Par. 169. Sacriledge the deadliest Crime.
BY the Common Law, Sacriledge is defin'd, Le Larcin des choses Sacrees, Theft of Things devoted to a spiritual use: And
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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- 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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is deem'd, Rettum Gravissimum, the grie∣vou'st offence; for which no Clergy is Grantable. Therefore by the Canon Law, Sacrilegious Thieves, were Common∣ly sentenc'd to Wild Beasts, sometimes to the Flames. To enjoy Religion without a Scourge, is to fancy Animation without the Sun. All Law-Books are so full and plain in the Point; to blur Paper, to Re∣plead, so clear a case: were Sowing the Ocean, or Fishing in the Skie.