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" That which concerns the mystery of the king's power is not lawful to be disputed ; for that is to wade into the weakness of princes, and to take away the mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit in the throne of God. "
The New Philosophy and Universal Languages in Seventeenth-century England ... - Page 62
by Robert E. Stillman - 1995 - 359 pages
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 16; Volume 34

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1821 - 624 pages
...climax of vainglorious presumption, when he asserted in a long speech made in the star-chamber, that ' that which concerns the mystery of ' the king's power,...into the weakness of princes, and to take away the mys' !><-iil reverence that belongs to those who sit in the throne of ' God.1 In the mean time, ;-...
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Memoirs of the Court of King James the First, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1822 - 430 pages
...the crown, and I, shall be as much wounded by their pleading as if you resolved what they disputed. That which concerns the mystery of the king's power...reverence that belongs unto them that sit in the throne of God." With respect to other courts, he inculcates much reverence for the royal court of chancery, and...
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The Republican, Volume 8

Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1823 - 816 pages
...properly belongs to them from God ; for kings sit in tbe throne of God and thence all judgemntis derived. That which concerns the mystery of the King's power...mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit on the throne of God. It is Atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content...
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Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents Illustrative of the ...

George Walter Prothero - Constitutional history - 1894 - 624 pages
...it, till you consult with the king or his council, or both ; for they are transcendent matters . . . That which concerns the mystery of the king's power...mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit in the thrune of God. Secondly, that you keep yourselves within your own benches, not to invade other jurisdictions,...
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History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the ...

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1895 - 458 pages
...the Crown, and I, shall be as much wounded by their pleading as if you resolved what they disputed. That which concerns the mystery of the King's power...reverence that belongs unto them that sit in the throne of God. " Secondly, that you keep yourselves within your own benches, not to invade other jurisdictions,...
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Leading Documents of English History: Together with Illustrative Material ...

Guy Carleton Lee - Great Britain - 1900 - 642 pages
...are transcendent matters and must not be deliberately carried out with over-rash wilfulness. . . . That which concerns the mystery of the king's power...mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit on the throne of (lod. ative of the crown, that is no subject for the tongue of a lawyer, nor is lawful...
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Source-book of English History: Leading Documents, Together with ...

Guy Carleton Lee - Great Britain - 1900 - 650 pages
...are transcendent matters and must not be deliberately carried out with over-rash wilfulness. . . . That which concerns the mystery of the king's power...mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit on the throne of God. Secondly, that you keep yourselves within your own benches, not to invade other...
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The Contributions of the Landed Man to Civil Liberty

Elwin Lawrence Page - Constitutional history - 1905 - 288 pages
...dangerous." * And to the judges James said: "First, encroach not upon the prerogative of the crown. . . . That which concerns the mystery of the king's power...reverence that belongs unto them that sit in the throne of God. Secondly, that you keep yourselves within your own benches. ... As for the absolute prerogative...
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Englisches Staatsrecht: Die Verfassung

Julius Hatschek - Constitutional law - 1905 - 692 pages
...sonst würde sie jene mystische Reverenz demjenigen, der auf dem Thron Gottes sitzt. nehmen („and take away the mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit in the throne of God"), Jakob I. erklärt auch in seinem Werke („True Law of free Monarchies" Works p. 202), dass...
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A History of Modern Liberty, Volume 3

James Mackinnon - Europe - 1908 - 540 pages
...they are not eloquent or boldspirited enough except they meddle with the king's prerogative. . . . That which concerns the mystery of the king's power...mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit on the throne of God. . . . As for the absolute prerogative of the crown, that is no subject for the...
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