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ordinate details of his office, stands upon the saine motive and precept that it is enjoined towards the king himself. Paley tried to burlesque this, by speaking of "the Divine right of constables," in order to throw ridicule upon the Christian doctrine of the Divine right of kings: yet let it be ridiculed as it may, or perverted as it may, the doctrine is not less true, and has ever been held by the greatest statesmen and noblest examples which history affords.

When Henry V. found fault with the Chief Justice for having punished him for some improper conduct when Prince of Wales, Shakspeare makes the Chief Justice defend himself by saying, that at the time when he sent him to prison,—

I then did use the person of your father,
The image of his person lay then in me;
And in th' administration of his law,
While I was busy for the commonwealth,
Your Majesty pleased to forget my place,
The majesty and power of law and justice,
The image of the King whom I presented ;
And struck me in my very seat of judgment,

spect myself were I in fetters. As the successor of Francis I., I will at least say with him, all is lost except honour."" With the same just views when restored to the throne in 1814, Louis XVIII. did not hesitate to date his first act as in the twentieth year of his reign; and though he issued a charter, conferring, as from his own free-will, every privilege which the senate claimed for themselves and the nation, he refused peremptorily to concede them as emanating from that body. or from the people.

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Our religion," says Mr. Roberts," is a part of our common law; and the genius of our polity is Christian throughout. No man can expound it or apply it correctly, without thus understanding it." There cannot be a maxim more entirely subversive of the Divine institution of monarchy, and contradictory of that truth which it is intended to typify, than the sentiment," the people are the only source of legitimate power." It is as monstrous as to say that God rules by the appointment of his creatures: and this doctrine, long promulgated, has at length become to be so

universally recognized, that it must destroy imonarchy, and every other legitimate and sovereign rule. It is comparatively of little importance where the sovereign authority is lodged, whether in one or more persons. In every state there is an ultimate power, against which there is no earthly appeal; and it is to this power, and to the persons who exercise it, to whom the precept applies. It is remarkable, however, that although nations, at least small communities, can be governed in times of peace and ordinary tranquillity, by the sovereign power being divided and shared amongst many; yet that in all times of danger and difficulty, the usual course must be suspended, and the people have found it necessary to invest some individual with exclusive power: of which examples may be found in the difficult crisis of all republics.

"I desire," says the apostle to Timothy, who was appointed the bishop of the church of the Ephesians, "I desire that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for

kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty; for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour." In like manner St. Peter directs,-" Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well: honour all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honour the king." The expression, "Every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake," must be confined to those ordinances which are of God's appointment, and not extended to voluntary associations. Yet even in these, order is found to be so necessary, that men are obliged to elect presidents and other officers, under whom they may range themselves, and without whose governance, the objects for which they associate together cannot be carried on. This too is the true foundation upon which the allegiance of Christians is paid to sovereigns, let their personal characters be what they may: it is

on this principle that the apostles commanded prayers to be offered up for the Pagan Roman emperors; and that the Church of England styles her king, let him be who he may, "most religious;" that is, him to whom fealty as a religious duty is due. Shakspeare has beautifully expatiated upon the necessity of order and subordination, which is found to run through every class of created things.

The heavens themselves, the planets, and this center,
Observe degree, priority, and place,

Insisture, course, proportion, reason, form,
Office, and custom, in all line of order:
And therefore is the glorious planet, Sol,
In noble eminence enthroned and sphered
Amidst the other.

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O when degree is shaken,

Which is the ladder of all high designs,

The enterprize is sick! How could communities,
Degrees in schools, and brotherhoods in cities,
Peaceful commèrce from dividable shores,
The primogenitive and due of birth,
Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels,
But by degree, stand in authentic place?
"Take but degree away, untune that string,
And mark what discord follows! each thing meets
In mere oppugnancy; the bounded waters

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