{"id":"23.4","chapter":23,"number":4,"text":"It is the duty of People to pray for Magistrates, to honor their Persons, to pay them Tribute and other Dues, to obey their lawful Commands, and to be subject to their Authority, for conscience sake. Infidelity, or difference in Religion does not make void the Magistrates just and legal Authority, nor free the People from their due obedience to him: from which, Ecclesiastical persons are not exempted; much less has the Pope any Power and Jurisdiction over them, in their Dominions, or over any of their People; and, least of all, to deprive them of their Dominions, or lives, if he shall judge them to be Heretics, or upon any other pretense whatsoever.","segments":[{"text":"It is the duty of People to pray for Magistrates,","proofs":["1 Timothy 2:1–2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 2:1–2","osis":["1Tim.2.1-1Tim.2.2"]}],"note":null},{"text":"to honor their Persons,","proofs":["1 Peter 2:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 2:17","osis":["1Pet.2.17"]}],"note":null},{"text":"to pay them Tribute and other Dues,","proofs":["Romans 13:6–7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:6–7","osis":["Rom.13.6-Rom.13.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"to obey their lawful Commands, and to be subject to their Authority, for conscience sake.","proofs":["Romans 13:5","Titus 1:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:5","osis":["Rom.13.5"]},{"printed":"Titus 1:3","osis":["Titus.1.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Infidelity, or difference in Religion does not make void the Magistrates just and legal Authority, nor free the People from their due obedience to him:","proofs":["1 Peter 2:13–14","1 Peter 2:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 2:13–14","osis":["1Pet.2.13-1Pet.2.14"]},{"printed":"1 Peter 2:16","osis":["1Pet.2.16"]}],"note":null},{"text":"from which, Ecclesiastical persons are not exempted;","proofs":["Romans 13:1","1 Kings 2:35","Acts 25:9–11","2 Peter 2:1","2 Peter 2:10–11","Jude 8–11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:1","osis":["Rom.13.1"]},{"printed":"1 Kings 2:35","osis":["1Kgs.2.35"]},{"printed":"Acts 25:9–11","osis":["Acts.25.9-Acts.25.11"]},{"printed":"2 Peter 2:1","osis":["2Pet.2.1"]},{"printed":"2 Peter 2:10–11","osis":["2Pet.2.10-2Pet.2.11"]},{"printed":"Jude 8–11","osis":["Jude.1.8-Jude.1.11"]}],"note":null},{"text":"much less has the Pope any Power and Jurisdiction over them, in their Dominions, or over any of their People; and, least of all, to deprive them of their Dominions, or lives, if he shall judge them to be Heretics, or upon any other pretense whatsoever.","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:4","Revelation 13:15–17"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:4","osis":["2Thess.2.4"]},{"printed":"Revelation 13:15–17","osis":["Rev.13.15-Rev.13.17"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1689-modernized":["24.3"],"savoy1658-modernized":["24.4"],"wcf1646":["23.4"]},"diffs":[{"source":"lbcf1689-modernized","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"It is the duty of People to pray for","position":null},{"text":"to honor their Persons, to pay them Tribute and other Dues, to obey their","position":null},{"text":"Commands, and","position":null},{"text":"subject to their Authority, for conscience sake. Infidelity, or difference","position":null},{"text":"Religion does not make void","position":null},{"text":"Magistrates just and legal Authority, nor free the People from their due obedience to him: from which, Ecclesiastical persons are","position":null},{"text":"exempted; much less has the Pope any Power","position":null},{"text":"Jurisdiction over them, in their Dominions, or over any of their People; and, least of all,","position":null},{"text":"deprive","position":null},{"text":"of their Dominions, or lives, if he shall judge them to be Heretics, or upon any other pretense whatsoever.","position":null}]},{"source":"savoy1658-modernized","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"due","position":null},{"text":"and","position":5}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}