| Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1761 - 576 pages
...Ecclefiaftical Promotion, or to be a Governour or Fellow in either of the Univerfities. He muft firft declare, " that it is not lawful, upon any Pretence " whatsoever, to take Arms againft the King; and " that He doth abhor that traiterous PoGtion of taking •" Arms by hjs Authority... | |
| Edmund Calamy, Samuel Palmer - Biographies - 1775 - 642 pages
...this political declaration: “I AB do declare, that it is not law“ml, upon any pretence whatfoever, to take arms againSt the “king; and that I do abhor that traiterous poSition of taking “arms by his authority againSt his perfon, or againSt thoic “that... | |
| Edmund Calamy - Dissenters, Religious - 1802 - 594 pages
...than it was before, by putting upon them a certain oath*, which if they * The oath was this. "I, AB do swear, that it is not lawful, upon " any pretence...take arms against the king: and that I do " abhor INTRODUCTION. 57 they refused, they mtist not come (unless upon the road) within five miles of any... | |
| Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1807 - 730 pages
...the plague in London, an act was passed to oblige the nonconformists to take an oath, " That it was not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king; and that they abhorred the treacherous position of taking arm? against his person, or against those that are... | |
| Walter Wilson - Dissenters, Religious - 1810 - 594 pages
...freedoms with him. The Doctor, indeed, was in his judgment utterly against taking the Oxford oath, viz. " That it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king—and, that we will not, at any time, endeavour any alteration of the government in church or... | |
| Daniel Neal, Edward Parsons - Dissenters, Religious - 1811 - 802 pages
...cities, ice. shall take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and " I, A. B do declare anj believe, that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever...take arms against the King; and that I do abhor that traiterous position, of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are... | |
| Micaiah Towgood - 1811 - 340 pages
...subject) all the clergy of England, are obliged to subscribe and declare tlif corporation-oath, viz. That it is not lawful, upon any " pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the " king." (A position most dangerous as well as false, absolutely subversive of our present happy constitution/... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 510 pages
...governing and regulating of corporations, the following oath was ordained: " I AB do declare and believe, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever,...person, or against those that are commissioned by him: so help me God c ." So ready were these gentlemen to rivet a Sermon before the king; at the end of... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 518 pages
...governing and regulating of corporations, the following oath was ordained: " I AB do declare and believe, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king; and that Ido abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those... | |
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