Quote#God & Faith
Minister doth not always import an inferior to him to whom he doth…
Quote bySir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet · 1554–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Pits v. James (1614), Lord Hobart's Rep. 124-125.
English (original)
Minister doth not always import an inferior to him to whom he doth minister: for the Psalm saith, God hath made man paulo inferiorem Angelis; and yet in the first chapter to the Hebrews it is said, that the Angels are ministering spirits, sent forth for the good of God's saints.
— Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
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