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The wounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthened, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By…The vvounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthned, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By…
The wounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthened, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By way of answer to Doctor Fearne. Where the main point is rightly stated, and objections throughly answered for the good of those who are willing not to be deceived. By William Bridge, preacher of Gods Word. It is ordered this 30. day of January, 1642. by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this answer to Dr. Fearne's book be printed. John White. The second edition, corrected and amended. Whereunto are added three sermons of the same author; 1. Of courage, preached to the volunteers. 2. Of stoppage in Gods mercies to England, with their [sic] remedies. 3. A preparation for suffering in these plundering times.The vvounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthned, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By way of answer to Doctor Fearne. Where the main point is rightly stated, and objections throughly answered for the good of those who are willing not to be deceived. By William Bridge, preacher of Gods Word. It is ordered this 30. day of January, 1642. by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this answer to Dr. Fearnes book be printed. John White. The second edition, correced and amended. Whereunto are added three sermons of the same author; 1. Of courage, preached to the voluntiers. 2. Of stoppage in Gods mercies to England, with their [sic] remedies. 3. A preparation for suffering in these plundering times.
London: printed for Benjamin Allen, 1643
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. From the being of a Parliament. As it is a Parliament it is the highest Court of Justice in the Kingdom, therefore hath power to ••nd for by force those that are accused before them that they may come to thei• trial; which power (if I mistake not) inferior Courts have, much more the highest. 'Tis out of doubt agreed on by all that the Parliament hath a power to send a Sergeant at Arms to bring up such an one as is accused before them; and if they have a power to send one Sergeant at Arms▪ then 20. if 20. be accused, then a 100. if there be a 100. accused▪ then a thousand, if there be a thousand accused, then ten thousand▪ if there be ten thousand accused, and so more or less as occasion serves▪ for there is the same reason for two as for one, and for 4. as for 2. and for a 100. as for 20. and for a 1000. as for a 100. and take away this power from the Parliament, and 'tis no longer a Parliament▪ but the King• and his forefathers have by law settled these liberties of Parliament, and therefore according to Laws, they have a power to send for by force those that are accused to be tried before them, which they cannot do unless they raise an army, when the accused are kept from them by an army.
4. From the being of a Parliament. As it is a Parliament it is the highest Court of Justice in the Kingdome, therfore hath power to ••nd for by force those that are accused before them that they may come to thei• triall; which power (if I mistake not) inferiour Courts have, much more the highest. 'Tis out of doubt agreed on by all that the Parliament hath a power to send a Sergeant at Armes to bring up such an one as is accused before them; and if they have a power to send one Sergeant at Arms▪ then 20. if 20. be accused, then a 100. if there be a 100. accused▪ then a thousand, if there be a thousand accused, then tenne thousand▪ if there be tenne thousand accused, and so more or lesse as occasion serves for there is the same reason for two as for one, and for 4. as for 2. and for a 100. as for 20. and for a 1000. as for a 100. and take away this power from the Parliament, and 'tis no longer a Parliament but the King and his forefathers have by law setled these libertie of Parliament, and therefore according to Lawes, they have a power to send for by force those that are accused to be tried before them, which they cannot do unlesse they raise an army, when the accused are kept from them by an army.