A57975:968
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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Object. 16. If self-defence, and that by taking up Arms against the King, he an unlawful duty, how is it that you have no practise, no precept, no promise for it in all the word of God? 1. You have no practise; Ahab sold himself to do evil, he was an Idolater, and killed the Prophets; and his Queen a bloody Idolatress, stirred him up to great wickedness: Elijah had as great power with the people as you have, yet he never stirred up the people to take Arms against the King. Why did God at this time rather use an extraordinary means of saving his Church? Arnisaeus de autho. Princ. c. 8. but Elijah only fled. Nebuchadnezzar, Ahab, Manasseh, Julian were Tyrants and Idolaters, the people never raised an Army against them. B. Williams of Ossorie, p. 21. Deut. 14. If brother, son, daughter, wife or friend entice thee to follow strange gods, kill them, not a word of the father: Children are to love Fathers, not to kill them. 1Christ (saith John P.P.) in the cradle, taught by practise to flee from Herod; and all Christs ⟨p. 364⟩acts and sufferings are full of mysteries, and our instructions: He might have had legions of Angels to defend him, but would rather work a miracle, in curing Malchus ear, as use the sword against Caesar. If Sectaries give us a new Creed, it will concern them near with expunging Christs descent into hell, and the communion of Saints, to raze out this, He suffered under Pontius Pilate—My resolution is (for this sin of yours) to dissolve in tears and Prayers, and with my Master say daily and hourly, Father forgive them, &c. Christ thought it an uncouth spirit, to call for fire from heaven to burn the Samaritans, because they refused him lodging. 2. The Prophets cried out against Idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery, &c. and all sins; never against the sin of neglect, and murderous omission to defend Church and Religion against a tyrannous King. 3. No promise is made to such a rebellious insurrection in Gods word.
Object. 16. If self-defence, and that by taking up Armes against the King, he an unlawfull duty, how is it that you have no practise, no precept, no promise for it in all the word of God? 1. You have no practise; Ahab sold himselfe to do evill, he was an Idolater, and killed the Prophets; and his Queene a bloody Idolatresse, stirred him up to great wickednesse: Elias had as great power with the people as you have, yet hee never stirred up the people to take Armes against the King. Why did God at this time rather use an extraordinary meanes of saving his Church? Arnisaeus de autho. Princ. c. 8. but Elias only fled. Nebuchadnezer, Ahab, Manassah, Julian were Tyrants and Idolaters, the people never raised an Armie against them. B. Williams of Ossorie, p. 21.