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Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 23

Of the Civil Magistrate

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4. It is the duty of People to pray for Magistrates,a to honor their Persons,b to pay them Tribute and other Dues,c to obey their lawful Commands, and to be subject to their Authority, for conscience sake.d Infidelity, or difference in Religion doth not make void the Magistrates just and legal Authority, nor free the People from their due obedience to him:e from which, Ecclesiastical persons are not exempted;f much less hath the Pope any Power and Jurisdiction over them, in their Dominions, or over any of their People; and, least of all, to deprive them of their Dominions, or lives, if he shall judge them to be Hereticks, or upon any other pretence whatsoever.g

Proofs

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

  1. a1 Timothy 2:1–2
  2. b1 Peter 2:17
  3. cRomans 13:6–7
  4. dRomans 13:5; Titus 1:3
  5. e1 Peter 2:13–14; 1 Peter 2:16
  6. fRomans 13:1; 1 Kings 2:35; Acts 25:9–11; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:10–11; Jude 8–11
  7. g2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:15–17

Commentary

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