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Stat. Law. Kinds of Statutes.
are never called), made by the King's Majority by
and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual
and temporal and commons in particular
parliament assembled".
9.
This first sentence contains information that
is false palpably so as any man may see. He may think it a justification to
say that such is the formal language of the
law: [which] and this the justification may be deemed a valid one, by those but by those who alone
who work whose desire is to hear of things not as they are but
as they are said to be. The King by steps "makes":
says our Author, the Lords and Commons "advise" and give "consent".
Just the reason of this is the What is the truth? precisely the reverse: as all the world
knows, and any man in it in such case would intimate, but
a Lawyer. I will even hope any Lawyer almost who took
upon him to instruct young students but beginners besides but our
Author. W Advice, there's none: The Lords and
Commons make: The King it is, who consents.
The Lords and Commons make the whole: The
King cannot alter any . This is not the only passage to prove, that No extravagance
that any man of Law has utter'd,⊞ ⊞ especially if, no matter on what was false colours, it hadthe effect of it be to out the thing by the offices in gorgeous colours the idol of upon his orders his adoration. is too mighty
for our Author to swallow, or [for our Author when swallow'd]
to disgorge.⊞ Will any one say the King was ? Will any one call the King ungrateful?
Our Author will call the King "immortal".† † p.240. Will any
one say that he is everywhere? our Author will
hail him omnipresent.‡‡ p.260. Ubiquity is the word Will any body one say, or will no
body say one that he is all-perfect? Our Author will
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