THE POWER COMMUNICATED BY GOD ΤΟ THE PRINCE, AND THE OBEDIENCE REQUIRED OF THE SUBJECT; BRIEFLY LAID DOWN AND CONFIRMED OUT OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, THE TESTIMONY OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH, THE DICTATES OF RIGHT REASON, AND THE OPINION OF THE WISEST AMONG THE HEATHEN WRITERS. ΤΟ THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, CHARLES II. BY THE GRACE OF GOD KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND IRELAND, &c. &c. MY MOST DREAD SOVEREIGN, THE law of nature obliging all men to advance the honour and reputation of their ancestors, I could not render a more signal obedience thereto, than by dedicating this treatise (composed purposely for the rights both of princes and subjects) to your sacred Majesty, to whom it doth most properly appertain: seeing it was at first compiled for the service and satisfaction of your royal father, of blessed memory, and by his deep judgment and singular pru VOL. XI. U |