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" I, AB, do declare and believe that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king, and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by... "
The History of Preston, in Lancashire: Together with The Guild Merchant, and ... - Page 28
1822 - 156 pages
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An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland: From the ...

John Curry - Catholic emancipation - 1810 - 732 pages
...AFTER king James's abdication, the parliament of England abolished the declaration, viz.1 " that it was not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms against the king. But this, by some neglect, was still left upon the Irish protestant clergy, under the penalty of forfeiting...
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Neal's History of the Puritans: Or, The Rise, Principles, and Sufferings of ...

Daniel Neal, Edward Parsons - Dissenters, Religious - 1811 - 802 pages
...of the said respective cities, &c. shall take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and " I, A. B do declare and believe, that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the King; and that I do abhor that traiterous position, of taking arms by his authority...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 9

Trials - 1811 - 712 pages
...of the Primitive Christians) ; yet, in the same law which establishes our religion, it is declared, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms, i'co. Besides-that, there is a particular law, declaring the power of the militia to be s>olely in...
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The works of John Locke. To which is added the life of the author ..., Volume 10

John Locke - 1812 - 584 pages
...agreed to ; the next thing was the parts of the declaration; wherein the first was, "I AB do declare, fe that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, " to take up arms against the king." This was liable to great objections ; for it was said, it might introduce a great change of government,...
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...

Thomas Bayly Howell - Trials - 1812 - 782 pages
...there, «here he affirms several things. First, " That the matter of the test itself (viz. that 'tis not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take up arms against the king, and by bis authority, against his person) waj such as nobody could except against ; but the only debate...
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Peerage of England. ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pages
...justices of the peace, and members of parliament, were to take an oath, " That it was not lawful, on any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms against the King; and that they abhorred that traitorous position of taking arms, by his authority, against his person, or those...
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An historical and critical account of the lives and writings of James I. and ...

William Harris - 1814 - 518 pages
...act for the well 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 I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 5

William Harris - 1814 - 404 pages
...of the primitive Christians); yet, in the same law which establishes our religion, it is declared, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms, 8cc. Besides that, there is a particular law, declaring the power of the militia to be solely in the...
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The History of the Puritans, Or Protestant Non-conformists: With ..., Volume 5

Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 508 pages
...penalty to take the following oath, being the same as was required by the five-mile act; 1 AB do declare, that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms against the king: and that Ida abhor that traiterous 'position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against...
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Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of ...

Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1816 - 566 pages
...and treated them as if they had been the worst of malefactors, they offered them the Oxford oath, [ ' That it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms against the king, or any commissioned by him.—And that I will not at any time endeavour any alteration of government,...
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