...damaging to Charles I's regime were the canons enacted by Convocation in 1640. These declared that the 'most high and sacred Order of Kings is of Divine...established by express texts both of the Old and New Testaments'. They also claimed that 'tribute', taxation, 'and all manner of necessary support and supply'...

...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,...

...army, who were now divided among themselves. ‘Canon i of the Convocation of 164o pronounced that ‘the most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right', and specified a ‘no alteration' oath for all clergy; these canons were never ratified. Archbishop...

...canons, which it ordered to be read from the pulpit four times a year. Inter alia, these stated that “the most high and sacred Order of Kings is of Divine Right, being the ordinance of God himself. . . The power to call and dissolve Councils. . . is the true right of all Christian kings within their...

...who might be inclined to take the Scots' side in the present quarrel. They began by affirming that 'The most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance of God himself; moreover the Scriptures accord kings 'a supreme power' and commit to them 'the care of God's Church'....