Philadelphia Confession of Faith · Chapter 25

Of the Civil Magistrate

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1. God, the Supreme Lord, and King of all the World, hath ordained Civil Magistrates to be under him, over the People, for his own Glory, and the publick Good; and to this End hath armed them with the Power of the Sword, for Defence and Encouragement of them that do Good, and for the Punishment of Evil Doers.^a

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aRomans 13:1–4

Related texts

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 24.1

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