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

Have said. How God speaketh, is a point almost unspeakable. God speaketh or saith as well as man, but not after the same manner; he doth not form a voice by such organs or instruments of speech. But when God speaketh, He doth either create a voice in the air, as Matth. 3.17. or declare and make known his mind, sometimes secretly and immediately to the spirits of the Prophets; so that phrase The word of the Lord came unto me, so frequently used in Scripture, is to be understood; sometimes publicly and mediately by the Prophets to the people.

Have said. How God speaketh, is a point almost unspeakable. God speaketh or saith as well as man, but not after the same manner; he doth not form a voyce by such organs or instruments of speech. But when God speaketh, He doth either create a voyce in the air, as Matth. 3.17. or declare and make known his mind, sometimes secretly and immediately to the spirits of the Prophets; so that phrase The word of the Lord came unto me, so frequently used in Scripture, is to be understood; sometimes publickly and mediately by the Prophets to the people.

So then, I have said, that is, I have in my Word manifested this to be my will; That ye should be Gods amongst men, Exod. 21.28. I that speak, and none may (or who dareth) disannul it: I who said Let there be light, and there was light; I who appointed the Sun to rule the day, the Moon and the Stars to rule the night; I have said, Be ye Gods, and ye shall be Gods. I have appointed you in power and dignity to excel others, and to rule over them on earth, as the greater Luminaries do the lesser in the Heavens.