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Bossuet argues that kings are God's lieutenants on earth. Explain what

happens if those kings "use for evil a power which comes from God" (explain
in one or two sentences).
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Not that 1 deny the old definition of a King and of a law which makes the King to be a of God and as his lieutenants on earth. it is through them that God exercises his empire. St. Peter unites these two duties when he says, "Fear God. think how horrible is the sacrilege if they use for evil a power which comes from God.

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