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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.
The 7. verse clotheth Gods with Mortality: But ye shall die like men; They are Gods, [Greek or Hebrew], that is, in their Politic capacity in regard of their power and rule; but they are not so [Greek or Hebrew], in their Physical capacity, and in regard of their nature and essence.
The 7. verse cloatheth Gods with Mortality: But ye shall die like men; They are Gods, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that is, in their Politick capacity in regard of their power and rule; but they are not so 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in their Physical capacity, and in regard of their nature and essence.
1Though ye are now above others, yet shortly ye shall be laid as low as others; and then ye shall both answer, and suffer for wronging of others: The height of your places will not excuse the wickedness of your practices: for though ye are high, yet there is one higher then the highest of you, to whom you must give an account of all your injustice and oppression.
- 1Ego Dixi Concessio est, qua tamen oftendit Propheta, nihil perversis Judicibus praesidii fore in facta persona quam illis Deus imposuit. Calv. in loc.
We see then that the sixth verse containeth a Concession of the Magistrates power, how it is by divine appointment and institution.