Englands satisfaction in eight queries;: concerning the true place, office, and power of a king, according to Gods word.

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Title: Englands satisfaction in eight queries;: concerning the true place, office, and power of a king, according to Gods word.
Publication: [London :: s.n.,; 1643]
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Subject terms: Kings and rulers
Cite this Item: "Englands satisfaction in eight queries;: concerning the true place, office, and power of a king, according to Gods word." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A83999.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.

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7. Quest. How farre may or ought a King lawfully to deny to assent, consent, and signe their determinations and conclusions?

Answ. A King as he sits in the Lords throne may, and as he is intrusted by God over the people ought to deny to assent, consent, and signe their determinations, if the same shall either be dishonou∣rable to the glory, worship, and service of the Lord, or injurious to the good of the Common-wealth, and no further; for it is his office to be as (or more) forward and carefull for both, as any o∣ther man, both by the Lawes of God and the Land, as he is the great Minister of the greatest trust for both, by taking the same charge upon him.