By the Parliament of Scotland Edin∣burgh Septemb. 5. 1662.
A Declaration.
I Declare, that I do judge it unlawful for Subjects upon pretence of Refor∣mation or other pretence whatsoever, to
A century of reasons for subscription and obedience to the laws and government of the Church of England, both ecclesiastical and civil. With reasons against the covenant Justifi'd by scripture, confirmed by the laws of the kingdom, the right and power of kings, ecclesiastical and human authorities, with an harmony of confessions. [T]o which is annexed the office and charge belonging to the overseers of the poor, &c. [By] W. Wasse school-master in Little Britain near unto Christ-church.
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- A century of reasons for subscription and obedience to the laws and government of the Church of England, both ecclesiastical and civil. With reasons against the covenant Justifi'd by scripture, confirmed by the laws of the kingdom, the right and power of kings, ecclesiastical and human authorities, with an harmony of confessions. [T]o which is annexed the office and charge belonging to the overseers of the poor, &c. [By] W. Wasse school-master in Little Britain near unto Christ-church.
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- Wasse, William.
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- London :: printed by W.W. for R.H. at the Bible in Heart in Little Britain,
- 1663.
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- Obedience -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
- Charity -- Early works to 1800.
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"A century of reasons for subscription and obedience to the laws and government of the Church of England, both ecclesiastical and civil. With reasons against the covenant Justifi'd by scripture, confirmed by the laws of the kingdom, the right and power of kings, ecclesiastical and human authorities, with an harmony of confessions. [T]o which is annexed the office and charge belonging to the overseers of the poor, &c. [By] W. Wasse school-master in Little Britain near unto Christ-church." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96061.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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enter into Leagues and Covenants, or to take up Arms against the King, or those Commissionated by Him: And that all these Gatherings, Convocations, Pe∣titions, Protestations, and erecting and keeping Council-Tables, that were used in the beginning, and for carrying on of the late Troubles, were Unlawful and Se∣ditious. And particularly, that these Oaths, whereof the one was commonly called The National Covenant, (as it was sworn and explained in the year one thousand six hundred and thirty eight, and thereafter) and the other entituled, A Solemn League and Covenant, were, and are, in themselves, Unlawful Oathes, and were taken by, and imposed upon, the Subjects of this Kingdom, against the Fundamental Laws and Liberties of the same; And that there lieth no Obliga∣tion upon me, or any of the Subjects, from the said Oathes, or either of them, to en∣deavour any change or alteration of the Government, either in Church or State, as it is now established by the Laws of the Kingdom.