Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate…

Psa. 18. ult. Great deliverance giveth God to the King. The Supreme Magistrate is in great dangers; therefore God giveth him great deliverances; as he is liable to more harm then others, by reason of his place, so he may expect (if he be godly especially) more help then others, by reason of the divine promise; Be strong, and of a good courage, be not afraid; for the the Lord thy God is with thee whither soever thou goest, ¹Josh. 9. Josephus from the extraordinary escape of Titus, at the view of the walls of Jerusalem, observeth, Imperatorum pericula Deum curare, That God is the Magistrates guard.

Psa. 18. ult. Great deliverance giveth God to the King. The Supreme Magistrate is in great dangers; therefore God giveth him great deliverances; as he is liable to more harm then others, by reason of his place, so he may expect (if he be godly especially) more help then others, by reason of the divine promise; Be strong, and of a good courage, be not affraid; for the the Lord thy God is with thee whither soever thou goest, ¹Josh. 9. Josephus from the extraordinary escape of Titus, at the view of the walls of Jerusalem, observeth, Imperatorum pericula Deum curare, That God is the Magistrates guard.

1. 1De bello Judaic. lib. 62.

¹4. The subjection of their people to them is from God. Every man is by nature a Quaker, a Leveller, like a Colt unwilling to be bridled; like an untamed Heifer, which cannot endure the yoke of subjection. It is therefore through the wonderful working of God, that a few persons, or sometimes one man as head should rule such a monstrous body as the multitude. If he that ruleth the boisterous waves of the Sea, and shuteth them up with bars and doors,