Nil dictum quod non dictum prius, or, A transcript of government, considered as it is in the state of nature or religion : that no temporal magistrate is at this day constituted jure divine by president or precept in the Old or New Testament : further, of the government of our own nation and more particularly of parliamentary power, 1. as it is the great councell of the kingdom, 2. as it is the supream court of judicature, 3. as it is the legislative power, and how these powers are enjoyed and executed by all or any part of the states of that great assembly consisting of King, Lords and Commons /