The annals of King James and King Charles the First ... containing a faithful history and impartial account of the great affairs of state, and transactions of parliaments in England from the tenth of King James MDCXII to the eighteenth of King Charles MDCXLII : wherein several material passages relating to the late civil wars (omitted in former histories) are made known.

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Title: The annals of King James and King Charles the First ... containing a faithful history and impartial account of the great affairs of state, and transactions of parliaments in England from the tenth of King James MDCXII to the eighteenth of King Charles MDCXLII : wherein several material passages relating to the late civil wars (omitted in former histories) are made known.
Author: Frankland, Thomas, 1633-1690.
Publication: London :: Printed by Tho. Braddyll, for Robert Clavel ...,; 1681.
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Subject terms: James -- I, -- King of England, 1566-1625.; Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales. -- Parliament.; Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.; Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649.
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But though, blessed be God, his Majesty is so gracious and loving to his Subjects, and so just, that we need not fear that he will charge them but upon urgent necessity, yet we know not what succeeding Ages may do.

Ans. It is not well to blast succeeding Ages, and if they should hereafter charge unreasonably with∣out cause, yet this Judgment warrants no such thing. Again, it is no Argument to condemn the true use, because it may be abused: And a∣gain, the Law implies as great trust in the King as this, the King may pardon all Offences, but if he should, then none could be safe; the King may make Peace and War at his pleasure; but yet should he make Peace, when Peace would ru∣ine us, or War, when War would undo us, it would be worse than this; therefore it cannot be suspected that the King would do any thing a∣gainst Law, and the publick good of the King∣dom: Therefore the Law says the King can do no wrong, for he is Sponsus Regni, as in Magda∣len Colledge Case.