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A50351 Sacro-sancta regum majestas, or, The sacred and royal prerogative of Christian kings. Wherein sovereignty is by Holy Scriptures, reverend antiquity, and sound reason asserted, by discussing of five questions. And the Puritanical, Jesuitical, antimonarchical grounds are disproved, and the untruth and weakness of their new-devised-state-principles are discovered. Dei gratia mea lux. Maxwell, John, 1590?-1647. 1689 (1689) Wing M1385; ESTC R217399 195,288 341

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the_o bishop_n this_o be_v the_o hand_n be_v lift_v up_o when_o i_o swear_v allegiance_n to_o my_o emperor_n just_o cut_v off_o for_o my_o perjury_n and_o rebellion_n for_o which_o you_o be_v to_o answer_v who_o put_v i_o upon_o this_o mischievous_a course_n and_o rebellion_n see_v aventine_n and_o other_o infinite_a example_n may_v be_v allege_v if_o they_o escape_v the_o judgement_n of_o man_n by_o their_o scarce_a warrantable_a meekness_n and_o clemency_n god_n have_v executioner_n in_o store_n and_o ready_a for_o they_o he_o will_v revenge_v for_o his_o own_o interest_n if_o the_o king_n will_v not_o do_v justice_n against_o a_o traitor_n god_n will_v make_v his_o own_o friend_n do_v it_o and_o if_o that_o fail_v his_o own_o breast_n or_o both_o of_o they_o this_o be_v absalom_n case_n 2_o sam._n 18._o 14._o thy_o confederate_n will_v do_v it_o this_o be_v sheba_n case_n 2_o sam._n 20._o 22._o before_o a_o executioner_n be_v want_v thy_o own_o hand_n shall_v do_v it_o this_o be_v 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and_o ready_a way_n for_o all_o happiness_n to_o a_o kingdom_n be_v when_o the_o king_n consider_v that_o his_o greatness_n and_o glory_n consist_v in_o the_o happiness_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o proportion_v all_o his_o action_n and_o government_n to_o their_o peace_n and_o plenty_n and_o the_o people_n on_o the_o ●ther_n part_n when_o they_o level_v their_o intention_n action_n endeavour_n and_o obedience_n to_o preserve_v his_o sacred_a person_n his_o sacred_a right_n and_o royal_a prerogative_n let_v none_o divide_v those_o thing_n god_n have_v conjoin_v when_o people_n be_v thus_o affect_v it_o will_v move_v king_n for_o the_o good_a of_o their_o people_n with_o saul_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o sacrifice_n jonathan_n or_o with_o codrus_n to_o die_v himself_o for_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o people_n or_o with_o david_n in_o great_a judgement_n from_o god_n
chap._n v._n that_o all_o christian_a king_n be_v dependent_a from_o christ_n and_o may_v be_v call_v his_o vicegerent_n be_v prove_v 85._o chap._n vi_o that_o the_o king_n be_v sole_o dependent_a from_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o independent_a from_o all_o other_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n 116._o chap._n vii_o that_o the_o government_n of_o mankind_n be_v establish_v by_o god_n and_o be_v necessary_a jure_fw-la naturae_fw-la be_v prove_v by_o reason_n against_o those_o that_o hold_v that_o all_o government_n be_v arbitrary_a of_o the_o voluntary_a constitution_n and_o composition_n of_o man_n 126._o chap._n viii_o that_o sovereignty_n be_v not_o by_o derivation_n from_o the_o community_n be_v prove_v by_o more_o reason_n 141._o chap._n ix_o that_o sovereignty_n be_v not_o derive_v to_o the_o king_n from_o the_o people_n communicatiuè_fw-la by_o communication_n so_o that_o they_o may_v resume_v it_o in_o some_o case_n be_v prove_v by_o reason_n 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all_o know_v that_o constantius_n be_v a_o arrian_n a_o great_a persecutor_n of_o the_o orthodox_n who_o maintain_v the_o deity_n of_o christ._n liberius_n write_v to_o he_o admonish_v he_o not_o to_o fight_v against_o christ_n who_o have_v give_v he_o the_o empire_n nor_o to_o be_v so_o unthankful_a unto_o he_o as_o to_o be_v impious_a against_o he_o see_v then_o that_o scripture_n antiquity_n and_o reason_n stand_v for_o this_o truth_n that_o king_n be_v christ_n vicegerent_n upon_o earth_n let_v we_o not_o be_v deceive_v with_o the_o no_o less_o fond_a than_o new_o devise_v distinction_n of_o our_o novator_n and_o sectary_n who_o by_o difference_v betwixt_o god_n vicegerent_n upon_o earth_n and_o christ_n vicegerent_n upon_o earth_n intend_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o throw_v down-crown_n and_o royal_a diadem_n and_o lay_v they_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o presbytery_n and_o assembly_n and_o to_o set_v up_o a_o tribunal_n of_o their_o own_o a_o sovereignty_n ecclesiastical_a to_o 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most_o apposite_o and_o pregnant_o cujus_fw-la enim_fw-la jussu_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la homines_fw-la huius_fw-la jussu_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la apti_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la regnantur_fw-la quidam_fw-la enim_fw-la illorum_fw-la ad_fw-la correctionem_fw-la &_o utilitatem_fw-la subjectorum_fw-la dantur_fw-la &_o conservationem_fw-la justitiae_fw-la quidam_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la timorem_fw-la poenam_fw-la &_o increpationem_fw-la quidam_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la illusionem_fw-la &_o contumeliam_fw-la &_o superbiam_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la &_o digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la dei_fw-la ●us●o_fw-la judicio_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o place_n be_v certa_fw-la sedes_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la &_o sententiae_fw-la patris_fw-la a_o proper_a place_n from_o which_o we_o may_v draw_v warrantable_o the_o father_n tenet_n concern_v the_o author_n and_o donor_n of_o sovereignty_n here_o the_o holy_a father_n be_v prove_v that_o the_o devil_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o king_n and_o sovereign_a power_n he_o refer_v all_o to_o god_n the_o immediate_a author_n and_o origine_fw-la of_o royalty_n if_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n at_o this_o time_n and_o he_o with_o it_o have_v believe_v with_o our_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d opposer_n of_o monarchy_n that_o all_o power_n be_v radical_o primary_o and_o independent_o inherent_a in_o people_n and_o from_o they_o derive_v to_o king_n this_o be_v a_o fit_a place_n to_o express_v it_o and_o we_o see_v he_o know_v no_o more_o but_o cujus_fw-la jussu_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la homines_fw-la huius_fw-la jussu_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v worthy_a of_o our_o notice_n take_v that_o god_n make_v and_o send_v king_n as_o in_o his_o wise_a providence_n he_o think_v for_o the_o punishment_n of_o our_o sin_n or_o in_o his_o mercy_n and_o bounty_n to_o bless_v we_o when_o we_o walk_v in_o his_o way_n tertullian_n speak_v in_o the_o same_o idiom_n 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