B22970:91
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.
This Objection is raised from a false ground. For the King hath not dominion and power from his Subjects by way of trust, but from God, whose Steward he is, and from whom he hath both his kingdom & power. So that by Idolatry and Oppression the King breaks not the trust reposed in him by God, and of which one day he shall give an account unto God, Rom. 14. 12. Indeed Subjects may expect from the King performance of his duty in the well-governing of his Kingdom according to the Laws of God, and the particular Laws of the Country, so far forth as they are not contrary to the Laws of God; and they, who are in fit place may exhort him thereunto: But this expectation of the Subjects is no trust, nor if the King fail their expectation, does he break their trust reposed in Him, because the people have committed nothing to his charge. For as he hath his kingdom from God, so also from God he hath all power requisite to so high a calling, whereby he obtaineth from his people both fear and love; and without which, he were rather the picture and image of a king, then a king.
This Objection is raised from a false ground. For the King hath not dominion and power from his Subjects by way of trust, but from God, whose Steward he is, and from whom he hath both his kingdom & power. So that by Idolatry and Oppression the King breaks not the trust reposed in him by God, and of which one day he shall give an account unto God, Rom. 14. 12. Indeed Subjects may expect from the King performance of his duty in the well-governing of his Kingdom according to the Lawes of God, and the particular Laws of the Country, so far forth as they are not contrary to the Laws of God; and they, who are in fit place may exhort him thereunto: But this expectation of the Subjects is no trust, nor if the King faile their expectation, does he break their trust reposed in Him, because the people have committed nothing to his charge. For as he hath his kingdom from God, so also from God he hath all power requisite to so high a calling, whereby he obtaineth from his people both fear and love; and without which, he were rather the picture and image of a king, then a king.