A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

and so he doth upon the matter explain himself in the very next words, for Kings and for all that are in authority, he saith, not for all Kings, but he will not have us exclude Kings nor Queens as such from our prayers, nor any other subordinate Rulers: When he saith all that are in authority, he means any kind of lawful authority; for we may not pray for those who are in any unlawful or usurped authority in the Church, Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Archdeacons, &c. which prayer were an approbation of their unlawful callings in the Church. I do not say that we may not pray for the persons of any Archbishops, Bishops, &c. but we may not pray for them as clothed with such an office or authority, as we are there bid pray for Kings quatenus Kings, that we may live under them a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty: ⟨p. 282⟩so that a King or Emperor as he is clothed with such authority may not be excluded from our prayers: But if we look upon all Kings and Emperors personally, individually or num•cally, so it cannot hold true that we ought to pray for all that are in Authority, otherwise the ancient Church had been bound to pray for Julian the apostate.

and so he doth upon the mater explain himself in the very next words, for Kings and for all that are in authority, he saith, not for all Kings, but he will not have us exclude Kings nor Queens as such from our prayers, nor any other subordinat Rulers: When he saith all that are in authority, he means any kind of lawfull authority; for we may not pray for those who are in any unlawfull or usurped authority in the Church, Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Archdeacons, &c. which prayer were an approbation of their unlawfull callings in the Church. I doe not say that we may not pray for the persons of any Archbishops, Bishops, &c. but we may not pray for them as clothed with such an office or authority, as we are there bid pray for Kings quatenus Kings, that we may live under them a quiet and peaceable life in all godlines and honesty: ⟨p. 282⟩so that a King or Emperour as he is clothed with such authority may not be excluded from our prayers: But if we look upon all Kings and Emperours personally, individually or num•cally, so it cannot hold true that we ought to pray for all that are in Authority, otherwise the ancient Church had been bound to pray for Iulian the apostate.