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The Kings Authority in Dispensing with Ecclesiastical Laws

by Philip Nye · 1596–1672

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The king's authority in dispensing with ecclesiastical laws, asserted and vindicated by the late Reverend Philip Nye ...

Two Speeches Before the Subscribing of the Covenant

1643

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DedicationTO THE King's moſt Excellent Majeſty, JAMES, By the Grace of God, Of England, Scotland, France, and…
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Chapter 1CHAP. I. The Caſe and State of the Queſtion.
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Chapter 2CHAP. II. Of the Prerogatives and Regal Powers, in Relation to Eccleſiaſtical Laws, and Matters of Religion.
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Chapter 3CHAP. III. That our Relief is from the Juriſdiction and Power in his Majeſty, to Diſpenſe and Exempt; for…
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Chapter 4CHAP. IV. Of the Objections made againſt this Power, and the executing thereof, with Anſwer thereunto.
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Question 1QUEST. I. If ſuch a Prerogative be in the King, what need Eccleſiaſtical Laws be tranſacted and eſtabliſhed…
Section 2SECT. 2. QUEST. II. But hath not the King's Prerogative Limits in our Laws? And are there not ſome Things…
Section 3SECT. 3. QUEST. III. Religion, and the Worſhip and Service of God, being the great Concernments of a…
Section 4SECT. 3. QUEST. IV. If the Penalties of all Eccleſiaſtical Laws be removed, theſe Laws themſelves become…
Section 5SECT. 5. QUEST. V. Is there any neceſsity his Majeſty ſhould exert a ſole Power in Affairs of Religion,…
Section 6SECT. 6. QUEST. VI. Since theſe Eccleſiaſtical Laws of Reſtraint were enacted by Parliament, the King…
Chapter 5CHAP. V. Of former Examples for Indulgence.
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