The intellectuals of the revolution were committed to the principle of the abolition of kings and the idea of a representative republic.
>Recognition of the natural rights of man means abolition of the supposedly divine right of kings. The crowned heads of Europe had power not from God, but from armed men devoted to their cause.
Ah, now you’re beginning to [tangentially] make a good case against the “Divine Right of Kings.” Israel, certainly, with the kingdoms of [both] Saul and David were Divinely Appointed. The European kings had/have no such claim.
>The intellectuals of the revolution were committed to the principle of the abolition of kings and the idea of a representative republic.
I will make his argument: Kingships, in and of themselves, are not evil; it is man who is in desperate need of the Law, and even superior to the Law: Jesus. {I.E. _Any_ human instituted government _will_ fail, because we are imperfect... Jesus is perfect and does NOT fail, nor will the kingdom He instituted.}
Can you say, with all honesty, that our [republic] government has kept the evil and/or corrupt out of power? NO.
Can you say, with all honesty, that a democracy will not embrace anything that is evil? No. {Let Abortion, the sacrifices to Moloch for the sake of convenience, declare otherwise!}