A Reply to his Chap. 52.
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CHAP. 52. A Reply to his Chap. 52.
Discusser.
Many object out of ver. 4. of Rom. 13. that the Magistrate is to avenge evil: and therefore Heresies, false Christs, &c. But I answer, First, that the word is generally opposed to civill goodness, or virtue in a Common-wealth, and not to spiritual good.
MAny object out of ver. 4. of Rom. 13. that the Magistrate is to avenge evill: and therefore Heresies, false Christs, &c. But I answer, First, that the word is generally opposed to civill goodnesse, or vertue in a Common-wealth, and not to spirituall good.
Secondly, I have proved, here as not intended evil against the spiritual or Christian State (handled in chapter 12.) But evil against the Civill State, handled in this 13. chapter.
Secondly, I have proved, here as not intended evill against the spirituall or Christian State (handled in chapter 12.) But evill against the Civill State, handled in this 13. chapter.
Defender.