...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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....

...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....