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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 end of Magistracy showeth their legislative authority; for neither will piety be promoted, ⟨p. 198⟩nor the public good procured, or peace preserved without it. And questionless God would never have enjoined Subjects to obey, if Magistrates had not power to command.
The end of Magistracy sheweth their legislative authority; for neither will piety be promoted, ⟨p. 198⟩nor the publike good procured, or peace preserved without it. And questionless God would never have injoyned Subjects to obey, if Magistrates had not power to command.
1Laws are the walls and Bulwarks of a Nation, which in a great part may secure it against invasions from abroad, and insurrections at home. The standing Militia which protecteth the lives of the people. The hedge which keeps men in from oppressing their neighbours. The deeds and evidences which give us a right and title to our estates. They are the nerves and sinews of the Body Politic, or as Physic to the natural body, to prevent diseases and purge out ill humours.
1Laws are the walls and Bulwarks of a Nation, which in a great part may secure it against invasions from abroad, and insurrections at home. The standing Militia which protecteth the lives of the people. The hedge which keeps men in from oppressing their neighbours. The deeds and evidences which give us a right and title to our estates. They are the nerves and sinews of the Body Politick, or as Physick to the natural body, to prevent diseases and purge out ill humours.
- 1That Commonwealth only can be safe where the people obey the Magistrate, and the Magistrate the Law. Solon.