Defensio legis, or, The Whole state of England inquisited and defended for general satisfaction.
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Defensio legis, or, The Whole state of England inquisited and defended for general satisfaction.
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London :: Printed by Andrew Clark and are to be sold by William Cooper ...,
MDCLXXIV [1674]
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Subject terms
Church and state -- England.
Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
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"Defensio legis, or, The Whole state of England inquisited and defended for general satisfaction." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A37415.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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Par. 57. Every Member a National Agent.
'TWill be Reply'd, having a free Choice; they may send whom they please: if their Grievances are lamely Represented, or their Interest sorrily manag'd: the Loss will be solely to themselves. This is neither Law nor Reason. I agree in Point of Freedom; if I have Business to France, I may send whom I please to Cross the Sea: But if my Errand be of Importance and skill in Managing; 'tis no small Error, to entrust a venterous undertaker, with∣out Language or Experience: there be∣ing
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no thoughts but the business must mis∣carry.
Much more if of Publick Concern, where∣in a whole Nation must suffer; what Dis∣cretion can it be, to employ a Youth in Affairs, that require the greatest Maturity. For when Return'd and actually sitting, he's no Procurator, for a single Interest; but the universal: the general Concern of England. And therefore if nient suffisant, not fully Accomplish'd, according to the Summons: he's unduly Elected and Re∣jectible.
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