3. That kings may not be punished by their subjects, as hath been showed above in the sixth chapter and the twelfth article, King David also confirms; who, though Saul sought to slay him, did notwithstanding refrain his hand from killing him, and forbade Abishai, saying, (1 Sam. xxvi. 9): _Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords anointed, and be innocent?_ And when he had cut off the skirt of his garment, (1 Sam. xxiv. 6): _The Lord forbid_, saith he, _that I should do this thing unto my master the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him_. And (_2 Sam._ i. 15) commanded the Amalekite, who for his sake had slain Saul, to be put to death. [Sidenote: That without a supreme power there is no government, but confusion.] 4. That which is said in the seventeenth chapter of _Judges_, at the sixth verse: _In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes_: as though where there were not a _monarchy_, there were an _anarchy_ or confusion of all things: may be brought as a testimony to prove the excellency of monarchy above all other forms of government; unless that by the word _king_ may perhaps be understood not _one man_ only, but also a _court_; provided that in it there reside a supreme power. Which if it be taken in this sense, yet hence it may follow, that without a supreme and absolute power (which we have endeavoured to prove in the sixth chapter) there will be a liberty for every man to do what he hath a mind, or whatsoever shall seem right to himself; which cannot stand with the preservation of mankind. And therefore in all government whatsoever, there is ever a supreme power understood to be somewhere existent. [Sidenote: That servants and sons owe their lords and parents simple obedience.] 5. We have, in chap. VIII. art. 7 and 8, said that _servants_ must yield a simple obedience to their _lords_, and in chap IX. art. 7, that _sons_ owe the same obedience to their _parents_. Saint Paul says the same thing concerning servants (Coloss. iii. 22): _Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God._ Concerning sons (Colos. iii. 20): _Children obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord._ Now as we by simple obedience understand all things which are not contrary to the laws of God; so in those cited places of St. Paul, after the word _all things_, we must suppose, _excepting those which are contrary to the laws of God_. [Sidenote: The absolute power of princes proved by most evident testimonies of the Scripture, as well New as Old.]