I conclude then this point touching the power of kings with this axiom of divinity, That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy.so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power. And the like power have kings: they make and unmake their subjects, thev have power of raising and casting down, of life and of death, judges over all their subjects and in all causes and yet accountable to none but God only. To create or destrov make or unmake at his pleasure, to give life or send death, to judge all and to be judged nor accountable to none to raise low things and to make high things low at his pleasure, and to God are both souls and body due.
If you will consider the attributes to God, you shall see how they agree in the person of a king. Kings are justly called gods, for that they exercise a manner or resemblance of divine power upon earth: for And lastly, kings are compared to the head of this microcosm of the body of man.
Kings are also compared to fathers of families: for a king is truly Parens patriae, the politique father of his people. In the Scriptures kings are called gods, and so their power after a certain relation compared to the divine power. There be three principal similitudes that illustrate the state of monarchy: one taken out of the word of God and the two other out of the grounds of policy and philosophy. 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 are called gods. King James I, On Divine Right of Kings King James I, Works
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