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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
§. 7. In this great and full Declaration Aug. 12. 1642. [What our opinion and resolution is concerning Parliaments, we have fully expressed in our Declarations: We have said and will still say, They are so ESSENTIAL A PART OF THE CONSTITUTION of this Kingdom, that we can attain to no happiness without them, nor will we ever make the least attempt (in our own thought) against them. We well know that OUR SELF and our two Houses make up the Parliament, and that we are like Hippocrates Twins, we must laugh and cry, live and die together; That no man can be a friend to one and an enemy to the other].
§. 8. The Kings Protestation Sept. 19. 1642. between Stafford and Wellington. [I do promise in the presence of Almighty God, and as I hope for his blessing and ⟨p. 86⟩protection, that I will to the utmost of my power defend and maintain the true Reformed Protestant Religion established in the Church of England, and by the grace of God in the same will live and die.
I desire to Govern by the known Laws of the land, and that the Liberty and Property of the Subject may be by them preserved, with the same care as my own just rights: And if it please God by his blessing upon this Army raised for my necessary defence, to preserve me from this rebellion, I do solemnly and faithfully promise in the sight of God to maintain the just privileges and freedom of Parliament, and to govern by the known Laws of the land to my utmost power; and particularly to observe inviolably the Laws consented to by me this Parliament.]
I desire to Govern by the known Laws of the land, and that the Liberty and Property of the Subject may be by them preserved, with the same care as my own just rights: And if it please God by his blessing upon this Army raised for my necessary defence, to preserve me from this rebellion, I do solemnly and faithfully promise in the sight of God to maintain the just priviledges and freedom of Parliament, and to govern by the known Laws of the land to my utmost power; and particularly to observe inviolably the Laws consented to by me this Parliament.]