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 legilature againt one;—two, which had law and equity and the contitution on their ide, againt one which was impiouly attempting to overturn law and equity and the contitution; and to exercie a wanton licentious overeignty over the properties, conciences and lives of all the people:—Such a overeignty as ome inconiderately acribe to the upreme Governor of the world.—I ay, inconiderately; becaue God himelf does not govern in an abolutely arbitrary and depotic manner. The power of this Almighty King (I peak it not without caution and reverence; the power of this Almighty King) is limited by law; not, indeed, by acts of parliament, but by the eternal laws of truth, widom and equity; and the everlating tables of right reaon;—tables that cannot be repealed, or thrown down and broken like thoe of Moes.—But king Charles at himelf up above all thee, as much as he did above the written laws of the realm; and made mere humor and caprice, which are no rule at all, the only rule and meaure of his adminitration. And now, is it not perfectly ridiculous to call reitance to uch a tyrant, by the name of rebellion?—the grand rebellion? Even that—parliament, which brought king