A92147:1218
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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3. For reversing of Laws made for the establishing of Popery,1 we think the Church of Christ did well to declare all these unjust grievous decrees; and that woe is due to the Judges, even the Queen, if they should not repent, as Isai. 10. 1. And this P. must show his teeth in this, against our Reformation in Scotland, which ⟨p. 427⟩he once commended in Pulpit, as a glorious work of Gods right arm. And the Assemble of Glasgow, 1637. declared, That Bishops though established by Acts of Parliament, procured by Prelates only, Commissioners, and Agents, for the Church, who betrayed their trust, were unlawful, and did supplicate, That the ensuing Parliament would annul these wicked Acts. They think God privilegeth neither King, nor others from Church-Censures: the P. Prelates imprisoned, and silenced the Ministers of Christ, who preached against the public sins, the blood, oppressions, unjustice, open swearing, and blasphemy of the holy Name of God, the countenancing of Idolaters, &c. in King and Court.
3. For reversing of Laws made for the establishing of Popery,1 we think the Church of Christ did well to declare all these unjust grievous decrees; and that woe is due to the Iudges, even the Queen, if they should not repent, as Isai. 10. 1. And this P. must shew his teeth in this, against our Reformation in Scotland, which ⟨p. 427⟩he once commended in Pulpit, as a glorious work of Gods right arm. And the Assemble of Glaskow, 1637. declared, That Bishops though established by Acts of Parliament, procured by Prelates onely, Commissioners, and Agents, for the Church, who betrayed their trust, were unlawfull, and did supplicate, That the ensuing Parliament would annull these wicked Acts. They think God priviledgeth neither King, nor others from Church-Censures: the P. Prelates imprisoned, and silenced the Ministers of Christ, who preached against the publike sins, the blood, oppressions, unjustice, open swearing, and blasphemy of the holy Name of God, the countenancing of Idolaters, &c. in King and Court.