When one king overthrows another the people must accept the new king. In return he grants them the right of life. For the right to life the people owe their king obedience. Revolution in which one king drives out another are acceptable because the form of government remains unchanged. The overthrow of Charles I is a revolution of a sinister new kind, because the English have set up a totally new kind of government.
Kingdoms are sacred, even when one replaces another.
It is horrible and unthinkable for subjects rise against a king, imprison him, force him to plead for his life, then sentence him, and punish him. However unjust they may be, kings are appointed by God. Not even the pope can release Christians from obedience to their king. Kings are above both the law, and the will of their subjects. To assert that kings can be judged by their subjects, that a king can rightfully be made subordinate to a people, is untrue to the teachings of centuries, both secular and religious.