Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 13:2

2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God : and they that resist, shall receive to themselves damnation .

Thess Words are, Either an Argument to enforce the Subjection enjoyned in the former part of the foregoing Verse. q. d. You may not resist; therefore, you must be subject: Or else, they are an Inference from the latter part of it. q. d. Seeing the Civil Power is of God, and of his Ordination; therefore it must not be resisted or opposed: To resist Authority, is to wage War against God himself.

The Word properly signifieth Iudgment, and it is applyed in Scripture, Either to humane and temporal Punishment, as Luk. 23.40. 1 Cor. 6.7. 1 Pet. 4.17. Or else, to divine and eternal Punishment, as Luk. 20.47. Heb. 6.2. 2 Pet. 2.3. Accordingly it may be understood of eternal Punishment, That the Resister of Authority, shall receive from God; or of temporal Punishment, That he shall receive from the Magistrate.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 3 letters]gment.