A57975:400
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But let us try the Text first [Greek or Hebrew] the word cannot enforce us to expone [Greek or Hebrew] a law; our English rendereth, Show them the manner of the King. (e)Arri. Montanus turneth it ratio Regis. ⟨p. 132⟩I grant the Seventy render it, (f)[Greek or Hebrew]. The Chaldee Paraphrase saith, Statutum regis. gHieronimus translateth it jus regis; so Calvin: but I am sure the Hebrew both in words and sense beareth a consuetude; yea, and the word [Greek or Hebrew] signifieth not always a law, as Josh. 6.14. They compassed the city [Greek or Hebrew] seven times. 70. [Greek or Hebrew]. 2 King. 17.26. They know not the manner of the God of the Land, Vers. 33. They served their own gods, after the manner of the Heathen. [Greek or Hebrew] It cannot be according to the Law or right of the Heathen, except [Greek or Hebrew], be taken in an evil part. 70. [Greek or Hebrew]. Vers. 34. Until this day they do after these manners, 1 Kings 18.28. Baals Priests cut themselves with Knives [Greek or Hebrew] after their manner, 70. [Greek or Hebrew], Gen. 40.13. Thou shalt give the cup to Pharaoh, according as thou wast wont to do. [Greek or Hebrew], Exod. 21.19. He shall deal with her after the manner of daughters, 1 Sam. 27.11. And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring (tidings) to Gath, saying, So did David, and so will his manner be, [Greek or Hebrew]. It cannot be, they meant that it was Davids law, right, or privilege to spare none alive, 1 Sam. 2.13