* revile] Not speak any manner of evill of them, by reproach or calumnie; nor wish any evill to them, by imprecations or curses. Ecclesiastes 10:20. Acts 23:5.
the Gods] Or, Judges. vers. 8, 9. Psalms 82:16. John 10:34. Magistrates they are so called, because they should (as God doth) doe impartiall justice without respect of persons; protecting the godly, as being the ministers of God for their good, Romans 13:4. punishing the wicked, who are malignant enemies to God and them.