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Englands satisfaction in eight queries; concerning the true place, office, and power of a king, according to Gods word.
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restore it saith Samuel Then they said thou hast done us no wrong nor hurt us neither hast thou taken ought of any mans hand Then Samuel said the Lord and your Anointed is witnesse this day that yee have found nought in my hands And they answered he is witnes so the Lord in his anger Hosea 13. 11. gave them a King who was no blessing but a curse unto them as will appeare Secondly In respect of man because Israel would have a man to be their King and forsake the Lord their God peremptorily notwithstanding all before mentioned Israel must know that a mortall man one of their brethren to be exalted to the dignitie of the Lords throne of Majestie unto which belongs such a regall power and royall prerogative that was not fit for any sinfull mortall man because the wayes power and wisdome of man cannot as the Lord exercise such a power but either on the right hand or on the left they will transgresse against God or man in disobeying the Commandement of the Lord and this is the cause of the Lords anger and therefore for a punishment Israel must although their Kings should will unlawfull things 1 Sam. 8. 17. yeeld in obedience and serve their Kings accordingly and therefore the Lord Chap. 12.17 sent them in judgement even in wheat harvest such a thunder and raine to convince and to shew them their great wickednesse in asking of a King that ver 19. all the people said unto Samuel Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God they durst not say our God that wee dye not for we have sinned in asking us a King Chap. 8. 20. to judge us and goe out before us and fight our battles the first whereof was against the Philistims where Saul Chap. 13. 12. was bold to offer a burnt offering for which Samuel vers 13 14. told Saul thou hast done foolishly for because thou hast not kept the Commandement of the Lord thy God thy Kingdome shall not continue for the Lord hath sought him a man after his owne heart and the Lord hath commanded him to governe his people Another battell against the Amalekites Chapt. 15. 9. who against the Commandement of the Lord spared Agag and the best things of the Amalekites for which Samuel told Saul vers 22 23. Obedience is better then sacrifice and to heare the Word of the Lord better then the fat of Rammes that rebellion is as the sinne of witch-craft and stubbornnesse as iniquitie and idolatry because thou hast rejected the Word of the Lord he hath rejected thee from being King ver 28. The Lord hath rent the Kingdome of Israel from thee this day and given it to thy neighbour that is better then thou therefore Kings though Anointed of the Lord and sit in the Lords throne may not exercise this regall power to doe their owne wills against the Commandements of the Lord no not by duties of burnt offering or sacrifice even Kings are to be as subject to the Commandement of the Lord as well as other men none may doe evill for good to come of it for with the Lord there is no respect of persons and Kings must know as they are but men That Pro. 28. 15. as a roaring Lyon and a hungry Beare so is a wicked Ruler over the poore people therefore thus saith the Lord Ezek. 45. 9. Let it suffice you O Princes of Israel leave off crueltie and oppression and execute Judgement and Justice and take away your exactions from my people Thus saith the Lord Jere. 21. 12. O house of David execute Judgement in the morning and doe not delay and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor Chap. 22. 2 3. O King of Judah that sittest in the throne of David execute yee judgement and righteousnesse And Pro. 25. 5. Take away the wicked Counsellors from the King and his throne shall be established in righteousnesse for Chap. 29. 14. A King that Judgeth the poore in truth according to Gods Word his throne shall be established for ever for Chap. 22. 23. The Lord will defend his cause and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them Chap. 19. 21. Many devices are in a mans heart but the counsell of the Lord standeth Chap. 14. 26. In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength and his Children shall have hope therefore know O Kings Princes and Rulers that Chap. 21.30 there is no wisdome neither understanding nor counsell against the Lord who saith Mat. 5. 3. Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heaven Luke 6. 20. Blessed be yee poore for yours is the kingdome of God that feare the Lord and unto salvation beleeve in Jesus Christ for Mat. 11. 5. The poore receive the Gospel Luke 4 18 19. The spirit of the Lord is upon me that I should preach the Gospel to the poore and heale the broken-hearted and preach deliverance to the captives and set at libertie them that are bruised and preach the acceptable yeare of the Lord. And Isa 61. 3. To give unto them beautie for ashes the oyle of joy for mourning the garment of gladnesse for the spirit of heavinesse that they may be called trees of righteousnesse the planting of the Lord. Jer. 22. 2 3. O King of Iudah vex not the stranger the fatherlesse nor the widdow doe no violence nor shed innocent bloud in this place where such of the Lords dwell although Kings thinke they have a regall power to doe their owne wills they are mistaken 3. Quest What is the true and onely right place office and power of a King according to the Word of God Answ First the true and onely right place of a King is from amongst above and over all the people alone to sit in the Lords throne of Majestie Secondly The true and onely right office of a King is Rom. 13. 4. to be the Minister of God for the wealth or good of the people over whom he is set doing the will according unto the Lawes Statutes and Ordinances of him in whose throne he sits vers 1. Let every soule be subject to the higher power for there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordeined of God therefore Kings are not to make any Statute Law or Ordinance destructive or contradictory unto them that were made by God before he made any King so that even Kings are to be as subject to the Lord as men to Kings and so as one intrusted by God as the Lords Vicegerent or Lievtenant over the Lords people betwixt God and man to see and looke unto it that God may be honoured glorified and served by himselfe and all the people and to see and looke to and preserve the people from all enemies perils and dangers both from abroad and at home Thirdly The true and onely right power of a King is as the Minister of God Rom. 13 4. to beare the sword of Justice to take vengeance on or execute