_n either_o by_o dethrone_v death_n or_o imprisonment_n the_o case_n likewise_o of_o roman_n catholic_n prince_n no_o way_n concern_v he_o who_o acknowledge_v not_o in_o a_o pope_n any_o such_o superior_a authority_n so_o that_o whatsoever_o pretence_n may_v be_v in_o some_o case_n concern_v such_o prince_n as_o i_o have_v above_o specify_v wherein_o i_o shall_v not_o presume_v to_o deliver_v my_o opinion_n yet_o in_o the_o present_a case_n of_o our_o king_n there_o can_v be_v no_o colourable_a pretence_n of_o take_v arm_n against_o he_o or_o of_o depose_v he_o which_o i_o understand_v to_o be_v in_o effect_n when_o he_o be_v divest_v of_o his_o just_a regal_a power_n or_o of_o the_o imprison_v of_o his_o person_n which_o i_o understand_v to_o be_v not_o only_a when_o he_o be_v actual_o in_o bond_n or_o lock_v up_o in_o a_o room_n but_o also_o when_o the_o liberty_n of_o go_v and_o the_o freedom_n of_o speak_v be_v restrain_v to_o such_o place_n or_o person_n as_o other_o shall_v please_v and_o he_o remain_v under_o a_o guard_n not_o of_o his_o own_o choose_n but_o impose_v upon_o he_o by_o other_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n derive_v their_o title_n and_o right_n from_o william_n the_o norman_a who_o although_o he_o come_v in_o by_o conquest_n yet_o his_o successor_n consider_v that_o a_o right_o acquire_v by_o force_n may_v likewise_o be_v recover_v by_o force_n by_o those_o upon_o who_o the_o forcible_a intrusion_n be_v make_v be_v please_v by_o way_n of_o pact_n and_o stipulation_n to_o limit_v and_o qualify_v that_o imperium_fw-la absolutum_fw-la absolute_a dominion_n which_o be_v acquire_v by_o conquest_n and_o the_o people_n of_o england_n thereupon_o do_v submit_v themselves_o to_o his_o government_n and_o thereby_o be_v constitute_v imperium_fw-la legitimum_fw-la a_o just_a and_o rightful_a sovereignty_n the_o king_n remain_v with_o supreme_a power_n and_o the_o people_n with_o common_a right_n whereby_o they_o be_v free_v from_o the_o servitude_n of_o conquest_n and_o remain_v under_o a_o free_a subjection_n whereunto_o they_o have_v by_o their_o voluntary_a consent_n submit_v themselves_o the_o king_n likewise_o do_v recede_v from_o absolute_a and_o arbitrary_a power_n and_o remain_v with_o supreme_a but_o not_o with_o absolute_a empire_n by_o free_a subjection_n i_o understand_v when_o a_o people_n live_v under_o law_n to_o which_o they_o have_v give_v a_o free_a consent_n and_o not_o under_o the_o mere_a will_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o that_o they_o retain_v such_o a_o propriety_n in_o that_o which_o be_v their_o own_o that_o without_o their_o assent_n or_o legal_a forfeiture_n it_o can_v be_v take_v from_o they_o and_o this_o be_v a_o true_a difference_n betwixt_o a_o free_a subject_n and_o a_o slave_n or_o servant_n quicquid_fw-la acquirit_fw-la servus_n acquirit_fw-la domino_fw-la libre_fw-la quod_fw-la acquirit_fw-la acquirit_fw-la sibi_fw-la whatsoever_o a_o slave_n get_v he_o get_v for_o his_o master_n but_o what_o a_o freeman_n get_v be_v for_o himself_o and_o so_o although_o the_o dominion_n of_o all_o belong_v sole_o to_o the_o prince_n yet_o propriety_n refer_v to_o every_o man_n dominium_fw-la totius_fw-la apud_fw-la caesarem_fw-la proprietas_fw-la apud_fw-la singulos_fw-la the_o difference_n that_o i_o understand_v betwixt_o a_o supreme_a and_o a_o absolute_a empire_n be_v that_o in_o absolute_a empire_n the_o rule_n of_o the_o people_n obedience_n be_v only_o the_o sovereign_n will._n so_o it_o be_v in_o turkey_n muscovy_n and_o all_o such_o prince_n as_o retain_v entire_a the_o right_n of_o conquest_n and_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n under_o the_o roman_a emperor_n after_o the_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la be_v establish_v by_o the_o people_n consent_n whereby_o they_o transfer_v their_o entire_a right_n unto_o he_o supreme_a empire_n i_o understand_v to_o be_v when_o a_o king_n have_v a_o supremacy_n and_o sovereignty_n over_o all_o but_o his_o absolute_a power_n be_v limit_v and_o restrain_v by_o reciprocal_a pact_n law_n and_o stipulation_n betwixt_o prince_n and_o people_n which_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n and_o to_o these_o pact_n the_o king_n and_o people_n be_v equal_o bind_v before_o god_n and_o man_n and_o the_o king_n be_v as_o much_o bind_v to_o justice_n to_o the_o protection_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o to_o the_o observance_n of_o the_o law_n not_o only_o out_o of_o religion_n but_o even_o of_o moral_a honesty_n also_o as_o the_o subject_n be_v to_o obedience_n and_o he_o be_v not_o only_o accountable_a to_o god_n but_o even_o his_o people_n have_v certain_a just_a and_o legal_a way_n to_o seek_v redress_n wherein_o he_o shall_v do_v wrong_a notwithstanding_o that_o axiom_n of_o our_o common_a law_n that_o the_o king_n can_v do_v no_o wrong_n which_o be_v false_a in_o many_o sense_n and_o may_v very_o well_o be_v call_v fictio_fw-la juris_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o metaphysical_a fiction_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ne_fw-fr fait_fw-fr tort_fw-fr be_v only_o to_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o justice_n which_o the_o king_n administer_a by_o his_o minister_n and_o not_o in_o person_n it_o be_v they_o that_o be_v the_o wrong-doer_n and_o not_o