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But to leave that Antichrist to his transcendent not eminency but insolencie: we are admonished, when Kings and Governors are by God termed Gods, so to account them as God calleth them, and accordingly to carry our selves in our demeanour toward them: to obey and be subject, as one saith, ⁿunto good Rulers as God, bad Rulers for God; or rather, ^oto both good and bad as well as God as for God. And herein is the true difference between the religious and the irreligious subject, that ^pthe one worshippeth God for man, ^qthe other obeyeth man for God.

But to leaue that Antichrist to his transcendent not eminency but insolencie: we are admonished, when Kings and Gouernors are by God tearmed Gods, so to account them as God calleth them, and accordingly to cary our selues in our demeanour toward them: to obey and be subiect, as one saith, ⁿvnto good Rulers as God, bad Rulers for God; or rather, ^oto both good and bad as well as God as for God. And herein is the true difference betweene the religious and the irreligious subiect, that ^pthe one worshippeth God for man, ^qthe other obeyeth man for God.

1. n[Greek or Hebrew]. Basil. Bonis tanquam Deo; malis propter Deum.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Basil. Bonis tanquam Deo; malis propter Deum.
2. oT• bonis quam malis. & tanquam Deo & propter Deum.