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... . . 149. The Doctrine of Fure Divino , never heard of ' till James the Firft's Reign . 150. No Abfolute Paffive Obedience in the Time of the Children of Israel , prov'd by many 1 many Examples of their Re- fifting their Kings . 4.
... . . 149. The Doctrine of Fure Divino , never heard of ' till James the Firft's Reign . 150. No Abfolute Paffive Obedience in the Time of the Children of Israel , prov'd by many 1 many Examples of their Re- fifting their Kings . 4.
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... . . 149. The Doctrine of Fure Divino , never heard of ' till Janes the Firft's Reign . . 150. No Abfolute Paffive Obedience in the Time of the Children of Ifrael , prov'd by many THE JUDGMENT Of Whole KINGDOMS and NATIONS , & C.
... . . 149. The Doctrine of Fure Divino , never heard of ' till Janes the Firft's Reign . . 150. No Abfolute Paffive Obedience in the Time of the Children of Ifrael , prov'd by many THE JUDGMENT Of Whole KINGDOMS and NATIONS , & C.
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... never were a People more provident as to all thefe , than our Predeceffors and Ancestors have been . For as they have left nothing to the King's private Discretion , much lefs to his arbitrary Will , but have affign'd him the Laws as ...
... never were a People more provident as to all thefe , than our Predeceffors and Ancestors have been . For as they have left nothing to the King's private Discretion , much lefs to his arbitrary Will , but have affign'd him the Laws as ...
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... never dire them to do it , nor reprove them for neglecting it ; if they would chufe a King he commanded them to chufe one of their Brethren , ( not one who called himself Father ) and to chufe him by Lot , and caufed the Lot to fall ...
... never dire them to do it , nor reprove them for neglecting it ; if they would chufe a King he commanded them to chufe one of their Brethren , ( not one who called himself Father ) and to chufe him by Lot , and caufed the Lot to fall ...
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... never reign'd , but the People defir'd a King , even against the Will of God ; and tho ' he was proclaim'd King at Mizpah , yet after that he lived a private Life , and looked after his Father's Cattel , ' till he was crea- ted fo the ...
... never reign'd , but the People defir'd a King , even against the Will of God ; and tho ' he was proclaim'd King at Mizpah , yet after that he lived a private Life , and looked after his Father's Cattel , ' till he was crea- ted fo the ...
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Page 19 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises, as their undoubted rights and liberties; and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings, to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises, ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.
Page 19 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 55 - ... insolence and endeavours to get and exercise an arbitrary power over their people, whether oppression or disobedience gave the first rise to the disorder, I leave it to impartial history to determine. This I am sure, whoever, either ruler or subject, by force goes about to invade the rights of either prince or people, and lays the foundation for overturning the constitution and frame of any just government...
Page 16 - Also it was resolved, that the King hath no prerogative but that which the law of the land allows him.
Page 55 - ... guilty of the greatest crime I think a man is capable of, being to answer for all those mischiefs of blood, rapine, and desolation, which the breaking to pieces of governments brings on a country. And he who does it is justly to be esteemed the common enemy and pest of mankind, and is to be treated accordingly.
Page 19 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 4 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations about me.