symbolics.dev

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) · Chapter 24

Of the Civil Magistrate

API: GET /api/v1/documents/lbcf1677/paragraphs/24.3

3. Civil Magistrates being set up by God, for the ends aforesaid; subjection in all lawful things commanded by them, ought to be yeilded by us, in the Lord; not only for wrath but for Conscience sake; and we ought to make supplications and prayers for Kings, and all that are in Authority,a that under them we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty.b

Proofs

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

  1. aRomans 13:5–7; 1 Peter 2:17
  2. b1 Timothy 2:1–2

Related texts

Side by side, with what differs marked: The 1689 and its first printing, 1677

Cite this

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 24.3, symbolics.dev/lbcf1677/24.3

Permalink: https://symbolics.dev/lbcf1677/24.3

See a mistake? Report it, with what the printing has.