Gillespie: Magistracy to Exercise Coercive Powers
This excerpt is taken from the 5th Edition of the Confessional Presbyterian. “The third opinion [of liberty of conscience] is that the Magistrate may and ought to exercise his coercive power, in...
View ArticleThomas Case: The Civil Magistrate to Imitate God on Justice and Mercy
THOMAS CASE, M. A., MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN LONDON, AND A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER. This excerpt is taken from the 5th Edition of the Confessional Presbyterian. “But thirdly,...
View ArticleWilliam Reyner: The Magistrate to Prevent Idolatry
William Reyner (Rayner) was an English Divine that served from 1643-1652 on the Westminster Assembly. This excerpt is taken from the 5th Edition of the Confessional Presbyterian. “Execute judgement for...
View ArticleEdmund Calamy: Magistrate, Keeper of the First Table
Edmund Calamy (February 1600 – October 29, 1666) was an English Presbyterian church leader and divine. Known as “the elder”, he was the first of four generations of nonconformist ministers bearing the...
View ArticleBannerman: Church Power For The Good of It’s People
"Authority is exercised and enforced within the Christian Church, not for the gain of a few, but for the spiritual good of the many."
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