Lastly, whereas you are become a body politic, using amongst yourselves civil government, and are not furnished with any persons of special eminency above the rest, to be chosen by you into office of government, let your wisdom and godliness appear, not only in choosing such persons as do entirely love and will promote the common good, but also in yielding unto them all due honor and obedience in their lawful administrations; not beholding in them the ordinariness of their persons, but god's ordinance for your good, not being like the foolish multitude who more honor the gay coat, than either the virtuous mind of the man, or glorious ordinance of the lord."
author: william bradford
title: of plymouth plantation
few sentences about context
- brother robinson's 4th piece of advice
- you should make the best choice you can for your leaders by praying, and once you've done that, listen to them and trust god and trust them
- he's saying trust that god has put them there
- this can be compared to our recent election
- this shows that human nature doesn't change from then to modern day