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The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…
The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated and argued by Richard Baxter ; who earnestly beseecheth rulers and clergy not to divide and destroy the land and cast their own souls on the dreadful guilt and punishment of national perjury ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1689
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M. But his former Officers are not himself, and if they must resign to new Commissioners, how know they but it is the King's Will?
L. I tell you we must trust those that the King trusteth.
M. Then the question is, whether it shall be in the Power of a Lord Keeper to depose the King, or betray the Kingdom to whom he will, because the King trusteth him with the Seal; Or in the Power of a Parliament to judge whether a Commission be Legal, or whether Laws or Commissions be of greater Authority.
L. There is no end of answering absurd Suppositions: It is not to be supposed that the King will do wrong, or so far trust untrusty Men.
M 1. We must suppose that a Parliament may do wrong. 2. Izaakson and other Historians say, That King John made over his Kingdom to the Pope, and offered it to the Mahometan King of Morocco, to help him against his Lords. 3. Is it not possible that a Queen Mary, or a Charles the Ninth of France might do what they did. 4. Have not many Kings been ruined by trusting Traitors.