They are more properly โThe Messengers of Satan to buffet us.โ No rulers are properly Godโs ministers, but such as are โjust, ruling in the fear of God.โ When once magistrates act contrary to their office, and the end of their institution when they rob and ruin the public, instead of being guardians of its peace โฆ they immediately cease to be the ordinance and ministers of God, and no more deserve that glorious character than common pirates and highwaymen.
Jonathan Mayhew