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The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking…The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking…
The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking up of arms, is justified, Doctor Ferns reply answered, and the case in question more fully resolved / by William Bridge ...The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking up of arms, is justified, Doctor Fernes reply answered, and the case in question more fully resolved / by William Bridge ...
London: printed by T.P. and M.S. for Ben. Allen, 1643
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE READER. › Chapter 5AN INTRODVCTION TO THE READER. › Chapter 5
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CHAP. 5.
IN the tenth Sect. of the Doctors Reply. I find little to hold us long; I had told him in my former Book that the Parliamentary proceedings were an Act of self-preservation, and used the Similitude of a steers man showing that in case he do not his duty, even the very passengers in time of a storm, ⟨p. 43⟩for their own preservation may look to the matter, which doth not imply the unofficing of a Steersman; so in State, where the chief Magistrate neglecteth his duty, &c. The Dr. replies pag. 64. That the Prince is not as the Steersman, but as he that stands above, and commands, to the Starboard or Larboard.
IN the tenth Sect. of the Doctors Reply. I find little to hold us long; I had told him in my former Book that the Parliamentary proceedings were an Act of self-preservation, and used the Similitude of a steeres man shewing that in case hee do not his duty, even the very passengers in time of a storme, ⟨p. 43⟩for their owne preservation may looke to the matter, which doth not implye the unofficing of a Steersman; so in State, where the chiefe Magistrate neglecteth his dutie, &c. The Dr. replies pag. 64. That the Prince is not as the Steersman, but as he that stands above, and commands, to the Starbord or Larbord.
This is to hang upon the word, and let go the sense, for