(4.) One great Cause of the incertainty of the Laws of Suc∣cession of the Crown, is, That Papal and Episcopal Ceremo∣nial Laws of Marriage, Filiation and Succession, are tollerated in the Three Kingdoms, to Usurp a Predomination, not only over the Law of the Land, but the Moral Law of God: It is therefore necessary to avoid the Danger mention'd, to pro∣ceed from the incertainty caused by Papal and Episcopal Laws, That a Declaration by King and Parliament be, Who shall
The right of primogeniture, in succession to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland as declared by the statutes of 24 E.3 cap 2. De Proditionibus, King of England, and of Kenneth the third, and Malcolm Mackenneth the second, Kings of Scotland : as likewise of 10 H.7 made by a Parliament of Ireland : with all objections answered, and clear probation made : that to compass or imagine the death, exile, or disinheriting of the King's eldest son, is high treason : to which is added, an answer to all objections against declaring him a Protestant successor, with reasons shewing the fatal dangers of neglecting the same.
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- The right of primogeniture, in succession to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland as declared by the statutes of 24 E.3 cap 2. De Proditionibus, King of England, and of Kenneth the third, and Malcolm Mackenneth the second, Kings of Scotland : as likewise of 10 H.7 made by a Parliament of Ireland : with all objections answered, and clear probation made : that to compass or imagine the death, exile, or disinheriting of the King's eldest son, is high treason : to which is added, an answer to all objections against declaring him a Protestant successor, with reasons shewing the fatal dangers of neglecting the same.
- Author
- Lawrence, William, 1613 or 14-1681 or 2.
- Publication
- London :: [s.n.],
- 1681.
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- Subject terms
- Kenneth -- III, -- King of Scotland, -- d. 1005?
- Malcolm -- II, -- King of Scotland, -- ca. 953-1034.
- Primogeniture -- Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession.
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"The right of primogeniture, in succession to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland as declared by the statutes of 24 E.3 cap 2. De Proditionibus, King of England, and of Kenneth the third, and Malcolm Mackenneth the second, Kings of Scotland : as likewise of 10 H.7 made by a Parliament of Ireland : with all objections answered, and clear probation made : that to compass or imagine the death, exile, or disinheriting of the King's eldest son, is high treason : to which is added, an answer to all objections against declaring him a Protestant successor, with reasons shewing the fatal dangers of neglecting the same." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A49781.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
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be Successor in Particular and by Name, which clears all Doubts, and is the highest Security under God, on which any Crown, or Succession to it, can depend.
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4. Danger of Pre∣dominancy of Papal and E∣piscopal Laws of Marrlage, above the Mo∣ral Law of God.