A57975:455
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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Assert. Inferior Judges are no less essentially Judges, and the immediate Vicars of God, then the King.1 1. These who judge in the room of God, and exercise the judgement of God, are essentially Judges, and the Deputies of God, as well as the King: but inferior Judges are such. Ergo, The proposition is clear, the formal reason, why the King is univocally and essentially a Judge is, because the Kings throne is the Lords throne, 1 Chron. 29.23. And Solomon sate on the throne of the Lord, as King, instead of David his father, 1 King. 1.13. It is called Davids throne, because the King is the Deputy of Jehovah, and the judgement is the Lords: I prove the assumption. Inferior Judges appointed by King Jehoshaphat have this place, 2 Chro. 19.6. The King said to the Judges, Take heed what ye do, [Greek or Hebrew], for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord: then they were Deputies in the place of the Lord, and not the Kings Deputies in the formal and official acts of judging. 7. Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you, take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, or taking of gifts.
Assert. Inferiour Iudges are no lesse essentially Iudges, and the immediate Vicars of God, then the King.1 1. These who judge in the room of God, and exercise the judgement of God, are essentially Iudges, and the Deputies of God, as well as the King: but inferiour Iudges are such. Ergo, The proposition is clear, the formall reason, why the King is univocally and essentially a Iudge is, because the Kings throne is the Lords throne, 1 Chron. 29.23. And Solomon sate on the throne of the Lord, as King, instead of David his father, 1 King. 1.13. It is called Davids throne, because the King is the Deputy of Iehovah, and the judgement is the Lords: I prove the assumption. Inferiour Iudges appointed by King Iehoshaphat have this place,