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[The character] of a good ruler as it was recommended in a sermon [preached…
[The character] of a good ruler as it was recommended in a sermon [preached before] His Excellency the Governor, and the honoura[ble] counsellors, and assembly of the representatives of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New-England : [on] May 30. 1694 : [which was the day] for election of [counsellors] for that province / by Samuel [Willard] ...[The character] of a good ruler as it was recommended in a sermon [preached before] His Excellency the Governour, and the honoura[ble] counsellors, and assembly of the representatives of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New-England : [on] May 30. 1694 : [which was the day] for election of [counsellors] for that province / by Samuel [Willard] ...
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris for Michael Perry, 1694
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1 The Subject spoken of; He that Ruleth over men. He that ruleth] The word Imports one that hath any Dominion, right, or authority over either Persons or things; and is here applicable to all those degrees of men that have any ma•k of Authority upon them; whether the King as Supreme, or any Ministers under him, under what Character or title soever:
1 The Subje•t spoken of; He that Ruleth over men. He that ruleth] The word Imports one that hath any Dominion, right, or authority over either Persons or things; and is here applicable to all those degrees of men that have any ma•k of Authority upon them; whether the King as Supream, or any Ministers under him, under what Character or title soever:
Over men] the word [Adam] is frequently used to express the Commonalty, or ⟨p. 7⟩People that are to be Governed: but how••er, there i• or ought to be a vast difference between the Government of Men and Beasts; though some Brutish men may deserve to b• treated as Brutes. Man is a Reasonable Creature, and of the same order of being with them that Govern him, and ought to be managed accordingly.
Over men] the word [Adam] is frequently used to express the Commonalty, or ⟨p. 7⟩People that are to be Governed: but how••er, there i• or ought to be a vast difference between the Government of Men and Beasts; though some Brutish men may deserve to b• treated as Brutes. Man is a Reasonable Creature, and of the same order of being with them that Goven him, and ought to be managed accordingly.