And because this authority and power, both to make laws, and execute laws, proceeds from God, the Holy Ghost in Scripture calls them gods: not that they be naturally gods, or that they be transubstantiated into gods (for He says, they shall die like men, and indeed their works declare them to be none other than men) but for the authority and power which they receive of God, to be His ministers here on earth, in ruling and governing His people, and that the people should rather obey them, and have them in honor and reverence, according to His ordinances.
John Ponet — A Short Treatise of Politike Power (1556; modernized edition)
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