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" It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do; good Christians content themselves with his will revealed in his Word; so it is presumption and high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do; or to say that a king cannot do this or that;... "
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works: With Introduction by Hon. George Frisbie ... - Page 274
by Charles Sumner - 1900
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A History of England for High Schools and Academies

Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1899 - 582 pages
...Chamber in 1616, " that is no subject for the tongue of a lawyer, nor is it lawful to be disputed. It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can...dispute what a king can do, or say that a king cannot Ťo this or that; but rest in that which is the king's will revealed in his law." Green, The Spanish...
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A History of England for High Schools and Academies

Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1899 - 574 pages
...Star Chamber in 1616, "that is no subject for the tongue of a lawyer, nor is it lawful to be disputed. It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can...Word: so it is presumption and high contempt in a subjecf to dispute what a king can do, or say that a king cannot Ťo this or that; but rest in that...
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The World's Great Classics

Timothy Dwight - 1899 - 542 pages
...As it is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do," said James, " so it is presumption and a high contempt in a subject to dispute what a King can do, or to say that a King cannot do this or that." " If the practice should follow the positions," once commented...
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The Arena, Volume 22

1899 - 806 pages
...said only that "as it is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do, it is a presumption and a high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do, or to say that a king cannot do this or that." King James, it will be seen, asserted only that his authority...
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Facing the Twentieth Century: Our Country: Its Power and Peril ...

James Marcus King - 1899 - 732 pages
...power for the crown and allow less independence on the part of the people. " It is presumption and a high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do," were his words. It was not strange that serious differences should arise between him and the House...
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A Royal Rhetorician: A Treatise on Scottis Poesie, a Counterblaste to ...

James I (King of England) - 1900 - 146 pages
...Lawyer, nor is lawfull to be disputed. It is Athiesme and blasphemie to dispute what God can doe ... so, it is presumption and high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can doe or say that a king cannot doe this.' These speeches abound in valuable illustrations of the domestic...
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Roger Ludlow, the Colonial Lawmaker

John Metcalf Taylor - 1900 - 206 pages
...encroachments upon the civil and political rights of the people exemplified in the royal conceit " that it is presumption and high contempt in a subject, to dispute what a king can do." Proroguing Parliaments without reason, reigning without them, levying duties against remonstrance,...
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A Popular History of the Church of England from the Earliest Times to the ...

William Boyd Carpenter - 1900 - 610 pages
...made known. "As it is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do, so it is presumption and a high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do, or to say that a king cannot do this or that." There were not wanting flattering men to advocate principles...
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Outlines of Medićval and Modern History: A Text-book for High Schools ...

Philip Van Ness Myers - 1901 - 944 pages
...parliament. His own words were, " As it is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do, so it is high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do, or to say that the king cannot do this or that." This doctrine found much support in the popular superstition...
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Mediaeval and Modern History

Philip Van Ness Myers - 1903 - 708 pages
...can in no way be questioned or limited by people, priest, or parliament. These are his own words : " It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can...can do, or say that a king cannot do this or that." 2 This theory of government of course placed the king alxsve Parliament and the laws. Indeed, James...
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