A57975:275
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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Answ. Frequent elections of a King,1 at the death of every Prince may have, by accident, and through the corruption of our nature, bloody, and tragical sequels, and to eschew these, people may tie and oblige their children to chose one of the first born; Male or Female, as in Scotland and England, of such a line; but I have spoken of the excellency of the title by election, above that of birth, as comparing things according to their own nature together; but give me leave to say, That the posterity are tied to that Line, 1. Conditionally: So the first born, ceteris paribus, be qualified, and have an head to sit at the helm. 2. Elections of Governors would be performed, as in the sight of God; and in my weak apprehension, the person coming nearest to Gods judge, Fearing God, hating covetousness, and to Moses his King, Deut. 17. one who shall read in the Book of the Law, and it would seem now, that gracious morals are to us instead of Gods immediate designation. 3. The genuine and intrinsical end of making Kings, is not simply governing, but governing the best way in peace, honesty, and godliness, 1 Tim. 2. ⟨p. 78⟩Ergo, These are to be made Kings, who may most expeditely procure this end: neither is it my purpose to make him no King, who is not a gracious man, only here I compare title with title.
Answ. Frequent elections of a King,1 at the death of every Prince may have, by accident, and through the corruption of our nature, bloody, and tragicall sequels, and to eschew these, people may tie and oblige their children to chose one of the first born; Male or Female, as in Scotland and England, of such a line; but I have spoken of the excellencie of the title by election, above that of birth, as comparing things according to their own nature together; but give me leave to say, That the posterity are tyed to that Line, 1. Conditionally: So the first born, ceteris paribus, be qualified, and have an head to sit at the helm. 2. Elections of Governours would be performed, as in the sight of God; and in my weak apprehension, the person coming neerest to Gods judge, Fearing God, hating covetousnesse, and to Moses his King,