B22970:203
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…
An appeal to thy conscience as thou wilt answer it at the great and dreadful day of Christ Jesus.An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and dreadfull day of Christ Iesus.
London : s.n., 1643
An Appeal to thy Conscience. › The Answer.An Appeale to thy Conscience. › The Answer.
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The Answer.
Did the maker of this objection rightly set down the words of Fortescue, he might easily answer himself. For it is not barely Rex, a King; but Rex hujusmodi, such a King; meaning a King whose government is merely politic. But the government of England is not merely politic▪ nor merely regal, but mixed partly regal, partly politic; as he saith presently after; Regnum Angl•e, ex Bruti comitivâ Trojanorum, in Dominium politicum & regale prorupit; The Kingdom of England out of Brutus his retinue of the Trojans, first grew into a politic and regal Dominion. And in the 9 cap. Rex Angliae principatu, nedum regali, sed & Politice, suo populo dominatur. The King of England governeth his people by Dominion, not only regal, but also politic.
Did the maker of this objection rightly set down the words of Fortescue, he might easily answer himselfe. For it is not barely Rex, a King; but Rex hujusmodi, such a King; meaning a King whose government is meerely politique. But the government of England is not meerely polit•que▪ nor meerely regall, but mixt partly regall, partly politique; as he saith pres•ntly after; Regnum Angl•e, ex Bruti comitivâ Trojanorum, in Dominium politicum & regale prorupit; The Kingdom of England out of Brutus his retinue of the Trojans, first grew into a politique and regall Dominion. And in the 9 cap. Rex Angliae principatu, nedum regali, sed & Politice, suo populo dominatur. The King of England governeth his people by Dominion, not onely regall, but also politique.