A treatise of magistracy, shewing, the magistrate hath beene, and for ever is to be the cheife [sic] officer in the Church, out of the Church, and over the Church; and that the two Testaments hold forth. Soveraignty lieth in rule and dominion; now if soveraignty lieth in rule and dominion, I desire to ask one question in this kingdome, who is the soveraigne? Subjection lieth in duty, and obedience; rule is that which makes a king: obedience is that which constitutes a subject. Rule and dominion, I meane that which exerciseth it selfe in a pious and legitimate discipline, for the well preservation, and direction of a people; and this is that which tyeth a king to his subjects. Now seeing all the actors upon the stage, the Parliament that stood up in the roome of the King; and Army that have stept in the tract, have acted their parts much worse ... then our King did before he went away; where then are the fit persons, or the fit person to put prosalls [sic] to our King, or make bounds for him, seeing they have broken them all downe themselves? And this I am sure, our King was borne our naturall King; and seeing we have good lawes and righteous statutes, by which he was constituted, why may not the same lawfull, warrantable, and legall way be renewed againe? And I doubt not if we looke unto God, and rely on his all-sufficiency in his way; that he will make our King to be a king of praises, as he hath beene a king of prayers.
Pope, Mary,active 1647-1649.
[London : s.n.],
Printed in the yeare 1647.
Written in the form of a petition and two letters to Parliament. The second letter is signed at end, M.P., i.e. Mary Pope to whom the entire work is attributed.  Formerly erroneously attributed to John Milton.
Place of publication from Wing.
With a final errata leaf.
Annotations on Thomason copy: "by [unintelligible] Pope" and "Nouemb: 29".
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996),
Thomason,
ESTC
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