 These arguments enforced the lords for the bill to a change of this part of the declaration; so that they agreed the second and third parts of it should run thus, " And I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person,...  The Works of John Locke - Page 226by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | J. P. Kenyon - History - 1986 - 504 pages
...declare 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...person or against those that are commissioned by him, and that I will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England as it is now by law established. And... | |
 | William Cathcart - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 516 pages
...that it wns not lawful, upon any pretense whatsoever, to take arms against the king; and that he did abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person or against those commissioned by him." This act became a law in 1661. No dissenter could take this oath conscientiously.... | |
 | S. A. Lloyd - Philosophy - 2002 - 416 pages
...declare 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...person or against those that are commissioned by him, and that I will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England as it is now by law established. (Kenyon,... | |
 | North American review - 1860 - 620 pages
...lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms against the King," and their abhorrence of " that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those commissioned by him." This bill, and several others equally hostile to the liberty of the subject,... | |
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