| Algernon Sidney - 1744 - 374 pagina’s
...admitted into any Place of Power and Truft, Civil or Military, without taking an Oath ; That it wa§ not lawful, upon any Pretence whatever, to take up Arms againft the King, and tha.t he did abhor that traiterous Pofition, That Arms may be taken by his Authority againifc... | |
| William Belsham - 1789 - 482 pagina’s
...rather, of new modelling, all the corporations throughout the kingdom, at pleafure ; and all magiftrates were obliged to declare, that it was not lawful, upon any pretence whatever, to take upi arms againft the Crown. All thefe different meafures, however, were but fo many preludes to the... | |
| William Belsham - 1802 - 644 pagina’s
...rather of new-modelling, all the corporations throughout the kingdom at pleafure ; and all magiftrates were obliged to declare, that it was not lawful, upon...take up arms againft- the crown. All thefe different rneafures, however, were but fo many preludes to the famous Act of Uniformity, which took place in... | |
| William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pagina’s
...rather of new-modelling, all the corporations throughout the kingdom, at pleasure ; and all magistrates were obliged to declare, that it was not lawful upon any pretence whatever, to take up arms against the crown. All these different measures, however, were but so many preludes to the famous act... | |
| Samuel Hibbert - 1830 - 452 pagina’s
...sequestrations, &c. nearly reduced to a state of ruin. magistracy, or other place or trust, without declaring that it was not lawful, upon any pretence whatever, to take up arms against the King, and without abjuring, as an unlawful oath, the solemn league and covenant. By this... | |
| George Wingrove Cooke - 1836 - 636 pagina’s
...act passed while the commons were yet eager in their loyalty. This oath consisted of a declaration, that it was not lawful, upon any pretence whatever, to take up arms against the king; and that the person taking it abhorred that traitorous position of great master,... | |
| Charles James Fox - 1853 - 900 pagina’s
...Covenant,f by taking the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and by declaring, upon oath, their belief, that it was not lawful, upon any pretence whatever, to take up arms against the King, and their abhorrence of the traitorous position that arms may be taken up by his... | |
| rev. Charles Chapman - 1859 - 202 pagina’s
...Nonconformist, because he and two thousand others would not, as required by the Act of Uniformity, solemnly declare that " it was not lawful upon any pretence whatever to take arms against the King ; " that there was no obligation upon them to "endeavour any change or alteration... | |
| 1881 - 530 pagina’s
...alderman, or any other officer in a corporation to take an oath against the Solemn League and Covenant and to "declare that it was not lawful upon any pretence whatever to take arms against the king ; and that he did abhor the traitorous position of taking arms by his authority... | |
| Birmingham historical society - 1881 - 400 pagina’s
...alderman, or any other officer in a corporation to take an oath against the Solemn League and Covenant and to " declare that it was not lawful upon any pretence whatever to take arms against the king ; and that he did abhor the traitorous position of taking arms by his authority... | |
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