617J [MOCKET, RICHARD]. (1577-1618)

God and the King: or, A dialogue, shewing that our soveraign lord the King of England, being immediate under God within his dominions, doth rightly claim whatsoever is required by the oath of allegiance. Formerly compiled and printed by the especial command of King James (of blessed memory;) and now commanded to be reprinted and published byhis Majesties royal proclamation, for the instruction of all his Majesties subjects in their duty and allegiance.

London  Imprinted by His majesties privilege  1663                Price $ 1800

Quarto Signatures A-E8 Bound in modern brown quarter calf period style, marbled paper boards, red morocco spine label, gilt lettering. . Two small oval stamps of the Presbyterian Carmarthen College. A very nice copy of an extremely rare book. Frontis portrait of Charles II.  This edition is a separate edition of a dialogue first published in 1615 in English and Latin.  

Daniel Defoe in his book “The Ballance, Or, A New Test of the High-fliers of All Sides:”1705 writes:

 This monstrous Doctrine, notwithstanding its boasted Antiquity, is not older than the Reformation, and the first Book I ever saw writ purposely on that Subject was in King James the Firi’s Time, callid Deus ex. Rex. Those who run to the Primitive Times of Christianity for its Rise are meer Sopbifts, nor can they produce one fair. Text in the Two Testaments for an Opinion so contrary to the Good of Humane Society, which was the Aim of God in our Creation, as may be easily made out if there were the least Occasion.

This book is an immaginary dialogue between Theodidactus and Philalethes in which they debate the merits of the church’s oath of allegiance. Traditionally attributed to theologian and educator Richard Mocket This dialogue was originally inspired by King James’ proclamation of November 8, 1615, and it remained an authoritative summary of the church’s political theology into the 18th century. Two small oval stamps of the Presbyterian Carmarthen College.

First published in 1615 under the title Deus et Rex and traditionally attributed to the theologian Richard Mocket (1577–1618), this dialogue was composed at the command of King James I to justify the Oath of Allegiance imposed after the Gunpowder Plot. Through a conversation between Theodidactus and Philalethes, the work argues that the English monarch, as God’s immediate lieutenant within his dominions, owes no temporal obedience to the papacy and may rightfully demand the undivided allegiance of his subjects. Reissued in 1663 by royal command shortly after the Restoration of Charles II, the work served as a renewed defense of royal supremacy and political obedience following the upheavals of the Civil War and Commonwealth.

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