A collection of the proceedings in the House of Commons against the Lord Verulam, Viscount StAlbans, Lord Chancellor of England, for corruption and bribery : with the several debates and speeches in the House thereupon, by Sir Edward Coke, MrRecorder Finch, Sir Robert Philips, &c: together with the judgment given by the Lords against the said Lord Chancellor, [] . from high Place. Neither will your Lordfhips forget,that there are Fitia temporis^ as well asVitta hominis; and the Beginning ofReformation hath the contrary Power tothe Pool of Bethefda; for that hadStrength to cure h
A collection of the proceedings in the House of Commons against the Lord Verulam, Viscount StAlbans, Lord Chancellor of England, for corruption and bribery : with the several debates and speeches in the House thereupon, by Sir Edward Coke, MrRecorder Finch, Sir Robert Philips, &c: together with the judgment given by the Lords against the said Lord Chancellor, [] . from high Place. Neither will your Lordfhips forget,that there are Fitia temporis^ as well asVitta hominis; and the Beginning ofReformation hath the contrary Power tothe Pool of Bethefda; for that hadStrength to cure him only that was firflcaft in, and this hath Strength to hurthim only that is firfl: caft in ,• and formy Part, I wifti it may ftay there, andgo no farther. Laftly, I afTure my felf, your Lord-fhips have a noble Feehng of me, as aMember of your own Body, and onethat in this very SefTion had fome Tafteof your loving AfFedions, which, I hope,was not a Lightning before the Deathof them, but rather a Spark of thatGrace, which now in the ConclufionWill more appear: And therefore my humble ( 32 ) humble Suit to your Lordlhips is, Tbatmy penitent Submiffion may be my^Sentence, the Lofs of my Seal my Pu*;riifliment, and that ^out Lord(hips>.would recommend mc tp/his Majeftys;Grace and Pardon for all i;hat is *s Holy Spirit be among you. ..it ?nrfI>bloJ 7Uf,V Hiv/.
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