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Gods parley with princes with an appeal from them to him. The sum of…Gods parley vvith princes with an appeale from them to him. The summe of…
Gods parley with princes with an appeal from them to him. The sum of two sermons on the 3. last verses of the 82. Psalm; preached at Sergeants-Inn in Fleet-Street. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.Gods parley vvith princes with an appeale from them to him. The summe of two sermons on the 3. last verses of the 82. Psalme; preached at Sergeants-Inne in Fleet-Streete. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edw, 1620
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Princes therefore and Judges, though they be Gods 1 by name, yet are they not so by nature. It is not aJah or Jehovah a name of Essence, but bE•h or Elohim a name of Office that is given them. It is not true of them that they say of the Pope, *The man changes when his name changeth: as if the change ⟨p. 33⟩of the name bred a change of their nature. cIt is is not their place that can alter their persons: nor their divine constitution that can strip them of their native condition. Though they sit above others, yet *must they die as others. Though they may live like Gods, yet must they die like men, even as other ordinary men are wont to do.
Princes therefore and Iudges, though they be Gods 1 by name, yet are they not so by nature. It is not aIah or Iehouah a name of Essence, but bE•h or Elohim a name of Office that is giuen them. It is not true of them that they say of the Pope, *The man changes when his name changeth: as if the change ⟨p. 33⟩of the name bred a change of their nature. cIt is is not their place that can alter their persons: nor their diuine constitution that can strip them of their natiue condition. Though they sit aboue others, yet