...authority of church officers, as far as they administer faithfully the loses of Christ? No ; they who oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether it be ecclesiastical or civil, resist the ordinance of God. 1 Peter 2 : 13, 14, 16. Submit yourselves to...

...Gal. v. 13 ; 1 Pet, ii. 16 ; 2 Pet ii 19; John viii. 34 ; Luke i. 74, 75. IV. And because the power1 which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ...intended by God to destroy, but mutually to uphold aud preserve one another; they who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power,...

...fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. IV. And because the power which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ...to uphold and preserve one another; they who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether...

...deletion of Article 4 leaves no doubt. The deleted article stated: IV. And because the power which God had ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased,...to uphold and preserve one another; they who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether...

...Calvin, to explaining what the doctrine [viz. of Christian liberty] is not) with the declaration that 'they who, upon pretence of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power ... whether ... civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of God*, while whoever disturbs the peace...

...England in 1647. In the next paragraphs the innate conservatism of the Reformed movement showed itself. "Because the powers which God hath ordained, and the...to uphold and preserve one another; they who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, . . . whether it be civil or ecclesiastical,...

...serve the Lord without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life.401 04. And because the powers which God hath ordained and...of Christian liberty shall oppose any lawful power of the lawful exercise of it, whether it be civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of God.402...

...and reason. Nevertheless, because authority and liberty are not intended to destroy each other, those 'who, upon pretence of Christian liberty, shall oppose...be civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of God.'28 There is thus a balance to be struck between submitting to the doctrines of men and opposing...

...Chapter XX, "Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience," was removed. The Assembly had written: And because the Powers which God hath ordained, and...to uphold and preserve one another; they, who upon pretense of Christian Liberty, shall oppose any lawful Power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether...

...fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 180 IV. And because the power which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ...to uphold and preserve one another; they, who upon pretense of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether...