 The most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance of God himself, founded in the prime laws of nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old and New Testament " " For any person or persons to set up, maintain,...  The Works of John Locke - Page 243by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Neville Figgis - Divine right of kings - 1896 - 332 pages
...terms, as those which in 1640 gave expression to the sentiment of the great majority of the clergy:— " The most high and sacred order of kings is of Divine...established by express texts both of the Old and New Testaments. A supreme power is given to this most excellent order by God Himself in the Scripture,... | |
 | Hensley Henson - 1900 - 548 pages
...dogma in the Lambeth Articles: and another (Laud) in 1640 would have tied us to the proposition that " the most high and sacred order of kings is of Divine Right." More recently the ardour of evangelistic zeal or the no less powerful passion for ecclesiastical tradition... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - 1903 - 392 pages
...be found in words, probably in Laud's own writing, written at the culmination of his power, in 1640. "The most high and sacred order of kings is of Divine...being the ordinance of God Himself, founded in the laws of nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old and New Testaments." That... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - England - 1903 - 402 pages
...be found in words, probably in Laud's own writing, written at the culmination of his power, in 1640. “The most high and sacred order of kings is of Divine...being the ordinance of God Himself, founded in the laws of nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old and New Testaments.” That... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - 1903 - 396 pages
...be found in words, probably in Laud's own writing, written at the culmination of his power, in 1640. "The most high and sacred order of kings is of Divine...being the ordinance of God Himself, founded in the laws of nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old and New Testaments." That... | |
 | George Lawrence Scherger - Liberty - 1904 - 324 pages
...originally descending from Him and depending upon Hun." 2 The Canons of June 30, 1640, affirmed that the most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance of Cod Himself, founded in the prime laws of nature and revelation, by which the 1 Neal, History of the... | |
 | Alfred Plummer - England - 1904 - 208 pages
...basis. The first canon calls monarchy the " most high and sacred order of things," and says that it " is of divine right, being the ordinance of God Himself, founded in the pure laws of human nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old 1 The legal ad... | |
 | Alfred Plummer - Great Britain - 1904 - 240 pages
...basis. The first canon calls monarchy the " most high and sacred order of things," and says that it " is of divine right, being the ordinance of God Himself, founded in the pure laws of human nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old 1 The legal advisers... | |
 | William Wotherspoon Ireland - Great Britain - 1905 - 612 pages
...the church. 1 Every clergyman was ordered to read in his place of worship, four times a year, that the most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right. Inquisitorial measures were prescribed against papists, socinians, brownists, and other secretaries.... | |
 | William Wotherspoon Ireland - Great Britain - 1905 - 572 pages
...the church. 1 Every clergyman was ordered to read in his place of worship, four times a year, that the most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right. Inquisitorial measures were prescribed against papists, socinians, brownists, and other secretaries.... | |
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