A92147:478
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. Inferior Judges are no less essentially Judges, and the immediate Vicars of God, then the King. 1. These who judge in1 the room of God, and exercise the judgement of God, are essentially Judges, and the Deputies of God, as well as the King: but inferior Judges are such. Ergo, The proposition is clear, the formal reason, why the King is univocally and essentially a Judge is, because the Kings throne is the Lords throne, 1 Chron. 29. 23. And Solomon sate on the throne of the Lord, as King, instead of David his father, 1 King. 1. 13. It is called Davids throne, because the King is the Deputy of Jehovah, and the judgement is the Lords: I prove the assumption. Inferior Judges appointed by King Jehoshaphat have this place, 2 Chro. 19. 6. The King said to the Judges, Take heed what ye do, [Greek or Hebrew], for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord: then they were Deputies in the place of the Lord, and not the Kings Deputies in the formal and official acts of judging. 7. Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you, take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, or taking of gifts.
Assert. Inferiour Iudges are no lesse essentially Iudges, and the immediate Vicars of God, then the King. 1. These who judge in1 the room of God, and exercise the judgement of God, are essentially Iudges, and the Deputies of God, as well as the King: but inferiour Iudges are such. Ergo, The proposition is clear, the formall reason, why the King is univocally and essentially a Iudge is, because the Kings throne is the Lords throne, 1 Chron. 29. 23. And Solomon sate on the throne of the Lord, as King, instead of David his father, 1 King. 1. 13. It is called Davids throne, because the King is the Deputy of Iehovah, and the judgement is the Lords: I prove the assumption. Inferiour Iudges appointed by King Iehoshaphat have this place,