“Mark what obedience is expected by men, and what influence government hath upon state and affairs of the world, and what the world would be without it.-And sure this will make you think honorably and delightfully of the government of God. What would a nation be without government but like a company of thieves and lawless murderers? Or like pikes in a pond, that first eat up the other fish, and then devour one another, the greater living upon the less. Bears and wolves would live more quietly together, than ungoverned men (except those few that are truly subject to the government of God). Government maintaineth every mean in his propriety; and keepeth lust and madness form breaking out; and keepeth peace and order in the world. What would a family be without government? Children and servants are kept by it in their proper place and work. Think then how necessary and excellent is the universal government of God.”
-Richard Baxter
English Puritan Minister 1615-1691
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