A57975:781
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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2. If the Lord say not to the King only, but also to other inferior Judges, Be wise, understand, and the cause that you know not, search out; then the King is not the only interpreter of the Law. But the Lord saith not to the King only, but to other Judges also, Be wise, understand, and the cause that you know not search out, ergo the King is not the sole Law-giver. The Major is clear from Ps. 2.10. Be wise now therefore, O ye Kings, be instructed ye Judges of the earth. So are commands and rebukes for unjust judgement given to others then to Kings, Ps. 82.1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Ps. 58.1, 2. Isaiah 1.17, 23 25▪ 26. Isaiah 3.14. see Job. 29.12, 13, 14, 15. c. 31. v. 21.22.
2. If the Lord say not to the King only, but also to other inferiour Iudges, Be wise, understand, and the cause that you know not, search out; then the King is not the only interpreter of the Law. But the Lord saith not to the King only, but to other Iudges also, Be wise, understand, and the cause that you know not search out, ergo the King is not the sole Law-giver. The Major is cleare from Ps. 2.10. Be wise now therefore, O yee Kings, be instructed yee Iudges of the earth. So are commands and rebukes for unjust judgement given to others then to Kings, Ps. 82.1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Ps. 58.1, 2. Esay 1.17, 23 25▪ 26. Esay 3.14. see Iob. 29.12, 13, 14, 15. c. 31. v. 21.22.