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183* 183* (:God established this order by giving man a twofold nature, one perishable and the other imperishable. One generation dies but the other generation is born, having its foundation in the union of father and mother. Mankind respects the family institution which maintains stability and order, propriety as well as property. :)

But because these generations are born in sin, filled with iniquities, the devils rule over them. Therefore Saint Paul says about them that they are princes of the power of the air, who are at work in the sons of disobedience, that is, in the princes of darkness and in the rulers of the world. Through their hatred, iniquity, and death was ushered into the whole orbit of the earth.

(:God gave to the temporal authorities the right to rule over regions so that they might control the people and settle all their differences peacefully. Authority maintains order by compulsion. It must be a wise authority if it is to rule over unwise men.;) King Ahasverus  knew of this rule  and therefore he said;

dominium divinum. Cf. Wyclif,, chap.I, xi;

dominium angelicum,.

dominium humanum,. Heb.2:7: "Thou didst make (man) a little lower than the angels." Cf. also, I, chap XXVIII, p.134*.

Ephes. 2:2.

3-Esdr. 4:37.

Esther 13:2 (Apocryphal addition: the speech of King Artaxerxes). .

Ephes. 2:2.

3-Esdr. 4:37.

Esther 13:2 (Apocryphal addition: the speech of King Artaxerxes). .