Englands satisfaction in eight queries;: concerning the true place, office, and power of a king, according to Gods word.
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- Englands satisfaction in eight queries;: concerning the true place, office, and power of a king, according to Gods word.
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- [London :: s.n.,
- 1643]
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- Kings and rulers
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Contents
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ENGLANDS SATISFACTION IN EIGHT
QƲERIES; Concerning the true place, Office, and power of a KING, according to GODS Word.-
1. Quest.
Is it lawfull for Kings to doe as Samuelfrom the Lord told the people Saulwould doe? -
2. Quest.
If it be unlawfull for Kings to take from, and to give unto, and to doe what they please, why did or doth the Lord (in the 1Sam. 8.17.) command the people to yeeld obedience, and serve their Kings, accor∣ding to such demands, commands, will, and pleasure. -
3. Quest.
What is the true and onely right place, office, and power of a King, according to the Word of God. -
4. Quest.
Was there no difference between the Kings of Israelspowers, and the Kings of the Nations powers, and the Subjects of both? -
5. Quest.
Now what difference is there betwixt the power of the Kings of Israel,under the Morall and Ceremoniall Law, and the power of the Kings of England,under the Morall Law, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the Subjects of both? -
6. Quest.
How shall we know when a King doth transgresse against his Oath, and breake his Covenant, and what is the remedy? -
7. Quest.
How farre may or ought a King lawfully to deny to assent, consent, and signe their determinations and conclusions? -
8. Quest.
But if a King shall deny to consent, assent, and signe the Parliaments determinations, although honourable to the Lord, and good and beneficiall to the Common-wealth; then what is the Kings offence, benefit, or danger; and their power, as they are Parliament-men, and so the body representative of the Land.
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1. Quest.