A92147:1306
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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Assert. 2. The Parliament is to regulate the power of the King. 1The heritable Sheriffs complain, that the King granteth Commissions to others, in cases pertaining to their office. Whereupon, the Estates, Par. 6. K. Jam. 5. Act. 82. dischargeth all such Commissions, as also appointeth that all Murderers be judged by the Justice general only. And in several Acts the King is inhibited to grant pardons to malefactors. K. Ja. 6. Act. 75. P. 11.
Assert. 2. The Parliament is to regulate the power of the King. 1The heritable Sheriffes complaine, that the King granteth Commissions to others, in cases perteining to their office. Whereupon, the Estates, Par. 6. K. Iam. 5. Act. 82. dischargeth all such Commissions, as also appointeth that all Murtherers be judged by the Iustice generall only. And in severall Acts the King is inhibited to grant pardons to malefactors. K. Ia. 6. Act. 75. P. 11.
- 1The Parliaments of Scotland do regulate, limit, and set bounds to the Kings power.The Parliaments of Scotland doe regulate, limit, and set bounds to the Kings power.
It is to be considered, that King James in his Basilicon Doron, layeth down an unsound ground, that Fergus the first father of 107 Kings of Scotland, conquered this Kingdom. The contrary whereof ⟨p. 449⟩is asserted by Fordome, Major, Boethius, Buchanan, Hollanshed; who run all upon this Principle, That the Estates of the Kingdom did 1. Choose a Monarchy, and freely, and no other Government. 2. That they freely elected Fergus to be their King. 3. King Fergus