The Works of the Right Honourable Henry Late L. Delamer, and Earl of Warrington

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J. Lawrence, and J. Dunton, 1694 - Great Britain - 662 pages

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Page 428 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is a minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 428 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 309 - Land; and by the said Great Charter and other the Laws and Statutes of this Your Realm, no Man ought to be adjudged to Death but by the Laws established in this Your Realm...
Page 351 - I do not insist upon this, nor upon the late hours he kept up and down our city ; it's said he was every night drinking till two o'clock, or beyond that time, and that he went to his chamber drunk ; but this I have only by common fame, for I was not in his company ; I bless God I am not a man of his principles or behaviour ; but in the mornings he appeared with the symptoms of a man that over night had taken a large cup.
Page 311 - Third, it is enacted that no man be put to answer without presentment before Justices or matter of record, or by due process and writ original according to the old law of the land, and if anything be done to the contrary, it shall be void in law and holden for error...
Page 311 - ... justices, or matter of record, or by due process and writ original, according to the old law of the land : And if any thing from henceforth be done to the contrary, it shall be void in the law, and holden for error.
Page 310 - Though that it be contained in the great charter, that no man be taken, nor imprisoned, nor put out of his freehold, without process of the law ; nevertheless divers people make false suggestions to the king himself, as well for malice as otherwise...
Page 310 - That from henceforth none shall be taken by petition or suggestion, made to our lord the king or to his Council, unless it be by indictment, or presentment of good and lawful people, of the same neighbourhood where such deeds be done...
Page 351 - Our Chief Justice has a very arbitrary power in appointing the assize when he pleases ; and this man has strained it to the highest point; for whereas we were accustomed to have two assizes, the first about April or May, the latter about September, it was this year the middle (as I remember) of August before we had any assize, and then he despatched business so well that he left half the causes untried, and, to help the matter, has resolved that we shall have no more assizes this year.
Page 309 - , it is enacted that no man shall be attached by any accusation nor forejudged of life or limb, nor his lands, tenements, goods nor chattels seized into the King's hands against the form of the Great Charter and the law of the land...

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