John Trapp on Romans 13:2
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Romans13:2
Verſe 2. Reſisteth the power] His authorative commands, not his perſonall.
Receive to themſelves damnation] Poenam ſibi auferent, ſaith Piſcator, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Conſer. 1 Cor. 11.31, 32 they ſhall receive puniſhment, to wit from the Magiſtrate: as Aretine deſerved to doe, who by longer cuſtome of libellous and contumelious ſpeaking againſt Princes, had got ſuch a habit, that at laſt he came to diminiſh and diſeſteem God himſelf.
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