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A treatise of civil policy
A treatise of civil policy: being a resolution of forty three questions concerning prerogative, right and privilege, in reference to the supreme prince and the people. / By Samuel Rutherford professor of divinity of St Andrews in Scotland.A treatise of civil policy: being a resolution of forty three questions concerning prerogative, right and priviledge, in reference to the supream prince and the people. / By Samuel Rutherford professor of divintiy of St Andrews in Scotland.
London, : Printed and are to be sold by Simon Miller at the Star in St Pauls Church-yard near the West end., 1657 i.e. 1656
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QUEST. VII. Whether the P. Prelate conclude, that neither constitution, nor designation of Kings is from the people? Negatur, P. 38, 39. The excellency of Kings, maketh them not of Gods only Constitution and Designation, Ibid. How Sovereignty is in the people, how not, P. 43. A Community doth not surrender their right and liberty to their Rulers; so much as their power active, to do, and passive, to suffer violence, P. 44, 45. Gods loosing of the bonds of Kings, by the mediation of the peoples despising him, proveth against the P. P. That the Lord taketh away, and giveth Royal Majesty mediately, not immediately, P. 45, 46. The subordination of people to Kings and Rulers, both natural and voluntary; the subordination of beasts and creatures to man merely natural, P. 46, 47. The place, Gen. 9. 5. He that shedeth man's blood, &c. discussed, P. 47, 48.
QUEST. VII. Whether the P. Prelate conclude, that neither constitution, nor designation of Kings is from the people? Negatur, P. 38, 39. The excellency of Kings, maketh them not of Gods onely Constitution and Designation, Ibid. How Soveraigntie is in the people, how not, P. 43. A Communitie doth not surrender their right and libertie to their Rulers; so much as their power active, to do, and passive, to suffer violence, P. 44, 45. Gods loosing of the bonds of Kings, by the mediation of the peoples despising him, proveth against the P. P. That the Lord taketh away, and giveth Royall Majestie mediately, not immediately, P. 45, 46. The subordination of people to Kings and Rulers, both naturall and voluntary; the subordination of beasts and creatures to man meerly naturall, P. 46, 47. The place, Gen. 9. 5. He that shedeth man's blood, &c. discussed, P. 47, 48.
QUEST. VIII. Whether or no, the P. Prelate proveth, by force of reason, That the people cannot be capable of any power of Government? Negatur, pag. 49, 50. In any community there is an active and passive power to Government, P. 50. Popular Government is not that wherein all the whole people are Governors, P. 53, 54. People by nature are equally indifferent to all the three Governments, and are under not any one by nature, P. 53. The P. Prelate, denieth the Pope his father to be the Antichrist, Ibid. The bad success of Kings chosen by people, proveth nothing against us,