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... ment . In the following pages several important acts of parliament will be found at full length . Others are abridged : but those which have tended to improve the laws , or protect persons or property , are given under the title " Rise ...
... ment . In the following pages several important acts of parliament will be found at full length . Others are abridged : but those which have tended to improve the laws , or protect persons or property , are given under the title " Rise ...
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... ment of overseers for the poor , surveying of highways , assessing the land tax and window duties , the viewing of armour , are official duties vested in him as matters of convenience and not of necessity , and which is a mat- ter of ...
... ment of overseers for the poor , surveying of highways , assessing the land tax and window duties , the viewing of armour , are official duties vested in him as matters of convenience and not of necessity , and which is a mat- ter of ...
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... ment of a Welsh gentleman . The prerogative of pre - emption of all things necessary for their court and castles , commonly called purveyance , which belonged to the kings of England at that period , was a source of infinite vexations ...
... ment of a Welsh gentleman . The prerogative of pre - emption of all things necessary for their court and castles , commonly called purveyance , which belonged to the kings of England at that period , was a source of infinite vexations ...
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... ment . 8. By prosecutions in the court of king's bench , for matters and causes cognizable only in parliament ; and by divers other arbitrary and illegal courses . 9. And whereas , of late years , partial , corrupt , and unqualified ...
... ment . 8. By prosecutions in the court of king's bench , for matters and causes cognizable only in parliament ; and by divers other arbitrary and illegal courses . 9. And whereas , of late years , partial , corrupt , and unqualified ...
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... ment ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament . 10. That excessive bail ought not to be required , nor excessive fines imposed , nor cruel nor unusual punishments inflicted . 11. That jurors ought ...
... ment ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament . 10. That excessive bail ought not to be required , nor excessive fines imposed , nor cruel nor unusual punishments inflicted . 11. That jurors ought ...
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Page 46 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 629 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 139 - Do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 326 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for...
Page 139 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 628 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 628 - But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband : and let not the husband put away his wife.
Page 328 - I do declare, that I do not believe, that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 93 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 45 - 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.