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Lex, Rex
Lex, rex The law and the prince : a dispute for the just prerogative of king and people : containing the reasons and causes of the most necessary defensive wars of the kingdom of Scotland and of their expedition for the aid and help of their dear brethren of England : in which their innocency is asserted and a full answer is given to a seditious pamphlet entitled Sacro-sancta regum majestas, or, The sacred and royal prerogative of Christian kings, under the name of J. A. but penned by Jo. Maxwell the excommunicate P. Prelate. : with a scriptural confutation of the ruinous grounds of W. Barclay, H. Grotius, H. Arnisœus, Ant. de Domi P. Bishop of Spalata, and of other late anti-magistratical royalists, as the author of Ossorianum, D. Fern, E. Symmons, the doctors of Aberdeen, &c. : in XLIV questions.Lex, rex The law and the prince : a dispute for the just prerogative of king and people : containing the reasons and causes of the most necessary defensive wars of the kingdom of Scotland and of their expedition for the ayd and help of their dear brethren of England : in which their innocency is asserted and a full answer is given to a seditious pamphlet intituled Sacro-sancta regum majestas, or, The sacred and royall prerogative of Christian kings, under the name of J. A. but penned by Jo. Maxwell the excommunicate P. Prelat. : with a scripturall confutation of the ruinous grounds of W. Barclay, H. Grotius, H. Arnisœus, Ant. de Domi P. Bishop of Spalata, and of other late anti-magistratical royalists, as the author of Ossorianum, D. Fern, E. Symmons, the doctors of Aberdeen, &c. : in XLIV questions.
London: printed for John Field, 1644London: printed for Iohn Field, 1644
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QUEST. XLIV. General results of the former doctrine in some few Corollaries, in 22 Questions. p. 454, 455. Concerning Monarchy, compared with other forms, p. 454. How Royalty is an issue of nature, p. 454, 455. And how Magistrates as Magistrates be natural, p. 455. How absoluteness is not a Ray of Gods Majesty, ibid. And resistance not unlawful, because Christ and his Apostles used it not in some cases, p. 456, 457. Coronation is no ceremony, p. 457. Men may limit the power that they gave not, p. 457, 458. The Common-wealth, not a pupil or minor properly, p. 459. Subjects not more obnoxious to a King, then Clients, Vassals, Children, to their Superiors, p. 459, 460. If subjection passive be natural, p. 461. Whether King Uzziah was dethroned, p. 461, 462. Idiots and children not complete Kings, children are Kings in destination only, p. 462. Denial of passive subjection in things unlawful, not dishonourable to the King, more then denial of active obedience in the same things, p. 463. The King may not make away, or sell any part of his Dominions, p. 463, 464. People may in some cases convene without the King, p. 464. How, and in what meaning, subjects are to pay the Kings debts, p. 465. Subsidies the Kingdoms due, rather then the Kings, p. 465, 466. How the Seas, Ports, Forts, Castles, Militia, Magazine, are the Kings, and how they are the Kingdoms, p. 466.
QUEST. XLIV. Generall results of the former doctrine in some few Corrolaries, in 22 Questions. p. 454, 455. Concerning Monarchy, compared with other forms, p. 454. How Royaltie is an issue of nature, p. 454, 455. And how Magistrates as Magistrates be naturall, p. 455. How absolutenesse is not a Ray of Gods Majestie, ibid. And resistance not unlawfull, because Christ and his Apostles used it not in some cases, p. 456, 457. Coronation is no ceremony, p. 457. Men may limit the power that they gave not, p. 457, 458. The Common-wealth, not a pupill or minor properly, p. 459. Subjects not more obnoxious to a King, then Clients, Vassals, Children, to their Superiours, p. 459, 460. If subjection passive be naturall, p. 461. Whether King Uzziah was dethroned, p. 461, 462. Idiots and children not compleat Kings, children are Kings in destination onely, p. 462. Deniall of passive subjection in things unlawfull, not dishonourable to the King, more then deniall of active obedience in the same things, p. 463. The King may not make away, or sell any part of his Dominions, p. 463, 464. People may in some cases conveen without the King, p. 464. How, and in what meaning, subjects are to pay the Kings debts, p. 465. Subsidies the Kingdoms due, rather then the Kings, p. 465, 466. How the Seas, Ports, Forts, Castles, Militia, Magazeen, are the Kings, and how they are the Kingdoms, p. 466.