A treatise of civil policy

It is false that Saul and David, their original of Royalty was only from God by a special Ordinance sent from Heaven; for their office is, Deut. 17. 14. from the written Word of God, as the killing of Idolaters, v. 3, 7. as the Office of the Priests and Levites, 8, 9, 10. and this is no extraordinary Ordinance from Heaven, more than that is from Heaven which is warranted by the Word of God. If he mean that these men, Saul, and David, were created Kings by the only extraordinary revelation of God from Heaven, it is a lye; for beside the Prophetical anointing of them, they were made Kings by the people, as the word saith expressly; except we say that David sinned in not setting himself down on the Throne, when Samuel anointed him first King; and so he should have made away his Master King Saul out of the world; and there were not a few called to the Throne, by the people; but many, yea all the Kings of Israel and Judah. 4. The Prelate contendeth that a King is designed to his royal dignity, immediately from God, without an extraordinary revelation from Heaven, as the man is designed to be a Pastor by men; and yet the power of Preaching is immediately from God, &c. but he proveth nothing, except he prove that all Pastors are called to be Pastors immediately; and that God calleth and designeth to the Throne such a person immediately, as he hath immediately instituted by the power of Preaching, and the Apostleship, and hath immediately infused the soul in the body, by an act of Creation; and we cannot conceive how God in our days, when there are no extraordinary revelations, doth immediately create this man a King, and immediately tie the crown to this family rather then to this; this he doth by the people now, without any Prophetical Unction; and by this medium, to wit, by the free choice of the people. He needeth not bring the example of Matthias more than of any ordinary Pastor, and yet an ordinary Pastor is not ⟨p. 18⟩immediately called of God, because the Office of an ordinary Pastor is from God immediately, and also the man is made Pastor by the Church.

It is false that Saul and David, their originall of Royalty was onely from God by a speciall Ordinance sent from Heaven; for their office is, Deut. 17. 14. from the written Word of God, as the killing of Idolaters, v. 3, 7. as the Office of the Priests and Levites, 8, 9, 10. and this is no extraordinary Ordinance from Heaven, more than that is from Heaven which is warranted by the Word of God. If he meane that these men, Saul, and David, were created Kings by the onely extraordinary revelation of God from Heaven, it is a lye; for beside the Propheticall anoynting of them, they were made Kings by the people, as the word saith expresly; except we say that David sinned in not setting himselfe downe on the Throne, when Samuel anoynted him first King; and so he should have made away his Master King Saul out of the world; and there were not a few called to the Throne, by the people; but many, yea all the Kings of Israel and Iudah. 4. The Prelate contendeth that a King is designed to his royall dignity, immediatly from God, without an extraordinary revelation from Heaven, as the man is designed to be a Pastor by men; and yet the power of Preaching is immediatly from God, &c. but he proveth nothing, except he prove that all Pastors are called to be Pastors immediatly; and that God calleth and designeth to the Throne such a person immediatly, as he hath immediatly instituted by the power of Preaching, and the Apostleship, and hath immediatly infused the soule in the body, by an act of Creation; and we cannot conceive how God in our daies, when there are no extraordinary revelations, doth immediatly create this man a King, and immediatly tie the crown to this family rather then to this; this he doth by the people now, without any Propheticall Vnction; and by this medium, to wit, by the free choice of the people. He needeth not bring the example of Matthias more than of any ordinary Pastor, and yet an ordinary Pastor is not