Five disputations of church-government and worship

Sect. 91. The Secular power will be granted, as to the most (at least) of Christian Princes and other Sovereigns: when the Holy Ghost commandeth subjection to the Higher Powers, even when they are Heathen, and come in as Ne•o did, Rom. 13. we may well take it for granted that Christian Magistrates, that have no better title then he, are such as we must be subject to: even those that have not so lawful an entrance, as may justify their possession, or free them from the guilt of flat Usurpation, ⟨p. 232⟩before God, may yet •e such while they are in possession, as we must be subject to for Conscience sake▪ and all their administrations are •s valid to the innocent subjects, as if they had as good a title as the best. They that deny this, must overthrow almost all the Common-wealth's on Earth, and turn Subjection into Rebellion.

Sect. 91. The Secular power will be granted, as to the most (at least) of Christian Princes and other Soveraigns: when the Holy Ghost commandeth subjection to the Higher Powers, even when they are Heathen, and come in as Ne•o did, Rom. 13. we may well take it for granted that Christian Magistrates, that have no better title then he, are such as we must be subject to: even those that have not so lawful an entrance, as may justifie their possession, or free them from the guilt of flat Usurpation, ⟨p. 232⟩before God, may yet •e such while they are in possession, as we must be subject to for Conscience sake▪ and all their administrations are •s valid to the innocent subjects, as if they had as good a title as the best. They that deny this, must overthrow almost all the Common-wealth's on Earth, and turn Subjection into Rebellion.