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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.
Ye are Gods. That is, in my place and stead amongst men. To receive honour from them both of reverence and obedience; To distribute justice ⟨p. 192⟩amongst them both zealously and impartially. To be terrors to evil doers, and encouragements to them that do well; To govern from love to my Name, according to the rule of my Law, for my honour and praise, as likewise the good and profit of the people.
Ye are Gods. That is, in my place and stead amongst men. To receive honour from them both of reverence and obedience; To distribute justice ⟨p. 192⟩amongst them both zealously and impartially. To be terrours to evil doers, and encouragements to them that do well; To govern from love to my Name, according to the rule of my Law, for my honour and praise, as likewise the good and profit of the people.
The word God is taken diversly in Scripture,
1. Properly, and so it is given only to him who is Essentially and by Nature God. Who is an Infinite being of himself, and from whom all others have their being. And in this sense it is mentioned sometimes Generally without any Limitation, to a certain person, as Heb. 12. ult. John 4.24. sometimes Singularly with a Determination to one person, as to the Father, John 3.16 to the Son,