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expenſive. But that all Kings are bad cannot be true becauſe God himſelf is one of them: he calls himſelf King ⟨of⟩ Kings; which not only ſhews us he is a King, but that ⟨he⟩ has other Kings under him: he is never called King of Republics. The ſcripture calls Kings the Lord's anointed: ⟨but⟩ who ever heard of an anointed republic? There are ⟨now⟩, Brother John, many thouſands of Frenchmen, who ⟨have⟩ taken to themſelves that power which belonged to ⟨their⟩ King: where ſhall we get oil enough to anoint them all? And what would they be when we had done? They would not be the Lord’s anointed; they would be the Mob’s anointed: and there is little doubt but that, proud ⟨as⟩ they are at preſent, ſomebody will anoint them well ⟨at⟩ laſt.
That God never made a King is a great lie; when we ⟨hear⟩ him telling us in his own words—Yet have I ſet my King upon my holy Hill of Zion! Did not our Saviour ſay ⟨he⟩ was King of the Jews; and was not he crucified for ⟨ſaying⟩ ſo? The Jews who crucified him have never had ⟨a⟩ King of their own from that day to this: not becauſe ⟨they⟩ diſlike a King, but becauſe they are not good enough ⟨to⟩ have one. They are the only nation upon earth that ⟨ever⟩ were or ever will be in a ſtate of equality: and it ⟨has⟩ been a great and mighty work of God to make them ſo. No power can make men equal, but that which make men Kings. And what ſhould we get by it? We ſhould be juſt where the Jews are; a proverb to all nations; a monument of the Divine wrath; and a diſgrace to the world.
Kings are very expenſive things, ſaid the Preſbyterian at Birmingham, when they were going to make their ⟨French⟩ Revolution dinner.
That may be true, Brother John; but if ⟨Kings⟩ keep us ⟨from⟩ ſuch miſeries as the want of a King has produced in ⟨France⟩, they deſerve to be well maintained, let them be who they will. When there is no King, then every man ⟨does⟩ that which is right in his own eyes; and, mind ⟨John⟩, not in the eyes of any body elſe: and you may ſee ⟨in⟩ your Bible, how people were given up to Sodomy and murder, and how ſixty-five thouſand of them preſently ⟨fell⟩ in battle, becauſe there was nobody at that time ſet
