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Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate…
Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate as it was presented in a sermon at the assize holden at Hertford for that county on August 2, 1653 / by George Swinnocke ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1660
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.
This was the Fathers end in your creation, Prov. 16.4. Revel. 4. ult. The Sons end in your Redemption, Luke 1.71. 1 Cor. 6.20. The Spirits end in your Sanctification, Ephes. 2.10. John 17.10. Therefore let this be your end; Pray, and read, and hear, and watch over your own souls; walk inoffensively before God; work industriously for God, and do all that God may be glorified, 1 Cor. 10.31.
We call not those Kings happy, saith Austin, 1who reigned long, but those who have reigned most for God; Qui potestatem suam divinae Majestati famulam faciunt; That have made their authority serviceable to the divine Majesty. God can easily throw those Crowns from mens heads, which are not laid at his feet. And he will assuredly lay them low that do not set him high; for those that honour him, he will honour; but those that despise him, shall be lightly esteemed.