4 Assert. The obligation of the King in the covenant, floweth1 from the peculiar obligation national betwixt the King and the Estates, and it bindeth the King, as King, and not simply as he is a man. 1. Because it is a covenant betwixt the people and David, not as he is the son of Jesse, for then it should oblige Eliab, or any other of Davids brethren; yea, it should oblige any man, if it oblige David as a man: but it obligeth David as a King, or as he is to be their King, because it is the specifice act of a King, that he is obliged unto, to wit, to govern the people in Righteousness and Religion with his Royal power. And so it is false that Arnisaeus saith, that the King, as a man, is obliged to God by this covenant, not as a King. 2. He saith, by covenant the King is bound to God as a Man, not as a King. But so the man will have the King, as King, under no law of God, and so he must either be above God, as King, or coequal with God; which are manifest blasphemies: for I thought ever, the Royalists had not denied, but the King, as King, had been obliged to keep his oath to his subjects, in relation to God, and in regard of natural obligation; so as he •mneth before God, if he break his covenant with his people: though they deny that he is obliged to2 keep his covenant in relation to his Subjects, and in regard of politic or civill obligation to men. Sure I am, this the Royalists constantly teach. 3. He would have this covenant so made with men, as it obligeth not the King to men, but to God. But the contrary is true. Beside the King and the Peoples covenant with the Lord, ⟨p. 102⟩King Joash made another covenant with the People, and Jehoiada the Priest was only a witness, or one who in Gods name performed the rite of anointing, otherwise he was a subject on the peoples side, obliged to keep allegiance to Joash, as to his Sovereign and Master. But certainly, who ever maketh a covenant with the people, promising to govern them according to Gods word, and upon that condition and these terms receiveth a throne and crown from the people, he is obliged to what he promiseth to the people, Omnis promittens facit alteri, cui promissio facta est, jus in promittent•m; Who ever maketh a promise to another, giveth to that other a sort of right or jurisdiction to challenge the promise.
4 Assert. The obligation of the King in the covenant, floweth1 from the peculiar obligation nationall betwixt the King and the Estates, and it bindeth the King, as King, and not simply as he is a man. 1. Because it is a covenant betwixt the people and David, not as he is the sonne of Jesse, for then it should oblige Eliab, or any other of Davids brethren; yea, it should oblige any man, if it oblige David as a man: but it obligeth David as a King, or as he is to be their King, because it is the specifice act of a King, that he is obliged unto, to wit, to governe the people in Righteousnesse and Religion with his Royall power. And so it is false that Arnisaeus saith, that the King, as a man, is obliged to God by this covenant, not as a King. 2. He saith, by covenant the King is bound to God as a Man, not as a King. But so the man will have the King, as King, under no law of God, and so he must either be above God, as King, or coequall with God; which are manifest blasphemies: for I thought ever, the Royalists had not denyed, but the King, as King, had been obliged to keep his oath to his subjects, in relation to God, and in regard of naturall obligation; so as he •mneth before God, if he breake his covenant with his people: though they deny that he is obliged to2 keep his covenant in relation to his Subjects, and in regard of politique or civill obligation to men. Sure I am, this the Royalists constantly teach. 3. He would have this covenant so made with men, as it obligeth not the King to men, but to God. But the contrary is true. Beside the King and the Peoples covenant with the Lord, ⟨p. 102⟩King Joash made another covenant with the People, and Jehoiada the Priest was only a witnesse, or one who in Gods name performed the rite of annointing, otherwise he was a subject on the peoples side, obliged to keep allegiance to Joash, as to his Soveraigne and Master. But certainly, who ever maketh a covenant with the people, promising to governe them according to Gods word, and upon that condition and these termes receiveth a throne and crown from the people, he is obliged to what he promiseth to the people, Omnis promittens facit alteri, cui promissio facta est, jus in promittent•m; Who ever maketh a promise to another, giveth to that other a sort of right or jurisdiction to challenge the promise.
- 1The covenant bindeth the King, as King, not as he is a man only.
- 2The covenant tieth the King to the People politically as well as to God naturally or religiously.The covenant tyeth the King to the People politically as well as to God naturally or religiously.
