7. That according to some Parliaments, they may depose the King?
Tis denyed, That any King was deposed by a free Parliament fairly
elected.To stand in comparison with these, I shall recite some such posi∣tions
as the Kings papers offer to us; And they follow thus.1. THat regall power is so derived from God and the Law,
as that it has no dependence upon the trust, and consent
of man; and the King is accountable therefore to God and His
other Kingdoms, not to this; And it is above the determination
of Parliaments, and by consequence boundlesse.2. That the King is supream indefinitely, viz. As well
universis, as singulis.3. That the King has such a propriety in His Subjects,
Towns, Forts, &c. As is above the propriety of the State, and
not to be seized by the Parliament, though for the publike safety.4. That so farre as the King is trusted, He is not accountable
how He performs, So that in all cases the Subject is re∣medilesse.5. That the being of Parliaments is meerly of grace, So
that the King might justly have discontinued them, and being
summoned, they are limited by the writ, and that ad consili∣um
Only, and that but in quibusdam arduis, And if they
passe the limits of the Writ, they may be imprisoned. That if
the King desert them, they are a voyde assembly, and no honour
due to them, nor power to save the Kingdom, That Parliamen∣tary
priviledges are no where to be read of, And so their repre∣sentation
of this whole Kingdom is no priviledge, nor addes no
Majesty, nor authority to them. That the major part in Parlia∣ment
is not considerable, when so many are absent, or dissent.
That the major part is no major part, Because the fraud, and
force of some few over-rules them. That Parliaments may do
dishonourable things, nay treasonable: Nay, That this hath been
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