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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.
As because Gold is the most precious excellent metal, therefore we lay gold over other things; we guild pewter brass, yea silver it self. So because God is the most excellent name, it is laid to other things, that thereby their worth may be set forth: As the Sons of God, Job 1.6. The City of God, Psal. 46.4. The River of God, Psal. 65.9. The Kingdom of God*.
As because Gold is the most precious excellent metal, therefore we lay gold over other things; we guild peuter brass, yea silver it self. So because God is the most excellent name, it is laid to other things, that thereby their worth may be set forth: As the Sons of God, Job 1.6. The City of God, Psal. 46.4. The River of God, Psal. 65.9. The Kingdom of God*.
- *It is ordinary in the Hebrew to add the name of God to a thing to heighten the excellency of it. A man of God is as much as an extraordinary man, an excellent man. It is said of the Church compared to a Vine, She sent forth her branches as goodly Cedars, Psal. 80.10. so we read it; But in Hebr. As the Cedars of God, that is, tall, and excellent Cedars; and so in many other places, because all the creature excellencies are derived from him, and are but a drop, a beam, a print of that Glory and Majesty which is in him.It is ordinary in the Hebrew to adde the name of God to a thing to heighten the excellency of it. A man of God is as much as an extraordinary man, an excellent man. It is said of the Church compared to a Vine, She sent forth her branches as goodly Cedars,