An appeal to thy conscience as thou wilt answer it at the great and…An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and…

We are bound by oath to maintain His Sovereignty in all causes, and over all persons as well Ecclesiastical as Civill: not over singular persons, as some would gloss it, but over all, even the body politic. For by divers, sundry, old, authentic Histories and Chronicles, it is manifestly declared and expressed, that this Realm of England is as Empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by our supreme head and King, having the dignity and royal Estate of the Imperial Crown of the sai••; unto whom a body politic, ⟨p. 32⟩compact of all sorts and degrees of people, divided in terms, and by names of spiritualty and temporalty, have been bounden and own to bear next to God, a natural and humble obedience, Preface to a Statute, 24 Hen. 8. c. 12.

We are bound by oath to maintaine His Soveraignty in all causes, and over all persons as well Ecclesiasticall as Civill: not over singular persons, as some would glosse it, but over all, even the body politique. For by divers, sundry, old, authentike Histories and Chronicles, it is manifestly declared and expressed, that this Realm of England is as Empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by our supreame head and King, having the dignity and royall Estate of the Imperiall Crown of the sai••; unto whom a body politique, ⟨p. 32⟩compact of all sorts and degrees of people, divided in termes, and by names of spiritualty and temporalty, have been bounden and owen to beare next to God, a naturall and humble obedience, Preface to a Statute, 24 Hen. 8. c. 12.

The third respect is in His charge and duty, which consists in the observance of the Law of God, the Law of nature, and the Laws of this Realm.