Excerpt from An Argument for the Royal Supremacy In times like our own no subject attracts attention until circumstances bring out its practical application. Since the beginning of the last century the question of the Royal Supremacy has been in a measure dormant, because it did not bear directly upon any of the controversies of the time, and it had previously been investigated with great learning and research, both by those who desired to limit, and those whose purpose it was to enlarge its extent. At the Reformation it was a topic continually handled, because it was bound up with the whole course of that great movement; not a step could be taken till some power for the redress of wrongs, and the removal of corruptions were substituted in place of that which had a vested interest in well nigh all abuses, and was committed in various ways to their maintenance. Again, in the time of James the First, it was in a measure revived, chiefly by means of the King himself, who delighted in such discussions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.