ABSTRACT
The word King and the word people are familiar, one would think every simple man could tell what they signified; but upon examination it will be found that the learnedest cannot agree of their meaning. Kings have been, and may be vicious men, and the government of one, not so good as the government of another, yet it doth not follow that the form of government is, or can be in its own nature ill, because the governor is so: it is anarchy, or want of government, that can totally destroy a nation. Men are persuaded, that in the making of a covenant, something is to be performed on both parts by mutual stipulation, which is not always true: for we find God made a covenant with Noah and his seed, with all the fowl and the cattle, not to destroy the earth any more by a flood.
