The wrath of kings is very much dreaded, especially of

absolute monarchs, who have the possessions and lives of

their subjects wholly in their power, to be disposed of at
their mere willBut the greatest earthly potentates in their
greatest majesty and strength, and when clothed in their
greatest terrors, are but feeble, despicable worms of the
dust, in comparison of the great and almighty Creator and
King of heaven and earth. It is but little that they can do,
when most enraged, and when they have exerted the utmost
of their furyThe wrath of the great King of kings, is as
much more terrible than theirs, as his majesty is
greater. Luke 12:4,5.(states) "And I say unto you, my
friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after
that, have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn
you whom you shall fear: fear him, which after he hath
killed, hath power to cast into hell: yea, I say unto you,
Fear him."
Jonathan Edwards
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741)

The essence of government (I mean good government)

consists in the making and executing of good lawslaws
[that provide for] the common [welfare] of the governed
We may very safely assert these two things in general,
without undermining the government: One is, That no civil
rulers are to be obeyed when they [make laws] inconsistent
with the commands of GodAll commands running
counter to the declared will of the supreme legislator of
heaven and earth, are null and void: And therefore
disobedience to them is a duty, not a crime.Another thing
be [argued]with equal truth and safety, is, That no
government is to be submitted to, at the expense of that
which is the sole end of all government,--the common good
and safety of society.
Jonathan Mayhew
A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and NonResistance to the Higher Powers (1750)

Let none suspect thatI mean to disswade people from

having a just concern for their own rights, or legal,
constitutional privileges. History, one may presume to say,
affords no example of any nation, country or people long
free, who did not take some care of themselves; and
endeavor to guard and secure their own liberties. Power is
of a grasping, encroaching nature, in all beings, except in
him, to whom it emphatically belongeth; and who is the
only King that, in a religious or moral sense, can do no
wrong. Power aims at extending itself, and operating
according to mere will, where-ever it meets with no
balance, check, controul or opposition of any kind. For
which reason it will always be necessary, as was said
before, for those who would preserve and perpetuate their
liberties, to guard them with a wakeful attention; and in all
righteous, just and prudent ways, to oppose the first
encroachments on them.
Jonathan Mayhew
The Snare Broken (1766)

When our ancestors left the kingdom of England, they were

subjects of that kingdom, and entitled to equal privileges
with the rest of its subjects; when they came to America,
where no civil constitutions were existing, they joined
themselves to none: the lands which they entered and
possessed, they acquired by purchase, or by conquest of the
natives: they came over of themselves, viz. were not
colonies sent out, to make settlements by government; not
to mention the intolerable oppressions, by which they were
driven out, crossed the Atlantick, and availed themselves of
possessions, at their own risque and expence, and by their
own sword and prowess. Now, in America, they were still
subjects of the kingdom of England, or they were not; if the
former, then they were entitled to enjoy, in America, the
same or equal privileges, with those enjoyed by the subjects
residing in Englandif the latter, then that kingdom had no
right of jurisdiction over them, and they were in a state of
nature, at liberty to erect such a constitution of civil
government as they should chuse. Upon the supposition
that they were still subjects of that kingdom, let us consider
what rights and privileges they were entitled to enjoy:
Moses Mather
Americas Appeal to the Impartial World (1775)