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John Trapp on Psalms 82:6
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Verſ. 6. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. A[illegible: 1 letter]iſt. Polit. l. 3. c. 13. Niceph. l. 18. ſcribit ſummum principem gentis. Turcicadictum fuiſſe Taifau i.e. f[illegible: 1 letter]lium D[illegible: 1 letter]i. I have ſaid ye are Gods] As verſe 1. but doubly ſo, if good too; if they excell both in vertue and power, as Ariſtotle joyneth them; I have ſaid, is vox poteſtatis conſtituentis, whence that of the Apoſtle, All power is of God, Rom. 13.2.
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And all of you are children of the moſt High] Inveſted (as Princes ſons and heirs are oft) with part of my power, and intruſted with the adminiſtration of mine earthly Kingdome by the exerciſe of vindictive and remunerative Juſtice. The Chaldee paraphraſeth, As the Angels of the High; and Kimchi, As the Stars, which have dominion over theſe inferiour bodies, Confer Job 38.7.
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