A47381:98
The articles of the faith of the Church of Christ
The articles of the faith of the Church of Christ, or, Congregation meeting at Horsley-down Benjamin Keach, pastor, as asserted this 10th of the 6th month, 1697.
London : s.n., 1697
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Of Civil Magistrates.
XXXVII. WE do believe the supreme▪ 1Lord of Heaven and Earth hath ordained Magistrates for the good of Mankind:2 and that it is our Duty in all civil and lawful things to obey them for Conscience sake; nay,3 and to pray for all that are in Authority, that under them we may live a godly and peaceable ⟨p. 36⟩Life: and that we ought to render unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's,4 and to God the things that are God's.
XXXVII. WE do believe the supream▪ 1Lord of Heaven and Earth hath ordained Magistrates for the good of Mankind:2 and that it is our Duty in all civil and lawful things to obey them for Conscience sake; nay,3 and to pray for all that are in Authority, that under them we may live a godly and peaceable