DOCT. VIII. That all men ought to be subject to the higher powers; and all powers, even the highest, to Christ and his word.
LAstly we believe thata 1.1 every soul, that is, every man, none excepted, and so every inferiour
The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.
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- The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.
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- Zanchi, Giralamo, 1516-1590.
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- 1659.
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power ought to be subject to the superiour, and higher; but that the higher power, no lesse then the inferiour, and all other men, to Christ theb 1.2 King of Kings and Lord of all Lords. For if it is the will of God that all shouldc 1.3 kiss the Son, and submit their neck themselves to his yoke & discipline. Wherefore we be∣lieve that it belongs to the true go∣vernment and edification of the Church, that Princes render them∣selves especially to be instructed, admonished and corrected by the Word of God; by which others may be incouraged to do the same; and in case they refuse, the Prince may with more freedome punish them, and retain all in their duties.
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a 1.1
Rom. 13.1.
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b 1.2
Apoc. 17 14. 1 Tim. 6.15.
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c 1.3
Psal. 2.12.