All princes, magistrates, and officers, that are placed over us, from the supreme governor to the lowest officer under him, should we render as a due debt, and not as a mere gift, whatever belongs to them, or is proper for them for the due discharge of their office, to encourage in it, and support the dignity of it, whether external or internal. there is an honor due to all men, according to their respective rank and station, and the relation they stand in to each other; so servants are to honor their masters, children their parents, wives their husbands, and subjects their princes; all inferior magistrates are to be honored in their place, and more especially the king as supreme, in thought, word, and gesture. – John Gill
Passage: Romans 13:1-7
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