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…

2. Neither do we whet our weapons at the old forge, for I suppose the Doctor will say, that Aquinas his forge, is of the oldest frame, and he speaketh directly contrary to us, thus, as soon as ever any is denounced excommunicate for Apostasy from the ¹faith, his Subjects are ipso facto, absolved from his dominion, and the Oath of Allegiance, whereby they were bound to him.

2. Neither doe we whet our weapons at the old forge, for I suppose the Doctor will say, that Aquinas his forge, is of the oldest frame, and he speaketh directly contrary to us, thus, as soon as ever any is denounced excommunicate for Apostacie from the ¹faith, his Subjects are ipso facto, absolved from his dominion, and the Oath of Allegeance, whereby they were bound to him.

1. 1It ideo quam rito aliquis per sententiam denimciatur e•communicatus propter aposta•ram a side, ipso facto ejus Subditi absoluti sunt a domnio ejus et juramento fidelitaris quo eitenebantur Tho. Aq. 2. 2. •. 12. a•s. 2.

3. We say, if a shot of our Artillery had fallen on the King (whereas you say we would have found him guilty of his own death,) we say, we would have found you▪ and such as you are guilty thereof, that put him on such designs; As if a man make a fire to preserve himself and his family, and another comes and thrusts a third man into it, we will not fault him that made the fire to preserve his family, but him that thrust ⟨p. 49⟩