“The fountain from which the Magistrate draws his power, for
the punishment of wickedness and vice, is none other but
God himself. All power, whether spiritual or temporal, is
originally derived from the Supreme Monarch of the world, who
is King of kings, and Lord of lords. Since, therefore, _every
Power_, whether it be supreme or subordinate, does primarily
and originally derive all its authority from above, surely the
gift of God ought to be used to His honour and glory. Authority
is a sacred thing, of divine original, and, therefore, as it
may not be resisted by subjects without danger of damnation, so
neither may it be lightly neglected, nor wantonly misapplied by
those entrusted with it; lest they provoke that God to anger,
_who putteth down one Ruler_, and setteth up another” (p. 17).