Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I |
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according Act of Parliament Act of Supremacy aforesaid aliis Angliae appointed Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury authority Bishop of London bishops Canterbury cause Chancery charge church clergy command commission commissioners committed common law court crown declare diocese divers dominions doth duty ecclesiastical election Eliz Elizabeth execution exercise forasmuch full power further enacted give grant hath hereafter Highness honour House of Commons humble imprisonment James judges jurisdiction justices of peace King King's knights lands lawfully letters patents liberty Lord Chancellor Lordship Majesty's matter ment ministers oath offences officers parish penalties person petition pleasure Popish recusant praedicta prerogative prince privilege Privy Council proclamation province of Canterbury punish Queen's Majesty quod realm of England reason reformation refuse reign religion royal sacraments session shire sovereign Speaker spiritual Star-Chamber statute Strype subjects subsidy temporal therein thereof Tudor unto vestrum VIII vobis whatsoever writ
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Page 238 - ... which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the sacraments...
Page 12 - ... [by the authority of the canonical Scriptures or by the first four general councils or any of them, or by any other general council wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of the said canonical...
Page 314 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the King, state and defence of the realm, and of the Church of England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matters of counsel and debate in Parliament...
Page 276 - ... any manner of new manufactures within this realm to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures which others at the time of making such letters patents and grants shall not use, so as also they be not contrary to the law nor mischievous to the State by raising prices of commodities at home, or hurt of trade, or generally inconvenient...
Page 259 - God and the world that our Sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful King of this realm and all other his Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging.
Page 400 - It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do : good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His word ; so it is presumption and high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do, or say that a king cannot do this or that ; but rest in that which is the king's will revealed in his law.
Page 277 - Term of fourteen years or under hereafter to be made of the sole Working or Making of any manner of new Manufactures within this Realm to the true and first Inventor and Inventors of such Manufactures which others at the time of making such Letters Patents and grants shall not use, so as also they be not contrary to the Law nor mischievous to the State by raising prices of commodities at home, or hurt of Trade, or generally inconvenient...
Page 293 - The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth, for kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called gods.
Page 391 - Sir, will you grant and keep, and by your oath confirm to the people of England, the laws and customs to them granted by the kings of England, your lawful and religious predecessors ; and namely, the laws, customs, and franchises' granted to the clergy by the glorious king St. Edward, your predecessor, according to the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel established in this kingdom, and agreeing to the prerogative of the kings thereof, and the ancient customs of this realm* ? King. I grant,...
Page 178 - For every Englishman is intended to be there present, either in person or by procuration and attorneys, of what pre-eminence state, dignity, or quality soever he be, from the prince (be he king or queen) to the lowest person of England. And the consent of the parliament is taken to be every man's consent.