By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Ver. 15. By me kings reign.] How, then, can the schoolmen defend Thomas Aquinas in that paradox, Dominium et praelatio introducta sunt ex iure humane; a dominion and government is of man? This crosseth the apostle, Rom 13:1-2 and the wisest of the heathens. b
a Thomas Aquinas, II. 2, Quest. 10, Art. 10.
b Eκ δε Dιος βασιληες. - Herod Tιμη δι εκ Dιος εστι. - Homer.