B22970:75
An appeal to thy conscience as thou wilt answer it at the great and…An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and…
An appeal to thy conscience as thou wilt answer it at the great and dreadful day of Christ Jesus.An appeale to thy conscience as thou wilt answere it at the great and dreadfull day of Christ Iesus.
London : s.n., 1643
An Appeal to thy Conscience. › The Answer.An Appeale to thy Conscience. › The Answer.
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The Answer.
To which I answer, That in strict and true understanding, the people do not make the King, but God properly and absolutely makes the King. He is declared by the people, but he is appointed by God. Outward Solemnization or Coronation he hath from the people, but his Power, Right, and Authority he hath from God. And more particularly (as the Scriptures deliver) from the second person in the most sacred Trinity. Isa. 9. 6. Prov. 8. 15. Coloss. 1. 16. 1 Tim. 6. 15. Revel. 17. 14. Who is God over all blessed for ever, Rom. 9. 5.
This is evidently set forth in Holy writ, for God sent Moses to be a ruler. Acts. 7. 35. And God appointed Joshua over the congregation of Israel. Numb. 27. 16. 18. The Lord raised up the Judges. Judg. 2. 16. The Lord anointed Saul to be Captain over his inheritance. 1 Sam. 10. 1. And though Saul was afterward chosen by the casting of the lot, yet The whole disposing thereof was of the Lord,