and had not Christ Himself said, "Render unto Cæsar that which is
Cæsar's"? As the father corrects his fre ass gallery children, so
should the king
correct his subjects. As the head directs the hands and fre ass gallery feet,
so must
fre ass gallery the king fre ass gallery control the members of the body politic. Royal power was thus
the most natural and the most effective instrument for suppressing
anarchy and rebellion. James I summarized his idea of government in the
famous Latin epigram, " _a deo rex, a rege lex_, "--"the king fre ass gallery is
from God, fre ass gallery and law from the king."
[Sidenote: Stuart Theory Opposed to Medieval English Tradition]
It has been remarked already [Footnote: fre ass gallery See fre ass gallery above, pp. Fre ass gallery 4-7] that in one
important respect the past governmental evolution of England differed
from that of France. While both countries in the sixteenth century
followed absolutist tendencies, in France the medieval tradition of
fre ass gallery constitutional limitations upon the power fre ass gallery of the king was far weaker
than in England, with the result that in fre ass gallery the seventeenth century the
French accepted and consecrated absolutism while the English gave new
force and life to their medieval tradition and practice of
fre ass gallery constitutional government.
[Sidenote: Restrictions on Royal Power in England: Magna Carta]
The tradition of English restrictions upon royal power centered in the
old document of _Magna Carta_ and in
an ancient institution called
Parliament. _Magna Carta_ dated back, almost four centuries before