The Law is as much a Rule to Her, as to the least of Those who obey her; the fixt Measure, not only of Her governing Power, but even of Her Will to govern; and She makes no other Use of that Power, with which the Laws have invested Her, than to give Life and Force to them.
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The Duty of Publick Intercession and Thanksgiving for Princes. A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Wednesday, March 8, 1704, in Francis Atterbury, Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, Vol. I (1740), p. 302