...power, resisteth the ordinaunce of God, and they that resist shall receyve to them selves judgement. For Princes are not to be feared for good works, but for evill : wilt thou then be without feare of the power, doo well, so shalt thou purchase praise of the...

...power, resisteth the ordinaunce of God, and they that resist shall receyve to them selves judgement. For Princes are not to be feared for good -works, but for evill : wilt thou then be without feare of the power, doo well, so shalt thou purchase praise of the...

...writeth thus unto all subjects : Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers, for there is nopower but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of...thou then be without fear of the power ? Do well, so shah thou have praise of the same; for he is the minister of God for thy wealth. But if thou do evil,...

...Hence he does not say " There is no ruler but of God;" but he speaks of the thing itself, and says, " There is no power but of God." And " the powers that be are ordained of God." Thus, when a certain wise man saith, " It is by the Lord that a man is matched with a woman,"...

...power, resisteth the ordinaunce of God, and they that resist shall receyve to them selves judgement. For Princes are not to be feared for good works, but for evill : wilt thou then be without feare of the power, doo well, so shall thou purchase praise of the...

...and is conceded on all hands, that it is our general duty to be subject to the higher powers ; for there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of him. He not only expressly ordained civil magistracy among his ancient people the Jews ; but by his...

...Romans, and the thirteenth chapter, where he writeth thus unto all subjects: Let every soul £eRom. is. i,&c. subject unto the higher powers, for there is...thou then be without fear of the power? Do well, so shall thou have praise of the same; for he is the minister of God for thy wealth: but if thou do evil...

...S. Paul can in nothing be altered or shaken, " Let every one be subject unto the higher powers ; for there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are all from God. He, then, that resisteth the power, rcsisteth the ordinance of God." We declare, in consequence,...

...unresisting submission. This is an obvious duty, flowing from the divine institution of government. There is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God. "Whosoever, therefore, resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God ; and they that resist...

...powers." "He does not say, for there is no rider but of God ; but it is the thing he speaks of, and says there is no power but of God. And the powers that be are ordained of God." (Homily xxiii.) And this distinction is important as evincing the fallacy in that theory of Civil...