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lordship's pardon, if I do not see how they can 

 be charged upon any thing he hath said, unless 

 with a little straining. 



" Doth he any where make such a distinction 

 between the king's personal and politic capa- 

 citT/, as was made use of in the late times? 

 Doth he any where say, that the thy^ee estates 

 have a co-ordinate power with the king, or that 

 they can do any thing without him ? Doth he 

 any where deny, that the king, whether in or 

 out of Parliament, is * supreme governor in all 

 causes, and over all persons, as well ecclesias- 

 tical as civil V Doth he any where affirm, that 

 any of the estates, or any of the king's minis- 

 ters, are invested with o?iginal jurisdiction, as 

 your lordship expresses it ? Nay, lastly, does 

 he assert any thing in any of these four pages 

 from which any of these assertions can necessa- 

 rily be inferred ? 



" Well, but he saith that the king and the 

 three estates have more power in Church mat- 

 ters, than the king alone. And is 7iot this true ? 

 No, saith your lordship, the king alone hath all 

 Church powers ; but, in some cases, he cannot 

 exercise it without the three estates. Perhaps your 

 lordship's way of expression is something better, 

 and I fancy Dr. Atterbury would not scruple to 

 express himself so, if there were occasion. But 

 nevertheless, his expression is true enough, as 



