3. Assert. Mere conquest by the sword without the consent of the people, is no just title to the Crown; 1. Because the lawful title that Gods Word holdeth forth to us, beside the Lords choosing and calling of a man to the Crown, is the peoples election, Deut. 17. 15. all that had any lawful calling to the Crown in Gods Word,1 as Saul, David, Solomon, &c. were called by the people, and the first lawful calling is to us a rule and pattern to all lawful callings. 2. A ⟨p. 84⟩King as a King, and by virtue of his Royal Office is the Father of2 the Kingdom, a Tutor, a Defender, Protector, a Shield, a Leader, a Shepherd, an Husband, a Patron, a Watchman, a Keeper of the people3 over which he is King, and so the Office essentially includeth acts of fatherly affection, care, love and kindness to those over whom he is set, so as he who is clothed with all these relations of love to the people, cannot exercise those official Acts on a people against their will, and by mere violence. Can he be a Father, and a Guide, a Patron to us against our will? and by the sole power of the bloody sword? a benefit conferred upon any against their will is no benefit: Will he, by the awesome dominion of the sword be our father, and we unwilling to be his sons? an head over such as will not be members? will he guide me as a Father, an Husband against my will? he cannot come by mere violence to be a Patton, a Shield, and a defender of me through violence. 3. It is4 not to be thought that, that is Gods just Title to a Crown which hath nothing in it of the essence of a King; but a violent and bloody purchase, which is in its prevalency in an oppressing Nimrod, and the cruellest tyrant that is, hath nothing essential to that which constituteth a King: for it hath nothing of Heroic and Royal wisdom and gifts to govern, and nothing of Gods approving and regulating will which must be manifested to any who would be a King, but by the contrary cruelty hath rather baseness and witless fury, and a plain reluctancy with Gods revealing Will, which forbideth murder, Gods Law should say, (Murder thou, and prosper and reign) and by the act of violating the sixth Commandment, God should declare his approving Will, to wit, his lawful call to a Throne. 4.
3. Assert. Meere conquest by the sword without the consent of the people, is no just title to the Crowne; 1. Because the lawfull title that Gods Word holdeth forth to us, beside the Lords choosing and calling of a man to the Crowne, is the peoples election, Deut. 17. 15. all that had any lawfull calling to the Crowne in Gods Word,1 as Saul, David, Solomon, &c. were called by the people, and the first lawfull calling is to us a rule and paterne to all lawfull callings. 2. A ⟨p. 84⟩King as a King, and by vertue of his Royall Office is the Father of2 the Kingdome, a Tutor, a Defender, Protector, a Shield, a Leader, a Shepheard, an Husband, a Patron, a Watchman, a Keeper of the people3 over which he is King, and so the Office essentially includeth acts of fatherly affection, care, love and kindnesse to those over whom he is set, so as he who is cloathed with all these relations of love to the people, cannot exercise those officiall Acts on a people against their will, and by meere violence. Can he be a Father, and a Guide, a Patron to us against our will? and by the sole power of the bloudy sword? a benefit conferred upon any against their will is no benefit: Will he, by the awsome dominion of the sword be our father, and we unwilling to be his sonnes? an head over such as will not be menbers? will he guide me as a Father, an Husband against my will? he cannot come by meere violence to be a Patton, a Shield, and a defender of me through violence. 3. It is4 not to be thought that, that is Gods just Title to a Crowne which hath nothing in it of the essence of a King; but a violent and bloody purchase, which is in its prevalency in an oppressing Nymrod, and the cruellest tyrant that is, hath nothing essentiall to that which constituteth a King: for it hath nothing of Heroick and Royall wisedome and gifts to governe, and nothing of Gods approving and regulating will which must be manifested to any who would be a King, but by the contrary cruelty hath rather basenesse and witlesse fury, and a plaine reluctancy with Gods revealing Will, which forbideth murther, Gods Law should say, (Murther thou, and prosper and raigne) and by the act of violating the sixt Commandement, God should declare his approving Will, to wit, his lawfull call to a Throne. 4.
- 11 Arg.
- 22 Arg.
- 3Mere violent domineering is contrary to the rules of governing,Meere violent domineering is contrary to the rules of governing,
- 43 Arg. Violence hath nothing in it of a King.
