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scripture_n	allege_v	holy_a	word_n	2,182	5	3.9148	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31642	Treason's master-piece, or, A conference held at Whitehall between Oliver, the late usurper, and a committee of the then pretended Parliament who desired him to take upon him the title of King of England ... : wherein many of the leading-men of those times did, by unanswerable arguments, assert and prove monarchy to be the only legal ancient, and necessary form of government in these kingdoms / collected by a faithful hand.; Monarchy asserted to be the best, most ancient and legall form of government	Fiennes, Nathaniel, 1607 or 8-1669.; Whitlocke, Bulstrode, 1605-1675 or 6.	1680 (1680)	Wing C19; ESTC R14983	78,281	128

and respect to the Parliament whose sence in this I may presume to speak that never any persons met their Supream Magistrate with more love duty and honour than the Parliament have met your Highness with in their present and addresses which argument of Love deserves the esteem and force which I doubt not but your Highness will put upon it I am fearful to be too tedious at any time especially at so late an hour and therefore shall speak but short to some things which I remember not to have been mentioned Your Highness was pleased at the last meeting to say that the original Institution of the Title King was by common consent and that the same common consent might institute any other Title and make it as effectual as that of King this must be acknowledged but withal you may be pleased to observe that the Title of King is not only by an original common consent but that consent also proved and confirmed and the Law fitted thereunto and that fitted to the Laws by the experience and industry of many ages and many hundreds of years together whereas any other Title will be only by present common consent without that experience and approbation for that experience which your Highness mentioned to have been of other Titles and the due administration of Justice under them this experience is far short of the other and for the course of Justice we have cause to thank that care which plac'd so Good Judges and Officers over us yet give me leave to say that in private causes between Party and Party and in publick matters in nominal causes it was not easy to find justice to be done by some Jurors and many questions have risen upon the occsion of those new Titles concerning that tender point of good mens satisfaction I think it requires a very great regard from us and I doubt not but those good people will be fully satisfied if they consider the covenants promises and precepts which in the Scriptures are annext to the name of King and although some have alledged that they belong to any chief Magistrate as well as to King yet no man did ever read the Original word translated otherwise than King neither do I find the present Title once mentioned in the holy Text if the present authority be a lawsul authority which I hope none of us will deny surely those good men who are so well principled in godliness will not forget that precept of submission to authority and to be satisfied with that which lawful authority shall ordain Their Rights and Liberties are the same with ours and the Parliament cannot advise any thing for the preservation of the peoples Rights but these good men are included which I hope will be no disatisfaction to them in all the changes which we have seen there hath been a dissatisfaction to some yet still the blessing of God hath gone along through all these changes with those who carried on his interest and the cause being the same the same mercies have been continued and I doubt not but if the intended change or rather restitution be made as I hope it will I doubt not but the same God will continue his blessings to that good old cause wherein we are engaged and that good men receive satisfaction by it Your Highness hath been told that the Title of King is upon the foundation of Law and that a new Title must have a constitution to make the Laws relate unto it and that unto the Laws I shall only add this that a Title by relation is not so certain and safe as a Title upon the old foundation of the Law and that a Title upon a present single constitution as any new Title must be cannot be so firm as a Title both upon the present constitution and upon the old foundation of the Law likewise which the Title of King will be if any inconvenience should ensue upon your acceptance of this Title which the Parliament adviseth your Highness satisfaction will be that they did advise it On the contrary part if inconvenience should arise upon your Highness refusal of this Title which the Parliament hath advised your burden will be the greater And therefore whatsoever may fall out will be better answered by your Highness complying with your Parliament than otherwise This question is not altogether new some instances have been given of the like to which I shall add two or three the Titles of the Kings of England in the Realm of Ireland was Lord of Ireland And the Parliament in the 33. year of Hen. 8. reciting that inconveniences did arise there by reason of that Title did enact that Hen. 8. should assume the Stile and Title of King of Ireland which in the Judgement of this Parliament was preferred before the other In the State of Rome new Titles proved fatal to their liberties Their case was not much unlike ours they were wearied with a civil War and coming to a settlement Cuncta discordiis civilibus fessa nomine principis sub imperium accepit some would not admit the Title Rex to be used but were contented to give the Titles of Caesar perpetuus Dictator Princeps Senator Imperator Non sum Rex sed Caesar came at last to this Voluntas Caesaris pro lege habeatur the Northern people wers more happy amongst themselves a private Gentleman of a noble family took up arms with his Countrey-men against a Tyrant and by the blessing of God rescued their native liberties and rights of their Country from the oppression of that Tyrant This Gentleman had the Title of Marshall given unto him which continued for some years Afterwards their Parliament judging it best to resume the old Title elected this Gentleman to be their King and with him was brought in the liberty of Protestant Religion and the establishment of the civil rights of that people which have continued in a prosperous condition ever since unto this day Sir I shall make no other application but in my prayers to God to direct your Highness and the Parliament as I hope he will to do that which will be most for his honour and the good of his people The Lord Protectors Speech April 26. 1657. I Have as well as I could considered the Arguments used by you the other day to inforce the conclusion that refers to the name and Title that was the Subject matter of the debates and conferences that have been between us I shall not now spend your time nor my own much in ●●●●ating those Arguments and in giving answers to them although indeed I think they are but the same that they were formerly only there were some additional inforcements of those arguments by new instances I think truely after the rate of Debate I may spend your time which I know is very precious and unless I were a satisfied person the time would spinne out and be very unprofitable spent so it would I onely must say a word or two