Excerpt from The Short History of the Regal Succession, and the Rights of the Several Kings: Recorded in the Holy Scriptures And yet, it is not your concern alone, but that of every Eaglz'fla fubjeelt. For, fince, as hath been lately well obferv'd, the king has at leafi the fame right with every private perfon, and a much greater right, as he fill: tains the perfon and fortunes of every private man in that community (a) it follows, that, whenever the rights of the King are inju rioufly attempted, thofe of every private fae jefi' muf'c needs be fenfrbly afi'efted and con fequently, awry private faejefi' in the com munity ought to interel't himfelf therein, and make it his own cafe. But, that this is even our indifpenfrble duty, we have alfo the ex prefs authority and evidence of our bleffed fa viour: who, in what he fays relating to him felf, plainly intimates, that, whenever a King's perfon, or rights are in danger, from either the hands, pens, or tongues of his ene mies, it is the duty of all his fubjefis to affift him, by all manner of ways, yea even, if oc cahon requires it, to fight, that be [boa/1d mi 56 delivered to his Jewilh (e) enemies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.