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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 Apostle Peter indeed calleth Magistracy an ordinance of man, 1 Pet. 2.13. though Paul assureth us it is of God; The Powers that be are ordained of God, Rom. 13.1. And the Magistrate is the Minister of God, vers. 4.
Magistracy is an ordinance of man in a fourfold respect.
1. Subjective. As man is the subject thereof, by them it is executed. Our Princes as well as our Prophets are men of like passions with us.
2. Objective. As man is the object thereof, about them it is exercised. It is for the punishment of bad men, and encouragement of good men, for the deciding differences between man and man.