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Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 20

Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience

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4. And because the Powers which God hath ordained, and the Liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended by God, to destroy, but mutually to uphold and preserve one another; They, who upon pretence of Christian Liberty, shall oppose any lawfull Power, or the lawfull exercise of it, whether it bee Civil or Ecclesiasticall, resist the Ordinance of God.a And, for their publishing of such Opinions, or maintaining of such Practises, as are contrary to the light of Nature, or to the known Principles of Christianity, whether concerning Faith, Worship, or Conversation; or, to the Power of Godlinesse; or, such erroneous Opinions or Practises, as either in their own nature, or in the manner of publishing or maintaining them, are destructive to the externall Peace and Order which Christ hath established in the Church, they may lawfully be called to account, and proceeded against by the Censures of the Church,b and by the Power of the Civil Magistrate.c

Proofs

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

  1. aMatthew 12:25; 1 Peter 2:13–14; 1 Peter 2:16; Romans 13:1–8; Hebrews 13:17
  2. bRomans 1:32; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 5:13; 2 John 10–11; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; 1 Timothy 6:3–5; Titus 1:10–11; Titus 1:13; Titus 3:10; Matthew 18:15–17; 1 Timothy 1:19–20; Revelation 2:2; Revelation 2:14–15; Revelation 2:20; Revelation 3:9
  3. cDeuteronomy 13:6–12; Romans 13:3–4; 2 John 10–11; Ezra 7:23; Ezra 7:25–28; Revelation 17:12; Revelation 17:16–17; Nehemiah 13:15; Nehemiah 13:17; Nehemiah 13:21–22; Nehemiah 13:25; Nehemiah 13:30; 2 Kings 23:5–6; 2 Kings 23:9; 2 Kings 23:20–21; 2 Chronicles 34:33; 2 Chronicles 15:12–13; 2 Chronicles 15:16; Daniel 3:29; 1 Timothy 2:2; Isaiah 49:23; Zechariah 13:2–3

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