The History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Restoration (1603-1660) |
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... assembly , told James that he was but " God's silly vassal , " and in Christ's kingdom neither king nor head nor lord , but only a member . James abhorred both positions . For him the true relation between Church and State was that ...
... assembly , told James that he was but " God's silly vassal , " and in Christ's kingdom neither king nor head nor lord , but only a member . James abhorred both positions . For him the true relation between Church and State was that ...
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... assembly , call them to arms and seize the Lady Elizabeth . This once accomplished , and the news from London known , it was hoped that the catholics throughout the kingdom would hasten to join their deliverers . In order to gain help ...
... assembly , call them to arms and seize the Lady Elizabeth . This once accomplished , and the news from London known , it was hoped that the catholics throughout the kingdom would hasten to join their deliverers . In order to gain help ...
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... assemblies . James had no inten- tion of abusing his authority . In spite of much arrogance and pedantry he often yielded points of real consequence . On one or two subjects , such as the treatment of the Roman catholics and the union ...
... assemblies . James had no inten- tion of abusing his authority . In spite of much arrogance and pedantry he often yielded points of real consequence . On one or two subjects , such as the treatment of the Roman catholics and the union ...
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... assembly should have been held once a year , although the time and place were to be fixed by the king . James after becoming King of England resolved to have no more general assemblies , and therefore prorogued the assembly which should ...
... assembly should have been held once a year , although the time and place were to be fixed by the king . James after becoming King of England resolved to have no more general assemblies , and therefore prorogued the assembly which should ...
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... assembly to meet till 1610 . In the meantime the king was free to carry out the restora- tion of episcopacy and perfect his own control over the Kirk . The parliament of 1606 gave him power to endow the bishops with Church lands in the ...
... assembly to meet till 1610 . In the meantime the king was free to carry out the restora- tion of episcopacy and perfect his own control over the Kirk . The parliament of 1606 gave him power to endow the bishops with Church lands in the ...
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Page 261 - May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your Majesty's pardon, that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your Majesty is pleased to demand of me.
Page 479 - that according to the ancient and fundamental laws of this Kingdom, the government is, and ought to be, by King, Lords, and Commons.
Page 11 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the devil. Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council, and all our proceedings ; then Will shall stand up and say, It must be thus ; then Dick shall reply, Nay, marry, but we will have it thus.
Page 350 - And truly I desire their Liberty and Freedom, as much as any Body whomsoever ; but I must tell you, That their Liberty and Freedom consists in having of Government, those Laws by which their Life and their Goods may be most their own. It is not for having share in Government (Sirs) that is nothing pertaining to them. A Subject and a Sovereign are clean different things...
Page 397 - O Sir Henry Vane, Sir Henry Vane, the Lord deliver me from Sir Henry Vane.
Page 261 - since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you that you shall send them unto me as soon as they return hither. But I assure you, on the word of a King, I never did intend any force, but shall proceed against them in a legal and fair way, for I never meant any other.
Page 182 - I pray God bless him to carry it so that the Church may have honour, and the State service and content by it. And now, if the Church will not hold up themselves, under God I can do no more.
Page 105 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 16 - What cause we your poor Commons have to watch over our privileges is manifest in itself to all men. The prerogatives of princes may easily and do daily grow; the privileges of the subject are for the most part at an everlasting stand.
Page 236 - Whitlocke", with his usual candour, never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.