...these divided counsels. i. The acts of Convocation were subjects of debate. Convocation had said, that the most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance of God himself; that for subjects to bear arms against their king, either offensive or defensive, upon any pretense...

...Prayer shall read these explanations of the regal power here inserted " ; and it affirms bravely " that the most high and sacred order of Kings is of divine right." This was at the moment when Parliament had refused all supplies, and had been peremptorily, but vainly,...

...these divided counsels. i. The acts of Convocation were subjects of debate. Convocation had said, that the most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance of God himself; that for subjects to bear arms against their king, either offensive or defensive, upon any pretense...

...Charles liberal supplies, formation of a and had passed new Canons declaring that ^ cl,p » rty' " the most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right," and that " for subjects to bear arms against their kings was to resist the power ordained by God.'...

...by him and the Archbishop of York as presidents of the Convocations of their respective provinces: " The most high and sacred order of kings is of divine...established by express texts both of the Old and New Testaments." " The care of God's Church is so committed to kings in the scripture, that they are commended...

...be found in words, probably of 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...

...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,...

...Every clergyman was to read aloud at morning prayer, once every quarter, the following definition: 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 Scriptures,...

...Convocation in 1640 ordered that once a year every minister should explain to his congregation that ‘the most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right. .. . A supreme power is given to this most excellent order by God himself.' The Commons resolved in...

...place where he serves, treatably and audibly read these explanations of the regal power here inserted: 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 Scriptures,...