Princes, and they shall know that he has power over
them. He will take liberty to depose one and set up
another. Give him power to make Laws, and he will
approve, and disprove as he wishes. What he approves
becomes religious law, what he disproves is rejected.
Give him that power, and he will so order it at length, he
will make such a State of Religion, that he that so lives
and dies shall never be saved. All this springs from the
vast power that is given to him, and from the deep
depravation of human nature. He will open his mouth, His
tongue is his own, who is Lord over him, Psal. 12. 3, 4. It
is therefore most wholesome for Government Officers
and Officers in Church and Commonwealth, never to
affect more liberty and authority than will do them good,
and the People good. For whatever transcendent power is
given, will certainly over-run those that give it, and those
that receive it.