Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (modernized) · Chapter 24
Of the civil Magistrate
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1. God the supreme Lord and King of all the world, has ordained civil Magistrates to be under him, over the people for his own glory and the public good; and to this end has armed them with the power of the sword, for the defense and encouragement of them that do good, and for the punishment of evil doers.
Related texts
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 24.1
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized, 1689) 24.1
- Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 23.1
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