 | Edward Potts Cheyney - America - 1904 - 416 pages
...when he addressed Parliament at its opening in 1604. When disputes had arisen in 1610 he declared: "The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon...throne, but even by God himself they are called gods. ... As to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - Business & Economics - 1904 - 384 pages
...when he addressed Parliament at its opening in 1604. When disputes had arisen in 1610 he deD clared: "The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon...lieutenants upon earth and sit upon God's throne, but •os even by God himself they are called gods. ... As to it dispute what God may do is blasphemy,... | |
 | Elwin Lawrence Page - Constitutional history - 1905 - 288 pages
...serve to bring before our minds the real fashion of the new garment which prerogative had assumed. "Kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth and...throne, but even by God himself they are called gods. ... As to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, . . . so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what... | |
 | Charles Austin Beard - Great Britain - 1906 - 754 pages
...flattered the pride of the Castilian monarch. The state of monarchy (he told his first Parliament) is the supremest thing upon earth; for kings are not...throne, but even by God Himself they are called Gods. Hence there was no place for constitutional discussion of a prerogative that had no limits. As to dispute... | |
 | Charles A. Beard, Charles Austin Beard - Great Britain - 1906 - 774 pages
...flattered the pride of the Castilian monarch. The state of monarchy (he told his first Parliament) is the supremest thing upon earth; for kings are not...upon God's throne, but even by God Himself they are ralled Gods. Hence there was no place for constitutional discussion of a prerogative that had no limits.... | |
 | Charles Austin Beard - Great Britain - 1906 - 766 pages
...flattered the pride of the Castilian monarch. The state of monarchy (he told his first Parliament) is the supremest thing upon earth; for kings are not...sit upon God's throne, but even by God Himself they ey are called Gods. Hence there was no place for constitutional discussion of a prerogative that had... | |
 | George Walter Prothero - Constitutional history - 1906 - 632 pages
...227-343. 5. Speech of James I before Parliament, 3 i March, 1 6 1 o. . . . The state of monarchy ia the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's lieutenants upon tt|rth and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself theyT^e called gods. There be three principal... | |
 | Eri Baker Hulbert - Great Britain - 1907 - 516 pages
...The state of monarchy is the supremest thing on earth; for kings are not only God's lieutenants on earth and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called gods. As to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, so it is seditious in subjects to dispute what a king may... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - Great Britain - 1908 - 830 pages
...thing upon earth. of James I f or king s are no t only God's lieutenants upon earth and sit ment (161o) upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are...monarchy: one taken out of the word of God, and the two others out of the grounds of policy and philosophy. In the scriptures kings are called gods, and so... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - English literature - 1909 - 668 pages
...addressing the representatives of the nation, in a solemn sitting of Parliament, he said to them : " Kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himselfe they are called Gods." Speaker and listeners stood indeed far apart. Out of reaction against... | |
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The State of Monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth. For Kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods. 
