...them. He told them, after a comparison savouring of blasphemy, that it " was seditious in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power."3 They answered in a remonstrance of great strength and spirit, and of much learning.4 After...

...had imbibed high notions of the divinity of regal sway, more than once laid it down in his speeches, that, " as it is atheism and blasphemy in a creature...subject to dispute what a king may do in the height (W Dcwes, 479. (c) Ibid. 645. be guarded on account of the public : they are not to be extended farther...

...limits of their laws; yet as it is plasphemy to dispute what God may do, so it is sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power." — These doctrines were new, ungrateful and shocking to English ears; yet the parliament kept in temper,...

...limits of their laws; yet as it is blasphemy to dispute what God may do, so it is sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power." — These doctrines were new, ungrateful and shocking to English ears; yet the parliament kept in temper,...

...authority, than he loved to entertain. He took some pains to impress upon the community he governed, that "as it is atheism and blasphemy in a creature...sedition in a subject to dispute what a king may do."|| But if the Tudors were specially qualified to mould a formidable sceptre, the Stuarts were unquestionably...

...BLACKSTOHK, Commentaries on the laws of England, I. 246. »As it is atheism and blasphemy, zride de Koning, »in a creature to dispute what the deity may do,...presumption and. sedition in a subject to dispute waht a king may do ¡n the height of his power." (Bell's edition, 1813.) (Sroeven, brengt ous onwilïekeurig...

...people's privileges, wd that "as to dispute what God may do, is blasphemy, so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power." This is the pure and genuine diction of despotism ! It is, nevertheless, most revolting to the feelings...

...people's privileges, and that " as to dispute what God may do, is blasphemy, so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power." This is the pure and genuine diction of despotism ! It is, nevertheless, most revolting to the feelings...

...upon them. He told them, after a comparison savouring of blasphemy, that it "was seditious in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power. "Î They answered in a remonstrance of great strength and spirit, and of much learning.^ After producing...

...them. He told them, after a comparison savouring of blasphemy, that it " was seditious in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power."t They answered in a remonstrance of great strength and spirit, and of much learning.^ After...