First London Baptist Confession of Faith · Chapter 52

Article 52

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1. And likewise unto all men is to be given whatsoever is their due; tributes, customes, and all such lawfull duties, ought willingly to bee by us paid and performed, our lands, goods, and bodies, to submit to the Magistrate in the Lord, and the Magistrate every way to bee acknowledged, reverenced, and obeyed, according to godlinesse; not because of wrath onely, but for conscience sake. And finally, all men so to be esteemed and regarded, as is due and meet for their place, age, estate and condition.^a

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aRomans 13:5–7; Matthew 22:21; Titus 3; 1 Peter 2:13; Ephesians 5:21–22; 6:1, 9; 1 Peter 5:5

Related texts

First London Baptist Confession of Faith (second edition, 1646) 51.1

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