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The divine right of kings asserted in general, ours in particular, both by the laws of God, and this land by W.P. Esq.
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W. P., Esq.
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Wing P128; ESTC R5375
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THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS Asserted in General Ours in Particular both by the LAWS of GOD and this LAND By W. P. Esq 1 Pet. II. XVII Fear God Honour the King KINGS are Jure Divino by Divine Right to be obeyed and not by violent force of Subjects to be resisted although they act wickedly Prov. 8.15 By me Kings Reign Dan. 2.21 He removeth Kings and setteth up Kings Prov. 16.10 A Divine sentence is in the lips of the King Prov. 21.1 The King's Heart is in the hand of the Lord. Job 34.18 Is it fit to say to a King thou art wicked and to Princes ye are ungodly Prov. 24.21 Fear thou the Lord and the King and meddle not with them that are given to change Eccles 8.2 I Counsel thee to keep the King's Commandement Exod. 22.28 Thou shalt not speak evil of thy Prince nor detract the Magistrate 2 Pet. 2.17 Fear God Honour the King Eccles 10.20 Curse not the King no not in thy thought 1 Sam. 24.6 The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my Master the Lord 's Anointed to stretch forth my hand against him seeing he is the Lord 's anointed It is God that hath placed Kings in their Thrones for ever their Commission is Sealed by the Hand of God though it run during his good Will and Pleasure The wise Heathen could say That the Power of good Kings is by the special Ordinance of God of evil ones by his Permission The first are Badges and Pledges of his Mercy the second of his Fury A Father hath a Divine Power to Rule his Son a Master his Servant else the Scripture had never made Divine Injunctions investing them with Rights of Absolute Power over them and yet the Scripture also signifie that notwithstanding those Rights are Divine there are Obligations also upon the Father and Master to the Son and Servant such a Paternal Absolute Divine Right it is that the Kings of England have claimed and exercised over their Subjects as that in all times Lex Currit the Laws have generally run in course for the preservation of all the Rights and Liberties of the People as well as those of the Crown From which Premisses none unless those who deny the Scripture can deny these Consequences That the Jura regalia of Kings are holden in Heaven and cannot for any cause escheat to their Subjects that active obedience is to be yielded to the King as Supream in omnibus licitis in all things lawful But if God for the Punishment of a Nation should set up a Tyrannical King Secundum voluntatem pravam non rationem rectam regentem Governing by his depraved Will against Reason and commanding things contrary to the Word of God we must not by force of Arms Rebel against him but rather than so if not prevailing by Petition unto him or escaping by flight from him patiently subject to the loss of our Lives and Estates and in that case arma nostra sunt preces nostrae nec possimus nec decemus aliter resistere our Prayers and Tears should fight and not our Swords for who can lift up his Hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless this in Scripture we find practiced by God's People to Pharaoh Exod 5.1 and the same People to Nebuchad-nezzer a Tyrant were commanded to perform Obedience and to Pray for him though there was no wickedness almost which he was not guilty of His Successor Darius Daniel obeyed and said O King live for ever Daniel 6.21 for now no private person hath with Ehud Judges 3.31 extraordinary Commandment from God to kill Princes nor no personal Warrant from God as all such persons had who attempted any thing against the Life even of Tyrants Nil sine prudenti fecit ratione vetustas 2. The King hath His Title to the Crown and to His Kingly Office and Power not by way of Trust from the People but by inherent Birth-right immediately from God Nature and the Law 1. Reg. Jac. 1. lib. 7.12 Calvin's Case 3. Rex Angliae est persona mixta cum sacerdote say our Lawyers He is a Priest as well as a King he is anointed with Oyl as the Priests were at first and afterward the Kings of Israel to intimate that his Person is Sacred and Spiritual and therefore at the Coronation hath put upon him a Sacerdotal Garment called the Dalmatica or Colobium and other Priestly Vests and also before the Reformation of England when the Cup in the Sacrament was denyed to the Laity the King as a Spiritual Person received in both kinds By these and the Scripture Proof it is clear to any unprejudiced person That they have their Power from God and are Accountable to none but him for the good or bad use they make of it 4. The Law of Royal Government is a Law Fundamental 1 Pars Institut Eol 11. 5. The King's Prerogative and the Subjects Liberty are determined and bounded by the Law Bracton fol. 134. Plouden fol. 236 237. 6. By Law no Subjects can call their King in question to answer for his Actions be they good or bad Bracton fol. 5 6. If any one hath cause of Action against the King because there is no Writ runneth against him his only Remedy is by Supplication and Petition to the King that he would vouchsafe to Correct and Amend that which he hath done which if he refuse to do only God is to Revenge and Punish him which is punishment enough no man ought to presume to dispute the King's Actions much less to Rebel against him 7. The King hath no Superiour but the Almighty God all His People are inferiour to him he inferiour to none but God Which thing made David cry out Against thee only have I sinned which shews that he was not afraid to be call'd to an Account by the People as our new Presbyterian States-men pretend he was not to give a reason of all his Actions to them 8. The King is caput reipublicae the Head of the Common-wealth immediately under God Finch 81. And therefore carrying God's stamp and mark among men and being as one may say a God upon Earth as God is a King in Heaven in a similitudinary sort given him Bracton fol. 5. Cum sit dei vicarius evidenter apparet ad similitudinem Jesu Christi cujus vices geret in terris that is to say 1. Divine Perfection 2. Infinitness 3. Majesty 4. Sovereignty and Power 5. Perpetuity 6. Justice 7. Truth 8. Omniscience 1. Divine Perfection in the King no imperfect thing can be thought no folly negligence infamy stain or corruption of blood can be adjudged in him So nullum tempus occurrit regi 2. Infiniteness the King in a manner is every where and present in all Courts and therefore it is that he cannot be non-suited and that all Acts of Parliament that concern the King are general and the Court must take notice without pleading them for he is in all and all have their part in