Civil rulers the ministers of God, for good to men. Or, The divine original & authority of civil government asserted; and the business and duty of civil rulers, and the obligations on a people, to support their authority and maintain their character, shewed : in a sermon preach'd before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, at Hartford, on the day of election, May 11th, 1749. By Jonathan Todd, M.A. Pastor of the church in East-Guilford. [Four lines of Scripture texts] Some things omitted at the delivery, are here inserted, as prepared for delivery.